The Canadian Coalition for Action on Tobacco is an organization that seeks to improve the health of Canadians by reducing smoking rates while saving lives and money. The coalition does this by providing information about tobacco use in Canada. This blog post will cover some of these statistics about smoking in Canada, as well as discuss how plain packaging can help smokers quit.

Tobacco use has been proven to be one of the most preventable causes of death worldwide with each year more than X deaths occurring in Canada alone due to tobacco-related diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease. Plain packaging would require all cigarettes sold in Canada to be packaged without any logos or branding on them which would make it harder for people who smoke (especially children) from making the wrong choice. This blog post discusses other benefits of plain packaging as well, such as making tobacco less addictive and helping smokers quit.

Plain packaging does not stop people from smoking entirely but it aims to help reduce the number of Canadians who smoke by making cigarettes appear more unattractive than attractive or glamorous which would lead them to choose another product to smoke or try quitting entirely.

What is the most harmful kind of tobacco in Canada?

The most harmful kind of tobacco in Canada is cigarettes. Cigarettes are the only legal product that kills when used as intended, according to Health Canada. Not only can they cause cancer but other diseases such as heart disease and stroke. They also have a multitude of detrimental effects on almost every organ system in our body including damage to skin, muscles, and bones.

Plain packaging would require all cigarettes sold in Canada to be packaged without any logos or branding on them which would make it harder for people who smoke (especially children) from making the wrong choice. This blog post discusses other benefits of plain packaging as well, such as making tobacco less addictive and helping smokers quit.

Tobacco use has been proven to be one of the most preventable causes of death worldwide with each year more than X deaths occurring in Canada alone due to tobacco-related diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease. Plain packaging would require all cigarettes sold in Canada to be packaged without any logos or branding on them which would make it harder for people who smoke (especially children) from making the wrong choice. This blog post discusses other benefits of plain packaging as well, such as making tobacco less addictive and helping smokers quit.

Plain packaging does not stop people from smoking entirely but it aims to help reduce the number of Canadians who smoke by making cigarettes appear more unattractive than attractive or glamorous which would lead them to choose another product to smoke or try quitting entirely.

Reasons why plain packaging will help smokers quit

• plain packaging makes cigarettes appear unattractive and less appealing than other brands of tobacco products, therefore making it easier for people who want to stop smoking (especially children) from trying them out in the first place;
• plain packaging makes it harder for people who smoke to identify their preferred brand of cigarettes, leading them to buy other products such as cigars or quit entirely;
• making tobacco less attractive and more difficult to use will discourage current smokers from buying any kind of tobacco product. This would reduce the number of Canadians smoking in Canada over time which means we would have a healthier population overall.
• In Australia, research found that after implementing plain packaging in 2012 the number of people who smoked dropped to 15%, compared to 16% in 2011 and 19% in 2010 for an overall drop of 13%. In 2016, there were only 400 fewer hospitalizations due to smoking than there was before plain packs became mandatory.
• After plain packaging became mandatory in the UK, they saw a 16% decrease for middle-aged men and 14% decrease for young people. They also found that many smokers reported quitting or cutting down on their smoking as well, which would not be possible without plain packaging.

Reasons why tobacco companies oppose

Cigarette companies oppose plain packaging because it makes their product less attractive and they lose money.

• cigarette companies are worried that if people don’t want to buy cigarettes anymore, then they won’t make as much money;
• plain packs would require cigarette companies to use the same font style, size, color, and position on all of their products, which would cost them money to do so;
• cigarette companies are worried that it will decrease their market share and therefore lose out on making as much money.