Report to the Conference of the Parties on the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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Table of Contents

Part I: Definitions and Statistics

1. Smoking Tobacco
2. Smokeless Tobacco

Part II: Price and Tax Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco

1. Duties, Taxes and Sales
   
   1. Federal Excise Duties
   2. Provincial Product Taxes
   3. Provincial Sales Tax
   4. Federal Sales Tax
   5. First Nations (Aboriginal)
   6. Export Tax
   7. Canadian Sales
   8. Prohibiting or restricting sales to and/or importations by international travellers of tax- and duty-free tobacco products

Part III: Protection from Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

1. Canadian Context
   
   1. In indoor workplaces
   2. In public transport
   3. In indoor public places

Part IV: Legislative, executive, administrative and other measures

1. Illicit trade in tobacco products
   
   1. Canadian Context
   2. Requiring marking of packaging to assist in determining the origin, destination and legality of the product
   3. Requiring that packaging information is in legible form and/or appears in its principal language or languages
   4. Enacting or strengthening legislation against illicit trade in tobacco products
   5. Enabling the confiscation of proceeds derived from the illicit trade
   6. Licensing or other actions to control or regulate production and distribution
2. Sales to and by minors
   
   1. Prohibiting the sales of tobacco products to minors
   2. Prohibiting or promoting the prohibition of the distribution of free tobacco products to the public, especially to minors
   3. Retail Display
   4. Candy Cigarettes
   5. Prohibiting the sale of cigarettes individually
   6. Providing for penalties against sellers and distributors
3. Liability
   
   1. Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act
   2. Legal Action
4. Regulation of the contents of tobacco products
   
   1. Testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products
   2. Testing and measuring the emissions of tobacco products
   3. Regulating the emissions of tobacco products
5. Packaging and labelling of tobacco products
   
   1. Requiring that packaging and labelling do not promote a product by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression
   2. Requiring that packaging carry health warnings describing the harmful effects of tobacco use
   3. Ensuring that the health warnings are approved by competent national authority
   4. Ensuring that health warnings are rotating
   5. Ensuring that the health warnings are large, clear and visible
   6. Ensuring that the health warnings occupy at least 50% of the principal display area
   7. Ensuring that the health warnings are in the form of pictures or pictograms
   8. Requiring that packaging and labelling contain information on relevant constituents and emissions of tobacco products
   9. Requiring that the warnings and other textual information appear on each unit package, and on any outside packaging and labelling in your principal language or languages
6. Tobacco advertising and sponsorship
   
   1. Applying restrictions, in the absence of a comprehensive ban, on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
   2. Restricting or instituting a comprehensive ban on cross-border advertising, promotion and sponsorship originating from its territory
   3. Prohibiting all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship that promote a tobacco product by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression
   4. Requiring that health or other appropriate warnings or messages accompany all tobacco advertising and promotion and sponsorship
   5. Restricting the use of direct or indirect incentives that encourage the purchase of tobacco products by the public
   6. Requiring the disclosure to relevant governmental authorities of expenditures by the tobacco industry on advertising, promotion and sponsorship not yet permitted
   7. Restricting tobacco advertising, promotion, sponsorship on radio, television, print media and other media, such as the Internet
   8. Prohibiting or restricting tobacco sponsorship of international events, activities and/or participants therein

Part V: Program and Plans

1. New Directions for Tobacco Control in Canada: A National Strategy
2. Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS)
3. General Obligations
   
   1. A national coordinating mechanism or focal point(s) for tobacco control
   2. Protection of policies from the commercial and vested interests of the tobacco industry
4. Education, communication, training and public awareness
   
   1. Broad access to effective and comprehensive educational and public awareness programmes on the health risks
   2. Adults and/or the General Public
      (b.1) Web-based information
      (b.2) Mass media campaigns
      (b.3) Partnerships with health professionals
      (b.4) Working with employer groups
   3. Children and Youth
      (c.1) Mass Media
      (c.2) Resources for youth
      (c.3) Youth engagement activities to educate on health risks
      (c.4) Tobacco-Free Schools
      (c.5) Fact sheets, posters and resources
   4. Training or awareness programmes on tobacco control
      (d.1) General Training
      (d.2) Cessation Training
      (d.3) Media Training
      (d.4) Retailer Training
      (d.5) Training for Other Concerned Persons
   5. Public awareness about the health risks of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke, and about the benefits of the cessation of tobacco use and tobacco-free lifestyles
      (e.1) Health Risks of Tobacco Consumption
      (e.2) Health Risks of Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
      (e.3) Benefits of Cessation & Tobacco-Free Lifestyles
      
   6. Public access to a wide range of information on the tobacco industry
   7. Awareness and participation of public and private agencies and nongovernmental organizations not affiliated with the tobacco industry in developing and implementing intersectoral programmes and strategies for tobacco control
5. Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation
   
   1. Comprehensive and integrated guidelines based on scientific evidence and best practices to promote cessation of tobacco use and adequate treatment for tobacco dependence
   2. Facilitation of accessibility and affordability for treatment of tobacco dependence including pharmaceutical products
   3. Design and implementation of programmes aimed at promoting the cessation of tobacco use, in such locations as educational institutions, health care facilities, workplaces and sporting environments
      (c.1) Education Institutions
      (c.2) Workplaces
      (c.3) Sporting Events
   4. Diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence and counselling services on cessation of tobacco use in national health and education programmes, plans and strategies, with the participation of health workers, community workers and social workers
   5. Establishment in health care facilities and rehabilitation centres of programme for diagnosing, counselling, preventing and treating tobacco dependence
6. Provision of support for economically viable alternative activities
   
   1. Promotion of economically viable alternatives for tobacco workers, growers and, as the case may be, individual sellers
   2. Public awareness of and access to information regarding the adverse health, economic, and environmental consequences of tobacco production and consumption
7. Protection of the environment and the health of persons
   
   1. Due regard to the protection of the environment and the health of persons in relation to the environment in respect of tobacco cultivation and manufacture within its territory
8. Research, Surveillance and Exchange of Information (Training and Surveys)
   
   1. Training and support for all those engaged in tobacco control activities, including research, implementation and evaluation
   2. Programmes for national, regional and global surveillance of the magnitude, patterns, determinants and consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke
      (b.1) Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS)
      (b.2) Youth Smoking Survey (YSS)
      (b.3) Northern Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (NTUMS)
      (b.4) Yukon Youth Smoking Survey (YYSS)
   3. A national system for epidemiological surveillance of tobacco consumption and related social, economic and health indicators
      (c.1) Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)
      (c.2) National Population Health Survey (NPHS)
      (c.3) Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)
   4. The exchange of publicly available scientific, technical, socioeconomic, commercial and legal information, as well as information regarding the practices of the tobacco industry and the cultivation of tobacco
   5. An updated database of laws and regulations on tobacco control, and information about their enforcement, as well as pertinent jurisprudence

Part VI: Technical and Financial Assistance

1. Health Canada's International Health Grants Program
2. Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC)
3. Hosting International Delegations and Presenting at International Conference
4. Non-Governmental Activities

Part VII: Appendices

Section 1 - Demographics and Statistics
Section 2 - Provincial and Territorial Legislation (note: tax acts are not included)
Section 3 - Federal Legislation
Section 4 - Legislation: Supporting Materials
Section 5 - Technical and Financial Assistance
Section 6 - Programmes and Plans