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Health Labels for Cigars, Pipe Tobacco and Other Tobacco Products

The Tobacco Products Information Regulations stipulate labelling requirements for tobacco products such as kreteks, bidis, cigarette tobacco, leaf tobacco, cigars, pipe tobacco and smokeless tobacco products. Depending on the type of product, the labelling requirements can include health warning messages, health information messages and/or toxic emissions and constituents. Text only health warning messages (not shown here) are required for smokeless tobacco products and bidis.

Labelling requirements for cigarettes and little cigars are found in the Tobacco Products Labelling Regulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars).

Note: Health Canada is the copyright owner of all health label images with the exception of those marked with an asterisk (*). Reproducing any of these images without prior permission is prohibited. You can request permission to use the images owned by Health Canada by submitting this form. For those images whose copyright is not owned by Health Canada, that is those marked with an asterisk (*), please contact pregs@hc-sc.gc.ca to obtain the owner's contact information.

Health Warnings for Cigars and Pipe Tobacco


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Health Warnings for Kreteks, Cigarette Tobacco, Leaf Tobacco and Tobacco Sticks

Ashtray filled with lit cigarettes
Mother smoking in front of daughter
Pregnant woman holding a cigarette
Limp cigarette
Two young boys
Sick new-born baby
Bleeding artery in a brain
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Damaged teeth and gums
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Bar chart of death rates
Man coughing with puffer
Diseased heart
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Man in hospital bed
Cancerous lungs
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Ashtray filled with lit cigarettes
Cigarette smoke
Lit cigarette

Health Information Messages for Kreteks, Cigarette Tobacco, Leaf Tobacco and Tobacco Sticks

You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
You CAN quit smoking!
If I have lung cancer, what are my chances of surviving?
Can second-hand smoke harm my family?
Does tobacco use increase my chances of having a heart attack?
Tobacco products are highly addictive
Can tobacco cause brain injury?
Can tobacco use cause lung diseases other than cancer?
Can my baby be harmed if I smoke while I'm pregnant?
You CAN quit smoking!

View the health-related messages required for cigarette and little cigar packages.