The Tobacco Industry
In 2000, the government of Canada put in place new disclosure regulations in part to obtain more current and relevant information about toxic substances in tobacco products and their smoke. The regulations require tobacco manufacturers and importers to provide Health Canada with laboratory measurements of selected toxic substances found in the unburnt tobacco of consumer tobacco products and in the smoke of designated tobacco products. Information on 25 cigarette constituents and 40 cigarette emissions, collected by Health Canada pursuant to these regulations, is available.
The regulations also mandate that the information provided includes regular reports of all wholesale tobacco sales of domestic, imported and fine cut tobacco sold in Canada.
The National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) and Health Canada are the Canadian hosts for Guildford Depository materials relating to the Canadian tobacco industry.
See also:
Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War
by Rob Cunningham
(published by IDRC, a Canadian public corporation)
 This 376-page book provides a Canadian history of tobacco and major tobacco control issues, including reference to health consequences, smoking trends, taxation, advertising, sponsorships, plain packaging, health warnings, smoking in workplaces and public places, tobacco farming, tobacco company behaviour, marketing to youth and women, and industry expansion into Eastern Europe and the developing world. The book presents and explains the successes and failures of Canada's past tobacco control efforts, and provides a recommended action plan to reduce tobacco use in the future. The book (ISBN 0-88936-755-8) costs $25, and can be ordered on-line, through your local bookstore, or by calling the distributor directly at 613-745-2665.
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