Ban on cigarillos clears last stage at Senate
OTTAWA — A ban on flavoured tobacco products will come into effect as early as July.
The Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act, which received royal assent Thursday, will mean an immediate ban on advertising flavoured tobacco products in newspapers and magazines.
Flavoured cigars, known as cigarillos, blunt wraps and flavoured flavored cigarscigarettes, will come off store shelves as of July 5, 2010, and a ban at the manufacturer and importer level will come into effect April 6, 2010.
The cigarillos, which come in a variety of candy flavours including chocolate, grape and tropical punch, were criticized as being marketed to children and youth.
The bill passed the House of Commons unanimously in June with the backing of all three opposition parties.
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