One industry that will particularly be hit hard by these regulations is the premium cigar industry, who often relies on packaging design to help its products stand out from competitor products. Cigar boxes, bands and any other packaging will now all be standardized, a move that is expected to make certain brands less appealing to consumers and could lead to less traffic in tobacco retail stores and cigar manufacturers not taking part in the Canadian market [read more here].
Canada’s plain packaging regulations fit into its Tobacco Strategy program, that aims to reduce tobacco use in Canada down to just five percent of he country’s population by 2035. This would be a 10 percent drop from current levels.
You can read the recently published Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance) document in its entirety here.
