Tobacco Act (S.C. 1997, c. 13)

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Act current to 2012-01-24 and last amended on 2010-07-05. Previous Versions
  •  (1) No person shall import for sale in Canada, package, distribute or sell cigarettes, little cigars or blunt wraps except in a package that contains at least 20 cigarettes, little cigars or blunt wraps or, if a higher number is prescribed, at least the prescribed number.

  • (2) No person shall import for sale in Canada, package, distribute or sell a tobacco product — other than cigarettes, little cigars or blunt wraps — that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, except in a package that contains at least the prescribed portions, number or quantity of the tobacco product.

  • 1997, c. 13, s. 10;
  • 2009, c. 27, s. 10.

 No person, unless exempted by the regulations, shall sell a tobacco product by means of a display that permits a person to handle the tobacco product before paying for it.

 No person shall furnish or permit the furnishing of a tobacco product by means of a device that dispenses tobacco products except where the device is in

  • (a) a place to which the public does not reasonably have access; or

  • (b) a bar, tavern or beverage room and has a prescribed security mechanism.

  •  (1) No person shall, for consideration, cause a tobacco product to be delivered from one province to another or to be sent by mail unless the delivery or mailing is between manufacturers or retailers or the person is otherwise exempted by the regulations.

  • (2) No person shall advertise an offer to deliver a tobacco product from one province to another or to mail a tobacco product.

 The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) prescribing the documentation that may be used to verify the age of a person for the purposes of subsection 8(2);

  • (b) exempting persons from the application of sections 9, 11 and 13;

  • (c) prescribing signs that are required by section 9 to be posted, including their form, size, content, number and placement;

  • (d) prescribing tobacco products for the purposes of subsection 10(2);

  • (e) respecting exemptions from the application of section 12;

  • (f) prescribing anything that by this Part is to be prescribed; and

  • (g) generally for carrying out the purposes of this Part.

PART III

LABELLING

  •  (1) No manufacturer or retailer shall sell a tobacco product unless the package containing it displays, in the prescribed form and manner, the information required by the regulations about the product and its emissions, and about the health hazards and health effects arising from the use of the product or from its emissions.

  • (2) If required by the regulations, every manufacturer or retailer shall provide, in the prescribed form and manner, a leaflet that displays the information required by the regulations about a tobacco product and its emissions and about the health hazards and health effects arising from the use of the product and from its emissions.

  • (3) The information referred to in subsections (1) and (2) may be attributed to a prescribed person or body if the attribution is made in the prescribed manner.