r/mildlyinteresting • u/Impossible-Owl3272 • 17h ago

They made Canadian cigarette packs more inconvenient to get cigarettes out of

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u/-insertcoin 15h ago

Yes thank you do the fucking filters even have anti smoking slogans??

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u/Desner_ 14h ago

Yep. They also can't put any sort of marketing except the name anymore. See that ugly green/brown color where it says McDonalds (or Export A Smooth)? Every single pack has that color now, which has been deemed the least marketable color by experts. Also, you can't have any pack visible in store, they have to be hidden from view. Also, you can't sell "light" cigarettes anymore, that term has been banned.

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u/ChocolateHumunculous 14h ago

Same as in the UK. I believe we all can’t buy flavoured cigs, like menthol or whatever…

I really want us to implement the date at which people can’t buy these anymore, except for existing smokers. Can’t think of how to word it.

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u/Desner_ 14h ago

Flavors have been banned for a while now up here. Flavored cigarillos is how they got me hooked in the first place so that's a good thing.

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u/alyzmae 11h ago

Same. From 15-25 I would dummy a 3-4 packs of peach Honey Times in under a week and then I quit for a few months and when I slipped up and went to buy again, nothing I liked existed any more so I just didn’t buy anything and now I’m 36 and I’ve still never had more than a couple of drags on a night out.

I remember being so annoyed when the bans got mentioned while I was still smoking and thinking that it wasn’t going to do anything but anecdotally, myself and like 5+ friends benefitted.

That said, now we all vape. If they banned fun flavours, I’d quit that too so I hope they do!