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Canada is proposing that written health warnings be printed on individual cigarettes, the first country in the world to do so, a federal minister said on Friday.

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett said the measure had become stale for the 13% of Canadians who smoke regularly.

Despite decades of efforts, tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of illness and premature death in Canada, killing approximately 48 000 people each year, Ottawa said in a statement.

 

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