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In Canada, each cigar and cigarette to bear cancer warning

Mockups of cigarette packaging are shown in Ottawa, Ontario, May 31, 2016. [Reuters]

Canada will soon require that health warnings be printed on individual cigarettes and cigars in a further crackdown on smoking, the country's addictions minister announced Wednesday.

The messaging, to be phased in starting August 1, will include lines such as "Poison in every puff," "Tobacco smoke harms children" and "Cigarettes cause cancer."

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