Cigarette Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Cigarette advertising === {{Main|Nicotine marketing{{!}}Tobacco advertising}} Many countries have restrictions on cigarette advertising, promotion, sponsorship, and marketing. For example, in the Canadian provinces of [[British Columbia]], [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Alberta]], the retail store display of cigarettes is completely prohibited if persons under the legal age of consumption have access to the premises.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/a-legal-history-of-smoking-in-canada-1.982213 |title=A legal history of smoking in Canada |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2014 |publisher=CBC News |quote=On Jan. 19, 2005, The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Saskatchewan can reinstate a controversial law that forces store owners to keep tobacco products behind curtains or doors. The so-called "shower curtain law" was passed in 2002 to hide cigarettes from children, but was struck down a year later by an appeals court. |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101221608/http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/a-legal-history-of-smoking-in-canada-1.982213 |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Ontario]], [[Manitoba]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], and [[Quebec]], Canada and the [[Australian Capital Territory]] the display of tobacco is prohibited for everyone, regardless of age, as of 2010. This [[retail display ban]] includes noncigarette products such as cigars and [[Blunt (cannabis)|blunt wraps]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ontario-set-to-ban-cigarette-display-cases-1.290422 |title=Ontario set to ban cigarette display cases |date=April 20, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2009 |publisher=CTV News |quote=The new ban prevents all tobacco products from being displayed in any way and prohibits customers from even touching them before they're paid for. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212065947/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080420/ont_cigs_080420 |archive-date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/consult/_2006/tob-ret/4-draft-ebauche-eng.php |title=A Proposal to Regulate the Display and Promotion of Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Products at Retail |publisher=Hc-sc.gc.ca |access-date=November 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607113117/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/consult/_2006/tob-ret/4-draft-ebauche-eng.php |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page