Why do the amendments exclude menthol flavouring from the ban?
• A7. Menthol-flavoured cigarettes have been in the marketplace since the 1920s and are used by about 2% of smokers in Canada. The measures in the legislation are designed to protect children and youth by focussing on new or emerging fruit- and candy-flavoured tobacco products — such as little cigars and blunt wraps — that may induce youth to smoke.
