Saturday, November 11, 2006

Mild, Light to be dropped from Canadian cigarette packages

Mild, Light to be dropped from Canadian cigarette packages:

Three major cigarette manufacturers in Canada have agreed to begin phasing out "light" and "mild" on their packaging, the Competition Bureau announced Thursday.


Light- and mild-labelled cigarettes vary in their tar content, but critics have long held that they're not necessarily safer than traditional cigarettes.

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