Plain tobacco packaging advocacy groups, including the Canadian Cancer Society. He has since become the Prime Minister and has told his then-Health Minister, Jane Philpott, that he expects her to "Introduce plain packaging requirements for tobacco products, similar to those in Australia and the United Kingdom". In March 2015, a bill similar to the Australian one was established before the Congress of the Republic, since it was intended to regulate the packaging and labeling of tobacco products. The ultimate goal of this Bill was to achieve a total ban on its advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Although the Bill was filed a few months
Tobacco packaging warning messages actually reversed, the FDA will again need to go through the process of developing the new warning labels, and the timetable and final product remain unknown. Stronger warning labels started to appear in May 2010. Effective June 2010, the following labels began to appear on smokeless tobacco products (also known as chewing tobacco) and their advertisements. The new warnings are required to comprise 30 percent of two principal display panels on the packaging; on advertisements, the health warnings must constitute 20 percent of the total area. For many years in Venezuela, the only warning in cigarette packs was printed in