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[1] The member states of the WHO created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes

Accompanying the Be True slogan was a variety of phrases such as Be Passionate, Be Original, Be Smooth, and Be Bold, all of which appeal to adolescents and young adults trying to find themselves and develop a sense of self

"Really it's a measure aimed at people who are 15, 16, 17 years of age that with a smoking age at 18, they find it relatively easy to buy cigarettes...but that if you move to 21 it makes it much more difficult," Donnelly said

To mark Tuesday's World No Tobacco Day, Health Minister Jane Philpott announced a three-month online consultation on tobacco packaging sizes and shapes to guide the development of the new regulations