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5/25/2009
Sales of small flavoured cigars are skyrocketing in Alberta.
New figures from Alberta Health Services show 64 million cigarillos were sold in 2007. That's up 1,000 per cent in six years.
The Campaign for a Smoke-free Alberta wants the province to ban the use of flavoured additives in tobacco products.
"This is just something that we want to occur because the tobacco industry continues to market to kids," says Angeline Webb with the Canadian Cancer Society. "If we stop them from producing flavoured cigarillos, then they can no longer target kids with these products."
Webb says new legislation is a step in the right direction. It allows the province to sue tobacco makers for related health care costs.
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