Roger Simmons on Questions On The Order Paper

With respect to the plain and generic packaging component of the Tobacco Demand Reduction Strategy: ( a ) is Health Canada continuing to study the effectiveness of plain packaging in reducing the uptake and consumption of tobacco products; ( b ) does Health Canada currently have evidence of the impact, either positive or negative, that plain packaging of tobacco products would have on tobacco uptake and consumption; and ( c ) when the federal government puts forward legislative measures to ban advertising of tobacco products as outlined in the Blueprint document of December, 1995, will the packaging of tobacco products be subject to control?