Fredericton — Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em because tobacco use in public is about to become more regulated than the Energy East pipeline. Today, Health Minister Victor Boudreau unveiled even more anti-smoking amendments to the Tobacco Sales Act — regulations that the minister claimed to be the most aggressive on the continent.
Last week, the provincial government released new measures to ban smoking from many outdoor places that may be used by children including restaurant patios, beaches, parks and sports fields. Also, new rules for e-cigarettes and vaping were announced, which will restrict those devices to smoking areas. This past Friday, the government subsequently revealed plans to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes as well as candy and fruit-flavoured cigarillos as of Jan. 1, 2016.
But, the Liberal government isn’t done with smokers yet. Today, they released additional tobacco use limits, the most restrictive and punitive in North America.
Starting July 1, smoking in public only will be a legal activity between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. All types of public smoking outside of this 10-hour window are strictly prohibited, and punishable by a fine of $1,110. This restriction is to reduce the likelihood that a child will be exposed to secondhand smoke, and greatly reduce the risk of children witnessing the act of smoking.
Other new restrictions include the following:
- In addition to the fine, anyone caught smoking unlawfully will be forced to speak for the rest of the day using an electrolarynx, the medical device used to produce a robotic voice for people who have lost their voicebox due to cancer;
- Anyone under the age of 19 caught smoking will have to smoke the entire pack in front of an inspector, or eat an unfiltered cigarette and prove that they swallowed it;
- Each package of cigarettes now must include a simulated piece of diseased human lung;
- Citizens will be obligated by law to speak as sanctimoniously as possible to anyone seen smoking. The smoker must be told “you’re killing yourself” at least once every 60 seconds until the cigarette is finished;
- Smokers only can receive health care if they agree to wear a scarlet letter “S” on their hospital gown over their lungs while receiving services;
- The price of a carton of cigarettes will be increased to include the wholesale cost of an oxygen tank, which will be provided to local health-care facilities proactively on the smoker’s behalf.
At 20 percent, New Brunswick has the highest per capita smoking rate in the country compared to the national average of 15 percent. For those between the ages of 20 and 24, the rate is even higher at 28 percent. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, lung cancer accounts for about 25 percent of all cancer deaths in the province, and 85 percent of those cancers are caused by smoking.
“Smoking is set to become the most tightly controlled human activity in New Brunswick history,” said Boudreau. “As long as the government is paying for health care with tax revenue, we can justify just about any tobacco regulation and tax. So, we are just going to town on them.”
When asked whether there will be additional regulations on other health-adverse activities such as alcohol and caffeine consumption, unhealthy food, poor sleep, over-work, inactivity, lack of vaccinations, promiscuous unprotected sex, high-risk recreational activities, and poor oral hygiene, Boudreau was incredulous. “We can’t regulate those things the same way as smoking. This is still a democracy after all. I’m not sure what you are getting at.”
This is the most stupidest thing i have heard to make a child under 19 eat a cig. What have we become
That’s what you call bullying they target the young but cant do it to other adults that are older
You know that was a joke, right?
I almost was fooled by this article but what gave it away was forcing a person under 19 years of age to eat a cigarette and to smoke a whole pack……WHAT A STUPID WASTE OF TIME!…….I was looking forward to a good old fashion overthrowing of the Liberal government because they pretty much have us good paying tax payers to the breaking point!…..Be very careful Liberals you still have 3 more years in power in Ontario and I think I speak for every Ontarian that WE DO NOT WANT HYDRO ONE SOLD OFF FOR A LOUSY 4 BILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR A 130 BILLION DOLLAR LTR WHEN WE CAN GENERATE 20 BILLION FROM HYDRO ONE OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD IF WE KEEP IT IN OUR HANDS. WE LEARNED FROM A GOVERNMENT THAT SOLD OFF OUR BRAND NEW 407 HIGHWAY WITHOUT US TAX PAYERS HAVING A SAY IN IT WHO PAID FOR IT AND WE HAVE BEEN FUCKED OVER EVER SINCE……AINT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!!
truly i think this was made up there’s no way in hell they can make a kid eat smokes fars i’m concerned this is bullshit and a big joke i do not find this funny at all
I understand that you guys dont want people smoking but you guys were the idiots to make them and get people addicted to them in the first place and try to make then “cool”. But making people smoke there whole deck at once or eat a cigarette is absurd. And making people who are addicted to them (because of you) smoke a simulated piece of diseased human lung is discussing and probably illegal, at this point you are actually trying to kill us with a short term effect. I know people who have smoked there whole life and they dont have cancer and i know people who havent smoked one and have died from cancer, its just luck. Our government is so fucked and corrupted and our people cant even see it, ts actually so sad. I think this rule is PATHETIC and so are the idiots who made up this law. hope you guys come to conclusions real quick and think real hard about this because this is go gonna start and nee riot that you ARE going to regret
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Sounds to me like this is made up. In other words not true.
lol they can GO FUCK THEM SELVES that’s what I say fuck the government
Ha ha! Great satire piece!
There is sone truth behind it. They are trying to pass a bill to make smoking illegal in an area where the public gather. Parks beaches patios walking paths and so on. Anywhere a child can come in contact with smoke. Even the sidewalk.
I have been saying for years that the government needs to start taking out the crap that has been allowed to be put into the cigarettes since 1984. As far as the rest of what the government is doing its plain discrimination. Maybe when the government starts listening to the people, there might be a way to help us stop smoking. Or at least make it so that smoking is less lethal.
this is just stupid
So, it’s OK for factories to spew toxins in the air?
Our children inhale the air, don’t they?
Cigarette smoking is a choice, to the smoker.
Yes, prohibit smoking where children are present.
However, putting a time limit, when you can smoke, ridiculous!!
I WILL SMOKE WHERE EVER THE FUCK I WANT THIS IS BULLSHIT FUCK YOU POLITICS
Im with you Paul! ?
This article is a complete hoax and meant to embarrass people who respond.
I have a very hard time believing any of this is true.
Time the smokers stand up for the self, all the non smokers are saying awesome, well guess what you will be paying a lot higher taxes, where do you think the government gets most of their money, there’s nothing anymore that does not cause harm some way or another, worlds coming to an end any how, so why worry now lol,
ha ha cant believe anyone thought this was real
lol, I am sure it is a joke but a funny read at that, but in all honesty we are becoming such a policed state it is not even funny anymore, can’t take a crap without calling your MLA to see if it’s ok……….
Wow how many laws are they breaking there but it figures only the stupid liberals would come up with a plan like that guess they are saying the hell with human rights
So attacking the smoking population..hmm what about methadone and pills hmm well and social assistance I think they all should be pissed tested to get a check but I am not the government I guess..but really guys cigarettes wow
Not REAL……LOL
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Yeah ok theyre gonna tell Smoker addicts to not smoke at that time psh yeah ok I know the kids and all but what about the parents that smoke inside with their kids around and now with this dumb rule the parents wont be able to step out of their home to smoke so it will be around the kids. This is such a police state that soon were gonna have to tell them when we crap and im sure there will times at that so everyone flushes at right times. Good God this world is something else now
Good luck NB! I’m not saying limiting hours of smoking is wrong, but to have those under 19 smoke a pack of cigarettes in front of a wanna-be inspector is not only ridiculous, but out right dangerous…as is the electro larynx! So now, if someone under 19 is drinking, inspectors force them to down a 40…who is then responsible for alcohol poisoning??? Also, the police aren’t able to enforce many laws as is, ie. four wheelers on the road, drinking while driving four wheelers, snowmobiles… Good luck! Funny thing is, it’s been reported twice in the past two months of smoking inside a church, with a priest present, and nothing has been done. The first time it was advised to contact the bishop…which occurred. The second time a message was left, not specific to the incident, and NO ONE from the office who enforcers banning smoking in a public place has returned the phone call!
i can understand some restrictions on smoking in public, but this is a joke.is this April Fools Day or what. Democracy, for him to use that word after what I just read is crazy. Wearing a S on hospital gown, no way. Fine, for smoking during the day, even if you are far away from anyone, What a laugh! Last but not least someone calling me names or making me use an electro larynx might get more than they bargained for and I’m not a violent person, but I am a smoker and have no intention of quitting. So what I have read above, could not be possibly true or I’d call us a communistic province. Thank you for giving me a forum to speak at least.
if you guys dont know… this is a joke.
So I guess we shouldn’t be allowed to drive either because gas fumes are way more harmful than people smoking outside. So glad we live in the land of freedom
I’m just wondering why smokers are having all their rights taken away? I can see being fined for throwing the butt on the ground but the reasoning makes no sense…so children aren’t exposed to second hand smoke? Outside??? Ok what’s next? Nobody will be able to drive a car because we wouldn’t want to expose children to the dirty filthy dangerous exhaust fumes would we?
Lmao good luck?
this is just a tactic for the government to make money for catching people smoking in public. They hide behind health and safety to come up with a way to generate revenue for the province. Pretty soon you’ll see jails over populated from people not paying their fines for smoking in public curfew.
every law permit restriction is done to put dollars in some
ones hand all though stupid anyone outside smokeing can blow smoke in a neighbours window in warm weather as for a money grab may not be to far fetched
A smoke free world is what I want!! But this ad is obviously fake. You smokers need to stop being selfish pricks and actually start thinking about the future of this planet and it’s people. You are just bad Role models for younger generations. Weak willed cowards hiding behind your so called addictions.
I don’t give a shit what your rules are but I really know this I will fucking stop this from happening somehow so to all the smokers out there, don’t worry cause there’s a new bitch in town to tell them stupid people not to make damn ugly rules like these fuck heads ?
It’s about time..
Dirty, stinky,PROVEN death dealing habit.
Welcome to a liberal communism! enjoy no freedom. Slave to corporate America. You pay. Give your money to them. Lol, I just quit smoking.
This is not going to happen for one no one will go for that for two this is a hoax Bull shit they can’t make anyone do any of that stuff
You don’t own us we the people have the right to do anything we choose either it’s right or wrong it’s our life’s. Not yours to control. You do what you think it’s right for yourself. You want a war you keep trying to control. It will bite you back in the ass how about you look in people who needs a doctor I lived in newbrunswick over 3 years and in dire need of a doctor. And still on that fucking waiting list. Look into that I would love to meet you and smack your fucking mouth in so few words from the rest if Canada. Fuck off eh!!
Glad I love in Ontario. The additional items beyond a fine is a violation of so many rights and freedoms. What if a smoker says no… I dare the inspector to touch the smoker. Lawsuit in waiting. As far as the rest…. Rubbish. The number one killer in North America is actually fatty food thru restaurants ,then hay flick limit, then accidental death
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So many kids on meth and crack and other crazy ass drugs that can kill them first try ! But hey let’s spend all the money on stopping smoking cigarettes what a fucking joke
Honestly this means protest or threat of petition to have a new provincial government, we are screwed in all of this by the liberal government. For prime minister I’m not voting for them
What a joke
can’t smoke during a 10 hr time period, what’s next you (government) going to hold my penis while I pee or should I put a special box around it so that another person can’t get a chance to see my junk…you going to hold the fork for me so I don’t overeat? How about you go ahead and type what I should think too!
Lol, you should definitely believe everything you read on the Internet 100% of the time because it is defiantly always correct.
This is the most craziest thing I’ve heard in all my years. Do you actually think this is going to prevent children from breathing in second hand smoke? Seriously use your head for more than a hat rack and get a brain. This idea is only going to have children breathing in second hand smoke. WHY? Because you people are going to force those who smoke outside away from thier kids to now smoke in thier homes where the children are present. Sit back and think about it…in a house totally in closed or outside where it is gone in the air….
Government has fucked us and now trying to make US take it dry and hard what next phone in to make sure it’s ok to have a shit and flush it will never end until we take back r government from the non true born Canadians.
So its ok for a waste plant to be burning human waste with nuclear material in it 100 meters from a school that goes from kinder garden to grade 3 the government is fucked in the head to them its all about the monney
So this is another way of control first why not take off the cigs ect off the shelves all across the province second take booze as well and third stop putting stuff in our food and water since u are trying to clean up the smoking crap sounds like we love the tax rev dollars and this other crap try to do it means you will start a uprizing in that province and police and military are spread thin enough inforcing other more serious laws tell him to clean the air first try that my family members are health nuts who all have cancer me i smoked 30 yrs nothing my exam comes back clean every time so really how about this gas has gone back up the barrel of oil 48.00 less than half price but full price is back health care listen up we pay for that with every hour we work buy things wake up the government control measures is going to be inforced by who robots in else u are going to take your wages out to supply the extra man power like that would happen how many people in the province now add all law inforcement and military take and divide that into the number of smokers to nail everone are u nuts never happen everone light up they cant fine and catch
communism at its best folks what in hell has Canada become?
This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read! I wish we’d get informed earlier with enough time to fight against this mentally insane governments bullshit new laws and effects and what they think is “right”. How about instead of denying those their rights to purchase cigarettes and cigars and smoke openly, you teach kids it’s bad. It doesn’t matter whether you make it illegal or not to smoke openly kids are going to do it, it’s a winless fight that’s only going to create the citizens to go against it’s shitty government. Fucking ridiculous. Time to stand up guys seriously, it might not be the healthiest choice but it’s still ours to make!!!
As if!!! Like get real! Worry about your own self not everyone..everyone has to have a life..everyone pays for their own stuff y stick your nose in with your stupid gov rules
I think our government should be put into a psych ward if this is the shit they have become. They are no better than terrorist. time for change people stand up and tell them to go to hell. They can also do something with the food scenario, tax the piss out of junk foods and make healthy food more affordable. 5 kids that are gluten intolerant and they do nothing unless I make my kids sick for a month and get their blood tested, hoping that it will show up. I simply cut those foods out containing gluten and they all got better. you call yourselves a democracy i would say more like communist dictatorship no better than Hitler.
This is a joke, I was a smoker for 23 years, and the hubby a smoker for about 25 years, no health problem, (our children have only problems with foods, and has nothing to do with smoking).We recently quit and have no problem with smoking and smokers, We just quit to ease a financial strain on our budget so we could better afford the proper gf foods for our children. ex: superstore sells 4 loaves of unsliced bread for $4.98, 1 loaf of gf bread which is 1/2 the size is $3.49-$9. I have even gone as far as milling rice blends to make my own flour. Their are no breaks unless blood testes show positive how is that fair?
If this is true than I can tell you that it is only one step to North Korean Communism ( At least there they can smoke whenever they want and where they want). As a Canadian citizen who I lived in a communist country I can tell you that from where we are now to communism, with this stupid law, it’s only a hair line border….sad!!! I am happy that this government solved all the problems relating to unemployment and being poor not by choice (to be read being poor even when one works, and being underpayed, and not being able to afford food for one’s own kids and not being a smoker or a alcohol drinker). And to eat a cigarette isn’t a discrimination? Or to wear a S in the hospital? Or to wear a larynx ( what are we dogs who must be reduced to silence or what) ? Who gives them the right to do this to the people who put them there in the first place (all the politicians who passed a bill like that) ? Do not forget people, WE put them there by voting for them so maybe it is time to take them down one way or another!!! They are not our masters and we are not their slaves!
The dumbest people here are the morons that think the bullet points are true.
Great law. Smoking in public is really not good environment. Many researches have shown that the secondhand smokers even have higher risks of cancer. This is really not good especially for children who have future ahead. We hope the government can provide more special smoking places make more anti-smoking advertisements
Why don’t you just band it all together, smokers need to stand up and start fighting some of these restrictions.