{"id":62271,"date":"2015-10-01T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62271"},"modified":"2016-05-31T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:26:53","slug":"new-provincial-rules-mean-no-more-menthol-cigarettes-to-be-sold-in-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/01\/new-provincial-rules-mean-no-more-menthol-cigarettes-to-be-sold-in-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"New provincial rules mean no more menthol cigarettes to be sold in Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_62272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62272\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_81399076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62272 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_81399076.jpg\" alt=\"menthol cigarettes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_81399076.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_81399076-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(ShutterStock image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2013 In an effort to<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/11\/19\/cancer-society-concerns-teens-and-young-adult-smokers\/\" target=\"_blank\"> reduce the teen smoking rate<\/a><\/strong>, menthol tobacco products will no longer be sold in Alberta beginning today.<\/p>\n<p>The ban was one of the first decisions made by the NDP government and has been applauded by anti-smoking groups.<\/p>\n<p>However, some <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/27\/quebec-court-of-appeal-orders-tobacco-firms-to-put-up-1-billion-security\/\" target=\"_blank\">business owners say the ban will hurt<\/a><\/strong> their bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>Gerry Ell of the Modern Family convenience store says generally his customers are unhappy with losing their menthol cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>He says some customers have been stocking up on menthol products in the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says she\u2019s confident store owners will comply with the new rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur No. 1 driver is to ensure that we\u2019re keeping kids safe and enabling them to make healthy long-term decisions,\u201d says Hoffman. \u201cI\u2019m really proud our government moved in that direction so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the province, if a retailer sells a menthol product, the store could face a $500 fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2013 In an effort to reduce the teen smoking rate, menthol tobacco products will no longer be sold in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":62272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-62271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}