Cannabis packaging: An opportunity for facilitating informed decisions

Mohammed Al-Hamdani; Kayla M. Joyce; Tristan Park; Megan E. Cowie; Sherry H. Stewart

doi:10.1111/joca.12325

Cannabis packaging: An opportunity for facilitating informed decisions

Mohammed Al-Hamdani, Kayla M. Joyce, Tristan Park, Megan E. Cowie, Sherry H. Stewart

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Abstract

Policy surrounding cannabis legalization is gaining popularity. Legalization must be prescriptive to protect public health. Current Canadian legislative frameworks do not include clear regulations for cannabis package labeling. Regulating cannabis package colors, descriptors, and other brand imagery, as well as using health warnings, are crucial to control cannabis consumption levels. Based on an assessment of the harms linked to cannabis use, an evaluation of existing cannabis and tobacco legislations with respect to packaging labeling, and an extraction of examples from the tobacco labeling literature, this commentary highlights the need for further cannabis legislation in Canada and provides recommendations for cannabis labeling policy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1150-1168
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Consumer Affairs
Volume	55
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12325
Publication status	Published - Sept 1 2021

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Funding Information:
At the time this commentary was written, Dr. Mohammed Al‐Hamdani's post‐doctoral studies was supported by a Mitacs fellowship, Ms. Joyce's graduate studies in psychiatry research was supported by a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship, a Scotia Scholar Award from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (NSHRF), and a Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Ms. Cowie's graduate studies in clinical psychology was supported by a Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from SSHRC, an Alberta Gambling Research Institute Graduate Student Scholarship, and a Faculty of Graduate Studies Master's Scholarship, and Dr. Stewart was supported through a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Mental Health at Dalhousie University.

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© 2020 American Council on Consumer Interests

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Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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