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Player’s cigarette recall overview:
- Who: Player’s recalled more than 10 million packs of cigarettes in Canada.
- Why: The cigarettes pose a fire hazard.
- Where: The recall is effective throughout Canada.
Player’s recalled more than 10 million packs of cigarettes across Canada as they can cause fires.
The Health Canada website posted notice of the massive recall on July 18. The recall applies to Player’s, Player’s Smooth and Player’s Original, Regular Size, 20 and 25 cigarettes.
According to the Player’s cigarette recall notice, a total of 10,146,446 packs of the affected cigarettes were sold in Canada from August 2021 to June 2022.
The recalled products were sold in Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Saskatoon and the Northwest Territories.
“Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products and contact the distributor, Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, to return the product for a replacement product,” the Player’s cigarette recall says.
Player’s cigarette recall says product ‘doesn’t meet performance requirements’
Health Canada said it decided to pull the products after its sampling and evaluation program determined the cigarettes do not meet the performance standards required under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.
The act requires that, when tested, all cigarettes manufactured in or imported into Canada must burn their full length no more than 25% of the time.
“Cigarettes that do not meet the performance requirements pose an increased fire hazard,” Health Canada says. “Cigarettes that are dropped onto furniture, bedding or other textile products may cause a fire to start.”
As of July 12, 2022, the company had received no reports of incidents or injuries in Canada, the Player’s cigarette recall states.
The company is not currently facing legal action over the recall, but Top Class Actions follows recalls closely as they sometimes end in class action lawsuits.
This recall follows similar recalls in May and June for 913,980 Viceroy Smooth (Viceroy Velouté), Regular Size, 20 and 25 cigarettes, and 1.7 million Viceroy Full (Viceroy Original), Regular Size, 20 and 25 cigarettes, that did not meet the legal requirements for burn length.
Meanwhile, last year, tobacco companies JTI-Macdonald Corp.; Rothmans, Benson & Hedges; and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. were forced to face class action lawsuit settlement negotiations over smoking-related health care costs, thanks to a judgment expected to cost the tobacco companies $17 billion.
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