Rules

I. Description of the Quit to Win! Challenge

  1. The Quit to Win! Challenge is a health-promotion campaign aimed at people who want to quit smoking. The goal of the program is to improve their quality of life and life expectancy by changing their habits.
  2. For participants, the challenge is to not smoke, that is, to not inhale tobacco smoke or use products containing tobacco including, but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, or pipes, for a minimum period of six weeks, from February 6 to March 19, 2023, inclusively.
  3. Persons duly registered for the Quit to Win! Challenge who satisfy the conditions set out in the present rules and regulations will have a chance to win a prize for their participation if they are still non-smokers at the time the winners are declared, on March 20, 2023, and, if applicable, until they have passed a screening test.
  4. Registration is free of charge, and all persons registered for the Quit to Win! Challenge may change their registration at any time up to February 6, 2023, inclusively, at quitchallenge.ca.

II. Eligibility

  1. To be eligible for the Quit to Win! Challenge, and for the prize draws, candidates must:
    1. be duly registered for the Quit to Win! Challenge and have submitted all the required personal information;
    2. reside in Quebec (i.e., their permanent residence must be in Quebec and they must live there on a regular basis);
    3. be a smoker as of December 15, 2022, that is:
      • have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life and still smoke cigarettes on a daily basis or occasionally (at least once a week);
      • OR
      • smoke a pipe, a cigar, a cigarillo or consume other products containing tobacco on a daily basis or occasionally (at least once a week);
    4. commit to the following: to not smoke from February 6 to March 19, 2023, inclusively;
    5. not smoke up until the date that the winners are declared (March 20, 2023) and, if applicable, until they have passed a screening test.

Exclusion: A person may not register for the Quit to Win! Challenge to stop the use of e-cigarettes or cannabis, since these are not considered tobacco products.

  1. Capsana employees, representatives, agents, or members of the eligibility committee, and persons living in the same household are not eligible for the Quit to Win! Challenge drawings.

III. How to participate

  1. Registration for the Quit to Win! Challenge contest takes place from 12:01 a.m. (EST) on December 15, 2022, to 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 6, 2023, inclusively, (the "contest duration").
  2. All those interested in participating in the Quit to Win! Challenge must fill out and submit a single registration form for the Quit to Win! Challenge either by using the online form on the Quit to Win! Challenge website or by telephone through the iQuitnow helpline (1 866 527-7383) before 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 6, 2023, inclusively. All registration forms must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 6, 2023, inclusively; for forms sent by Internet, the date and time of reception will serve as proof of receipt within the deadline. The deadline for telephone registrations is 8:59 p.m. (EST) on February 6, 2023, inclusively. If, due to computer problems, registrations cannot be adequately integrated into the Challenge website by February 6, 2023, the organizers may decide to extent the registration period. If this is the case, a special note to this effect will appear on the home page of the Quit to Win! Challenge website.
  3. The registration form must be sent by one of the following means:
    • By Internet: by filling out and submitting the online registration form on the Quit to Win! Challenge website at quitchallenge.ca
    • By telephone: through the iQuitnow helpline (1 866 527-7383)
  4. Each participant will receive a registration confirmation (immediately if registering on the website and by mail if registering by telephone).
  5. In submitting the registration form through the Quit to Win! Challenge website or by telephone, participants declare that they have read and understood the rules and regulations of the Quit to Win! Challenge, will comply with them, and be committed to respecting them.
  6. In submitting the registration form through the Quit to Win! Challenge website or by telephone, participants confirm their first name, birth date, residential address and email address.
  7. In submitting the registration form through the Quit to Win! Challenge website or by telephone, participants agree to actively participate in the Quit to Win! Challenge by stopping smoking at the time of their choice between December 15, 2022, and February 6, 2023, inclusively, and not smoking from February 6 to March 19, 2023, inclusively.
  8. In submitting the registration form through the Quit to Win! Challenge website or by telephone, participants agree to not smoke up until the date that the winners are declared (March 20, 2023) and, if applicable, until they have passed a screening test.
  9. In submitting the registration form through the Quit to Win! Challenge website or by telephone, participants agree to not smoke during events related to the Quit to Win! Challenge, such as the prize ceremony, press conferences, etc.

IV. Sponsors and teammates

It is no longer possible to register with a sponsor or a teammate.

V. Description of the Quit to Win! prizes

  1. Grand Prize – Participants aged 18 and over
  • $5,000 cash prize
  1. Prize offered by Jean Coutu – Participants aged 18 and over
  • A gift card for a total value of $250.

VI. Awarding of prizes and draw

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

  1. The Grand prize and the prize offered by Jean Coutu will be drawn from all participants age 18 and over duly registered in Quebec. A limit of one prize can be drawn per person and per address. Any additional participation per household will be canceled.
    The random draws for the potential winners will take place at 10:00 a.m. on March 20, 2023. The potential winners will be contacted by e-mail or by phone starting on March 20, 2023, by the members of the eligibility committee, and must answer a questionnaire designed to verify the eligibility criteria for the Quit to Win! Challenge listed in section II of the present rules and regulations.
  2. To be declared a winner and receive his or her prize, each potential winner must first demonstrate by his or her answers to the questionnaire that he or she has completed the Quit to Win! Challenge, in other words, has not smoked during the six weeks of the Challenge, that is, from February 6 to March 19, 2023, inclusively, by informing the members of the eligibility committee of the steps that he or she took. The potential winner will be taken at his or her word and presumed to be in good faith. Second, the potential winner will have to correctly answer, without assistance, within a given time, a skill-testing mathematical question asked over the telephone at a time previously agreed to by the parties. Finally, the potential winner will have to pass a screening test in the form of a urine test or any other form of test deemed relevant, if the eligibility committee of the Quit to Win! Challenge so requests.
  3. If a potential winner cannot be reached after two (2) days of attempts, at the rate of one (1) e-mail per day, if there is no response or no call-back, the potential winner will not have the right to a prize. If applicable, the next potential winner on the list will be called. For whatever reason, no delay may go beyond 48 hours from the time of the first e-mail.
  4. After having reached the potential winners and having confirmed verbally with witnesses their eligibility for the Quit to Win! Challenge prizes, the members of the eligibility committee will provide the potential winners with an individual written declaration attesting to the fact that they respected the conditions set out in the present rules and regulations, as well as a waiver.
  5. Said declaration must be read and signed by the winner. The latter must return a signed copy by email to the organizers of the draw and / or send by mail the original signed declaration, within five (5) working days after the confirmation call. If the deadline is not respected, the potential winner will be disqualified.
  6. If a potential winner does not fulfil the requirements of the present rules and regulations, he or she will be automatically disqualified, and the prize will be awarded to a new participant by random draw, according to the same eligibility criteria.
  7. Capsana is the initiator of the Quit to Win! Challenge and is solely responsible for the organization of the draws, which are conducted according to a most rigorous process and supervised by a committee composed of in-house representatives involved in the production of the Quit to Win! Challenge (“eligibility committee”).
  8. The prizes must be accepted as awarded and described in the present rules and regulations for the Quit to Win! Challenge. They are not transferable and may not be replaced by other prizes, nor are they exchangeable, in whole or in part, for cash or other goods. Capsana reserves the right to substitute a prize of an equivalent value for a prize that cannot be awarded as described in the present rules and regulations.
  9. The chances of winning depend on the number of registrations received during the registration period.

VII. Commitment of the winner

  1. The names of the winners and the results of the Quit to Win! Challenge will be posted on the Challenge website at quitchallenge.ca.
  2. A winner must consent, if required, and without remuneration, to have his or her name, city and region of residence, and/or all declarations related to winning the prize be used by the organizers of the Quit to Win! Challenge for communication or advertising purposes related to the Quit to Win! Challenge.

VIII. Authority and responsibilities

  1. Capsana holds final authority with regard to judgment and decisions regarding registration of participants, evaluation of eligibility of potential winners of the Quit to Win! Challenge, and the awarding of prizes.
  2. Capsana, its employees and consultants, and the organizers, partners, and sponsors of the Quit to Win! Challenge may not be held responsible in the case of an accident, loss, theft, or any other problem or costs related, directly or indirectly, to the acquisition or use of a prize.
  3. The refusal to accept a prize frees Capsana from any obligation related to said prize, including its delivery.
  4. Capsana and its agents are not responsible for any technical, mechanical, computer, telephone, telecommunications, distribution, or production errors and may cancel or withdraw the draw if such errors arise, without obligation and without prior notice and at its sole discretion.
  5. Capsana is not responsible for damages caused to the computer system of a user following his or her participation in the contest, nor in the downloading of information necessary to participate in the contest.