A child-resistant carded package or package component, comprising: a front card bonded to a separate rear card with a blister card captured therebetween; said blister card having a face from which a plurality of separate upstanding hollow blister compartments project; said front card extending over said face of said blister card and including a series of openings registering with said blister compartments such that said blister compartments extend through said openings of said front card; said rear card extending over an opposite face of said blister card and including a tear-resistant layer and a further layer made of a different material than said tear-resistant layer, said tear-resistant layer of said laminate extending adjacent said blister card with said further layer extending remote from said blister card relative to said tear-resistant layer and providing an exposed surface of said rear card; and said rear card including perforations (40, 44, 46) defining break-away chads (42, 50) aligned behind said blister compartments of said blister card, said perforations including one set of perforations that are cut into said further layer and not into or entirely through said tear-resistant layer; wherein said rear card is a laminate in which said tear resistant layer is bonded to said further layer, in that each of said break-away chads (42,50) includes a first layer made of said tear-resistant layer and a second layer bonded to said first layer and made of said further layer; said second layer of each of said chads being entirely disconnected and severed from a surrounding portion of said further layer of said laminate of said rear card by a continuous perforation of said one set of perforations and only remaining attached to said rear card by being bonded to said first layer of said chad; and said first layer of each of said chads interconnecting to a surrounded portion of said tear-resistant layer of said laminate of said rear card via lands extending between perforations of another set of the perforations; whereby a force required to fracture at least one of said lands defines a minimum force required to dispense an item contained in one of said blister compartments through said rear card. a front card bonded to a separate rear card with a blister card captured therebetween; said blister card having a face from which a plurality of separate upstanding hollow blister compartments project; said front card extending over said face of said blister card and including a series of openings registering with said blister compartments such that said blister compartments extend through said openings of said front card; said rear card extending over an opposite face of said blister card and including a tear-resistant layer and a further layer made of a different material than said tear-resistant layer, said tear-resistant layer of said laminate extending adjacent said blister card with said further layer extending remote from said blister card relative to said tear-resistant layer and providing an exposed surface of said rear card; and said rear card including perforations (40, 44, 46) defining break-away chads (42, 50) aligned behind said blister compartments of said blister card, said perforations including one set of perforations that are cut into said further layer and not into or entirely through said tear-resistant layer; wherein said rear card is a laminate in which said tear resistant layer is bonded to said further layer, in that each of said break-away chads (42,50) includes a first layer made of said tear-resistant layer and a second layer bonded to said first layer and made of said further layer; said second layer of each of said chads being entirely disconnected and severed from a surrounding portion of said further layer of said laminate of said rear card by a continuous perforation of said one set of perforations and only remaining attached to said rear card by being bonded to said first layer of said chad; and said first layer of each of said chads interconnecting to a surrounded portion of said tear-resistant layer of said laminate of said rear card via lands extending between perforations of another set of the perforations; whereby a force required to fracture at least one of said lands defines a minimum force required to dispense an item contained in one of said blister compartments through said rear card.