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Ottawa to reveal details of nicotine pouch crackdown in ‘coming days’: MinisterLast November, Mark Holland vowed to close the regulatory "loophole" allowing the flavoured nicotine pouches to be sold in convenience stores across the country.HealthFeb 12
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New B.C. rules to restrict sale of flavoured ‘nicotine pouches’ to pharmaciesThe rules, once passed, will put the product called Zonnic behind the counter at pharmacies in an effort to prevent its sale to youth.HealthFeb 7
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U.S. shares plan to drastically reduce nicotine levels in cigarettesThe Canadian Lung Association says an estimated 48,000 Canadians die each year as a result of smoking and countless others live with chronic diseases caused by smoking.HealthJun 22, 2022
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Researchers in Utah find evidence of earliest human tobacco use 12,300 years agoResearchers believe nomadic hunter-gatherers in what is now Utah may have used the tobacco or its plant fiber for the stimulant qualities offered by the nicotine.ScienceOct 11, 2021
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Has COVID-19 caused Canadians to cut down on smoking? Expert says yesAccording to data from a StatCan survey of 8,112 people taken between December 2020 and January 2021, smoking saw a five per cent decline from 2019.CanadaMay 30, 2021
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Provincial consultation on flavoured vaping products underway in SaskatchewanThe stakeholder consultation is set to conclude this week. Meanwhile, an advocacy group is pushing for an outright ban on flavoured vaping products.HealthSep 20, 2020
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Vaping: B.C. orders cut to nicotine content, restricts flavoured products to adult-only storesAdvertising of vapour products is also banned in places that youth can access, hear or see advertisements, such as in bus shelters or parks.HealthJul 20, 2020
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Nova Scotia to regulate nicotine levels in e-cigarettes in proposed legislationNova Scotia was the first province in Canada to ban flavours, and Delorey says the details of the nicotine regulations will be established at a later date.HealthFeb 27, 2020
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Manitoba government, pharmacy chain team up to help people quit smokingThe Manitoba government and a major pharmacy chain are joining together to provide free counselling and products to people who want to quit smoking.PoliticsJan 8, 2020
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Juul denies former exec’s claim that company shipped tainted vape podsThe allegation comes in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by lawyers representing Siddharth Breja, a one-time finance executive at the e-cigarette maker.WorldOct 30, 2019
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