E-cigarettes

• Vaping rates have fallen among Canadian youth — but that could be temporary

  Although the rate of Canadian teenagers smoking e-cigarettes remains high, the number of youth using them has dropped in recent years.

  Health

  May 18
  
• Manitoba advocates want more vaping regulations following Quebec bans

  It may be illegal for teenagers to buy vapes, but a recent study suggests over a quarter of Canadian high school students have vaped in the past month.

  Health

  Apr 20
  
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• Quebec to ban sale of flavoured vaping products

  The new rules would also restrict the sale of vaping products shaped like toys, jewels, animals, real or fictional characters, or other forms that might appeal to youth.

  Health

  Apr 19
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• Study to explore potential long-term health effects of vaping in young people

  According to the study's researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, nearly 15 per cent of youth in Canada use vapes regularly

  Health

  Oct 25, 2022
• Sales of Juul e-cigarettes blocked by U.S. FDA

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has blocked e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. from selling its nicotine products in the U.S, potentially dealing a fatal blow to the company.

  Health

  Jun 23, 2022
• New Brunswick Court of Appeal maintains ban on sale of flavoured e-cigarettes

  The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision not to suspend the province's ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes.

  Canada

  May 13, 2022
• New Brunswick judge denies motion to lift ban on sale of flavoured e cigarettes

  New Brunswick has banned e-cigarette flavours, except for tobacco flavour, but the plaintiffs wanted sales to resume pending a full court challenge of the legislation.

  Health

  Mar 31, 2022
• Court to rule on motion to allow sale of flavoured e cigarettes in New Brunswick

  Judge Terrance Morrison of the Court of Queen's Bench heard arguments in a Burton, N.B., courtroom Tuesday afternoon and will deliver his decision on Thursday.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2022
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• Sask. audit report highlights inconsistencies in inspection, enforcement of vape shops

  The provincial audit report found that 19 per cent of more than 1,200 retail locations that sell vape products did not receive an annual inspection in 2020-21.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2021
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• University of Waterloo to help conduct $10-million study of e-cigarettes

  The University of Waterloo says it will be one of several schools from around the globe taking part in a $10-million study on e-cigarettes and other new nicotine products.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2021