Ecigarettes
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Most Canadians support increasing e-cigarette legal purchase age to 21: Ipsos pollAn exclusive poll conducted for Global News by Ipsos has found widespread support for increasing the minimum legal age to purchase electronic cigarettes of vapes to 21.HealthDec 23, 2019
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Health Canada says it is ‘actively monitoring’ U.S. vaping illness progressHealth Canada spokesman Eric Morrissette says vitamin E acetate, a chemical U.S. investigators say may have caused the illnesses, is not allowed in Canadian cannabis vaping products.CanadaNov 8, 2019
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A 7th person has died in the U.S. from a vaping-related lung illnessThe news comes as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated its emergency operations center in response to the illnessness.HealthSep 17, 2019
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Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance wants to raise vaping min age to 21After six reported deaths and about 450 cases of potential vaping-related illnesses in the United States, President Donald Trump announced plans for a ban of flavoured e-cigarette products.HealthSep 13, 2019
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U.S. health officials warn Juul over claims e-cigarette safer than smokingE-cigarettes have been on the U.S. market for more than a decade, but the FDA didn't gain the authority to regulate them until 2016.HealthSep 9, 2019
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Report finds students drinking, smoking pot less; but fentanyl has entered the marketOntario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s, suggests a biennial survey of Grade 7 to 12 students by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.HealthDec 14, 2017
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