Teen Vaping

• B.C. police seize $100K of vaping products, bust group allegedly selling at schools

  The sellers were equipped with portable point-of-sale machines, and used food delivery service bags to hide their products, police allege. 

  Crime

  Mar 22, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• More than 2M U.S. school kids report using e-cigarettes in 2021, CDC says

  The data, published on Thursday in the U.S. CDC report, showed the use of the potentially addictive nicotine devices may have declined from 3.6 million students in 2020.

  Health

  Sep 30, 2021
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• Alberta introduces vaping legislation to ban minors from buying e-cigarettes, flavours still allowed

  Bill 19 proposes stores not be allowed to sell e-cigarette products to youth and that displays would be restricted in the same way they are for cigarettes.

  Health

  Jun 2, 2020
• Ontario government to restrict flavoured vapes in effort to curb youth consumption

  Ontario will restrict the sale of vape flavours and high nicotine e-cigarettes in a bid to address youth vaping.

  Health

  Feb 28, 2020
• Health group says ‘price war’ among vaping manufacturers is targeting young smokers

  Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada says the dropping prices means B.C.'s move to raise taxes on vape products won't be enough to curb youth vaping.

  Nov 22, 2019
• Critics say B.C.’s youth vaping crackdown will push smokers back to cigarettes

  Many vape shops and manufacturers say switching from cigarettes to vape products can help smokers wean off nicotine and curb their addiction.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2019
• B.C. to unveil 3-ministry plan to crackdown on youth vaping

  The initiative is being touted as by far the biggest effort by any Canadian province to fight vaping among teens. 

  Nov 13, 2019
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• ‘Fallen way behind’: Alberta is now the only province without vaping legislation

  The groups calling for the province to act now are part of the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta, a coalition of health organizations. 

  Health

  Nov 6, 2019
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• U.S. schools install vape detectors, no interest from B.C. school districts

  While anti-vaping measures are now in use in the U.S., administrators in B.C. high schools do not appear to share their American counterparts' concern.

  Features

  Sep 19, 2019