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World No Tobacco Day: Flavors must be maintained in vaping products
Governments must now focus on better enforcement of existing laws and regulations rather than seeking to further restrict access to vaping products for adult former smokers As part of World No Tobacco Day, the Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) would like to reiterate that flavored vaping products play a key role in the fight against…
VITA Participates in the Consultation on the Review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act
Ottawa, April 28, 2022 – Yesterday, The Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) formally submitted its comments to Health Canada as part of the consultation on the first mandatory review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) since its implementation on May 23, 2018. The review of the Act focuses primarily on the vaping provisions…
Northwest Territories Implements Flavour Ban
OTTAWA – On March 25th, 2022, the Northwest Territories announced that it’s ban on the sale of flavoured vaping products will take effect. This ban was intended to better protect the public and youth from vaping as “a significant health hazard… causing acute lung injury”, despite overwhelming evidence that these events were linked to illegal…
National Non-Smoking Week Message
Toronto, January 17th 2022– This January 17th to 23rd is Canada’s national non-smoking week, and the Vaping Industry Trade Association recognizes the unique strain and challenges that our healthcare professionals and institutions continue to face. The impact of the ongoing situation continues to affect the physical and mental health of Canadians, many of whom are …
Video Release – Investigation of Flavour Ban Impact on Illicit Market & Organized Crime
November 25, 2021 – Today, the Vaping Industry Trade Association released an eye-opening video as part of a report on the illicit market consequences of banning flavoured vape products in Canada. With the Federal Government proposing to implement a national flavour ban, VITA took the initiative to understand and investigate the real-world impact that these…
Vaping Industry Calls for Canada to be a Harm Reduction Leader at WHO FCTC COP9 Conference
The Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) is calling on Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to take a strong leadership stance in defense of harm reduction at the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In doing so, it would help ensure that reduced harm…
Nova Scotia’s Ban of Vaping Product Flavours, Increased Smoking
Nova Scotia’s real-world experience foreshadows increase in smoking if federal government restricts vaping product flavours Press Release September 17 – The Nova Scotia government has released data that provides real world evidence that banning flavoured vaping products leads to increased smoking. This is critically important to note because Health Canada is considering a similar proposal…
VITA Responds To Health Canada Proposal That Will Increase Smoking Rates
Ottawa, ON, September 8th, 2021 – On September 2nd the Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) formally responded to Health Canada’s regulatory consultation on flavoured vaping products: Regulations that will, according to Health Canada, increase smoking rates, devastate the legal Canadian vaping sector and lead to an illicit market. “Last week VITA raised significant concerns to…
Canada Proposes Making Quitting Smoking Harder For Adults
OTTAWA, JUNE 18th, 2021 – The federal government today proposed new regulations banning flavoured vaping products that will, if enacted, diminish the effectiveness of vaping as a reduced risk product compared to cigarettes. “If the government’s goal is to ensure that smokers keep smoking, then they couldn’t have proposed a better set of regulations”, said…
New Brunswick Proposes New Barriers For Adult Smokers Trying to Reduce Risk
OTTAWA, May 20th, 2021 – Today, the New Brunswick Legislature passed Bill 17 – An Act to Amend the Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sales Act for second reading and referred the bill to the Standing Committee on Economic Policy. This legislation, if passed, will prohibit adult smokers from accessing flavoured reduced risk vaping products within…
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