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VITA Releases It’s Submission to the Flavour Ban Consultation
Thursday September 2nd – VITA released it’s submission to the proposed flavour ban consultation. The 61 page submission focused on the shocking findings from the Technical Committee along with a 3rd party investigative report that sought to understand the black market situation in Nova Scotia and elsewhere. The full report is available for download in…
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…
Vaping Product Tax Combined With Flavour Bans and Nicotine Caps Put Canada’s Youth at Risk
OTTAWA, April 19th, 2021 – Today, the Canadian federal government tabled the annual budget which announced an intention to introduce a new excise tax framework in 2022. VITA is concerned that this tax, when combined with a 70% reduction in maximum nicotine content and anticipated flavour restrictions will create a once in a lifetime opportunity…
Thousands of Canadians Tell Health Canada That Making Quitting Smoking Harder For Adults is Not The Right Approach
OTTAWA, March, 11 2021 – Thousands of Canadians have responded to Health Canada’s proposed 70% reduction in maximum nicotine concentration in vaping products to share their view that this is the wrong approach. Vaping is widely recognized as significantly less harmful than smoking and has helped hundreds of thousands of adult Canadians reduce their risk.…
VITA Submission on Proposed Nicotine Restrictions
Thursday March 4th – The Vaping Industry Trade Association of Canada (VITA) was pleased to submit our response to Health Canada’s consultation on reducing the maximum allowable nicotine concentration in vaping products from the current legal limit of 66mg/ml to the proposed limit of 20mg/ml (70% reduction). Download PDF Submission
COVID-19 Prevention in Specialty Vape Stores: Regulatory Amendments under the Reopening Ontario Act 2020
Friday February 26th 2021 – The following notice has been issued from the Ministry of Health to all vape shops in Ontario. Effective immediately, all Specialty Vape Stores in Ontario shall not permit an electronic cigarette to be used for the purpose of sampling a vapour product in a Specialty Vape Store. These regulatory changes…
Government of Canada Proposes Making Reduced Risk Products Less Effective During National Non-Smoking Week
OTTAWA, January 20th, 2021 – Vaping products have been widely recognized by regulators and leading health organizations as a significantly less harmful nicotine alternative than cigarettes. Despite this, during National Non-Smoking Week, the Government of Canada is considering reducing the maximum nicotine strength in vaping products by almost 70%. VITA strongly believes that in order…
Canada Proposes Making Quitting Smoking Harder For Adults
OTTAWA, December 18th, 2020 – Today, the Canadian federal government proposed lowering allowable nicotine levels in regulated vapour products, which would minimize their value to adult smokers seeking to transition to a reduced risk category. The effectiveness of vaping as a harm reduction product is contingent upon smokers having access to an alternative with sufficient…
PEI Government Makes it Harder for Adult Smokers to Transition to a Reduced Risk Alternative
OTTAWA, August 25th, 2020: On March 1st, 2021, it will become harder for adult smokers in PEI to transition to a reduced risk category of consumption – vaping. As of that date, all flavoured vaping products, other than tobacco, will be prohibited. “The evidence is clear, flavoured vaping products play a key role in helping…
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