Canada’s health minister announces resumption of ban on flavored e-cigarettes
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Canada's health minister announces resumption of ban on flavored e-cigarettes
Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland announced that he would revive the ban on flavored e-cigarettes three years ago. Canadian e-cigarette consumers said the ban will have a devastating impact on the legal consumption of e-cigarettes and will encourage the "black market."
According to a report by vaping360 on April 11, Canada will restart the ban on flavored e-cigarettes three years ago. The ban was approved by the government in June 2021 but has been dormant since then.
Under the regulations, Health Canada will provide manufacturers with a list of less than 100 permitted flavoring ingredients and mandate that only ingredients on the list can be used to make e-cigarette oils, but only in tobacco, mint and menthol flavors. .
At the same time, the use of sweeteners of any kind is strictly prohibited. In 2021, the agency said it estimated that 80-85% of existing products will need to be modified to meet the new requirements. Additionally, the regulations will provide for "sensory attribute standards that prevent the perception of sensations other than those typical of tobacco or mint/menthol." In other words, manufacturers will not be able to add caramel to tobacco flavoring, or add menthol flavors to Add fruit flavorings.
Five Canadian provinces have banned flavored e-cigarettes. Quebec has implemented a ban since October last year. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Northwest Territories, and Prince Edward Island have implemented similar regulations. Nuna has passed this ban, but no specific implementation date has been set. However, despite these flavoring bans being enforced, more than 70% of Canada's population now has access to flavored e-cigarettes.
Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland pushed hard for the long-dormant ban, with support from the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Lung Association and smaller anti-tobacco groups. Strong support from government organizations.
In a recent press conference, Holland said: "I have worked with the Heart and Stroke Foundation on e-cigarettes. At that time, when the information was uncertain, they recommended that e-cigarettes exist as a smoking cessation tool. Not action. Unfortunately, this has led to the tobacco industry attracting a group of young people who have never been exposed to nicotine to become addicted to something that threatens their health. This has extremely negative consequences for our health system."
Canadian e-cigarette consumers say the ban will have a devastating impact on legal consumption of e-cigarettes and will cause irreparable harm to the independent e-cigarette industry. There are approximately 1.8 million e-cigarette users in Canada, and with the vast majority preferring flavors that are not permitted by the Ministry of Health, the proposed regulations will force many people back to smoking and create a vibrant disposable e-cigarette "black market".
