Complaints of Industry Behaviour
- Complaint to Health Canada. February 2022. Complaint regarding misleading advertising by Imperial Tobacco in its #CleartheSmoke campaign. Letter.
- Complaint to the Competition Bureau February 2020. Complaint regarding misleading advertising by Imperial Tobacco in its #FactsnotFear campaign. Letter.
- Complaint to Health Canada May 2019. Complaint regarding infractions of the TVPA by Imperial Tobacco and other vaping companies. Complaint.
- Complaint to the Quebec Office de la protection du consommateur regarding failure to include important information in communications about vaping products. June 2020. Complaint
- Complaint to the Quebec Office de la protection du consommateur regarding failure to include important information in communications about tobacco products. June 2020 Complaint.
Advocacy
Recent regulatory submissions
- Response to discussion paper on Legislative Review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. November 2023. Submission
- Response to draft Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance). August 2022. Submission
- Response to draft Vaping Products Reporting Regulations. July 2022. Submission
- Response to discussion paper on Legislative Review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. April 2022. Submission
- Response to proposed ban on single-use plastics (and the exclusion of cigarette filters on this list). March 2022. Letter
- Recommendations to newly-appointed Minister and Associate Minister of Health. Letter to Ministers Duclos and Bennett with recommendations for priority tobacco control actions. November 2021. Letter to Ministers.
- British Columbia should aim to end commercial tobacco sales. Submission to the Legislative Finance Committee during its pre-budget study. September 2021. Budget 2022: Protecting B.C.’s Economy and People from Tobacco.
- Support for a tax on vaping liquids. Submission to Finance Canada. June 2021. Taxing Vaping Liquids.
- Restricting flavours (including menthol) in vaping products is an important measure to protect youth. By supplying vaping products only in a therapeutic context, different product restrictions could be contemplated. September 2021. Response to Health Canada’s prposed Order Amending Schedules to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Flavours)
- A 20 mg/ml cap on nicotine in vaping liquids is a necessary (but not sufficient) public health measure. March 2020. Response to Health Canada’s proposed Concentration of Nicotine in Vaping Products Regulations.
- Addressing the unhealthy economics of tobacco. August 2020. Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
- B.C.’s good intentions. PSC supports British Columbia’s proposals to regulate nicotine January 2020. Response to British Columbia’s Intentions Paper.
- Support for Health Canada’s proposed Vaping Promotion Regulations January 2020. PSC comments on Health Canada’s proposed Vaping Promotion regulations
- Call for stronger health warning messages and limits on nicotine in vaping products. September 2019. Response to Health Canada’s proposed Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations.
- Call for stronger regulations to protect young people from vaping promotions March 2019. Response to Notice of Intent to Regulate Vaping Product Advertising.
- Protecting Canadians from Cheap Cigarettes February 2019. PSC and the Quebec Coalition call for budgetary measures to address tobacco use. Letter to federal Minister of Finance; Briefing Paper.
- Call for powerful renewal to the federal tobacco control strategy April 2017. Response to questions identified in Health Canada Document “Seizing the Opportunity: The Future of Tobacco Control in Canada.” Submission on strategy renewal.
- Concerns about commercialization of vaping products. April 2017. PSC urges Senate to amend Bill S-5 (the proposed Tobacco and Vaping Products Act) to a) protect young people from ads for vaping products on mass media and 2) to implement a phase-out of conventional cigarettes. S-5-submission to Senate; S-5 submission to House of Commons
FCTC monitoring Reports
- FCTC Monitoring Report – 2016 August 2016. Canada’s Implementation of Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Shadow report.
- FCTC Monitoring Report – 2010 November 2010. Canada’s Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Shadow Report.
- FCTC Monitoring Report – 2007 June 2007. Report on Canada’s Progress towards Implementing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Shadow Report
Archive of regulatory submissions
Advertising and Promotion
- Tobacco Vector: How American movies, Canadian film subsidies and provincial rating practices will kill 43,000 Canadian teens alive today — and what Canadian governments can do about it. (2010)
Indigenous Tobacco Use
- Towards effective tobacco control in First Nations and Inuit communities. How the FCTC and respect for autonomy and self governance can support public health in Canada’s most challenged communities. (2007)
Regulatory Approaches
- A Moratorium on new tobacco products. How public health can benefit from a change in the style of regulations. (2009)
- Performance based regulations. Tobacco companies use new products as a way to overcome public health laws. A moratorium on new tobacco products can better protect health. (2009)
- “Trolling for Big Fish: 10 Lessons from Canada on tobacco product regulation.” Can governments regulate how cigarettes can be made in order to make them safer? The Canadian experience is full of cautionary tales. (2007)
- A Menu of Supply Side Approaches to Reduce Tobacco use. Cap and Trade, Moratorium, License conditions — the list of available new policy tools keeps growing …(2008)
- Phasing out combustible cigarettes
- Notional legislation to achieve phase-out in Canada#2: Tobacco Supply and Demand Reduction Act. (2018)
- Notional legislation to achieve phase-out in Canada#1: Tobacco Reduction Targets Act (2015)
- This should change everything: using the toxic profile of heat-not-burn products as a performance standard to phase out combustible cigarettes. (Tobacco Control Article, 2018)
Retail
- Tobacco Free Pharmacies Reasons why all provinces should ban pharmacy sales in provinces, and information on the majority that do. (2010)
Tax and Pricing
- Cheap cigarettes: Tobacco companies have manipulated retail pricing to blunt the impact of tax increases. A rationale for standardized pricing and other reforms is presented. (2017)
Submissions in reponse to regulatory proposals
- May 2016. Response to Canada’s proposed plain packaging regulations
- March 2015. Response to Canada’s proposed ban on menthol and flavours.
- October 2014. Response to Notice of proposped order to amend the schedule to the Tobacco Act.
- October 2014. An Appropriate Response to E-cigarettes. Submission to House of Commons Committee on Bill S-5
- October 2011. Response to consultation on renewal of federal tobacco control strategy.
- May 2011. Commentary on Product Labelling Regulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars).
- May 2011. Commentary on Promotion of Tobacco Products and Accessories Regulations (prohibited terms)
- July 2008. Response to proposals to address flavoured little cigars.
- May 2002. Response to proposed changes to Tobacco Product Information Regulations (Toxic Statements)
