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Newly-released data on cigarette sales suggest pockets of increased illicit trade

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Last week Health Canada updated the information it provides on tobacco sales in Canada, and transferred this information to the department’s consolidated data platform (HealthInfobase.canada.ca). Provincial level information is presented for cigarettes; national level data is shown for other forms of tobacco, but provincial level information is downloadable.  Tobacco manufacturers are required to report to Health Canada the number of…

Ottawa should stop profiting from youth vaping and start reducing it.

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Weedless Wednesday is an annual occasion to acknowledge the harms of tobacco industry products and to commit to individual and societal action to reduce them. With the dissolution of Parliament clearly on the horizon, today is an occasion to reflect on the failure of the federal government’s failure to ameliorate the problems they caused when…

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When it comes to vaping regulation, Addictions Minister Saks continues to ignore advice from her Medical Officer of Health

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Yesterday Canada’s Chief Medical Officers repeated their call for strengthened regulation of vaping products. The Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health includes the senior health officer of each Canadian jurisdiction outside of Quebec. This includes Dr. Theresa Tam, who is the federal government’s lead public health professional. Their message to federal, provincial and municipal governments is…

Feds pocket $74+ million from kids’ vaping

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As reported here earlier, the federal Public Accounts that were tabled on the last day Parliament sat before Christmas provide details on the excise taxes collected by various federal agencies. This blog reports on the evolving role of vaping taxes as a source of federal revenues and the disproportionate amount provided by young people. Tobacco tax revenues…

BAT shoehorns its nicotine pouches onto the Canadian market
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BAT shoehorns its nicotine pouches onto the Canadian market

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On Tuesday this week, Health Canada made public its decision to issue a natural health food license to a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. As a result, British American Tobacco has become the first manufacturer to be authorized to market nicotine pouches in Canada. This federal license, issued on July 18, 2023, allows BAT/Nicoventures authority to…

On this World No Tobacco Day, it’s time to call for a No-Tobacco Canada
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On this World No Tobacco Day, it’s time to call for a No-Tobacco Canada

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Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, May 29, 2023 – On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2023, tobacco control organizations are calling on governments to use the historic opportunity of tobacco manufacturers’ facing bankruptcy and concentrate their efforts at winding up commercial tobacco companies in Canada. They urge governments to recognize that a monetary settlement that…

Des médecins cherchent à obtenir une ordonnance de la Cour fédérale afin de forcer Santé Canada de se conformer à la loi sur le tabac
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Des médecins cherchent à obtenir une ordonnance de la Cour fédérale afin de forcer Santé Canada de se conformer à la loi sur le tabac

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La production du rapport obligatoire affiche un retard de plus de cinq mois (Ottawa–le 15 novembre 2022) Une ONG nationale de santé a fait une demande hier auprès de la Cour fédérale pour qu’elle ordonne à Santé Canada de compléter son analyse, dont la production tarde, de la Loi sur le tabac et les produits de…

Doctors seek Federal Court Order to Force Health Canada to Comply with Tobacco Law
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Doctors seek Federal Court Order to Force Health Canada to Comply with Tobacco Law

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Mandatory Report More Than Five Months Overdue (Ottawa – November 14, 2022) Today a national health charity applied for a Federal Court order directing Health Canada to complete its overdue review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and to present the results to Parliament. “The law is crystal clear” said Dr. Atul Kapur, president…

An update on tobacco sales and tax revenues in Canada
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An update on tobacco sales and tax revenues in Canada

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This post provides updated information on cigarette sales and tobacco taxes in Canada. Links to Fact sheets with the data reflected in the figures below are provided at the bottom of the post. 1) Total tobacco tax revenues in Canada continue to fall – and more quickly than predicted by tax officials. Overall, tobacco tax revenues…

Parliamentarians urged to revisit the tobacco and vaping law they approved four years ago.
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Parliamentarians urged to revisit the tobacco and vaping law they approved four years ago.

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  EDMONTON, AB and OTTAWA, ON and MONTREAL, May 28, 2022 – Health organizations are calling on Senators and Members of Parliament to address the weaknesses in the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) which they passed in the spring of 2018. “Four years later, the flaws in the law and the weaknesses in the strategy it supported are increasingly apparent,” said Cynthia…