Health Canada’s vaping flavour ban is still missing in action.

Date:  

It’s time to admit it is dead. In June 2021 Health Canada stated its intention to reduce youth vaping by removing flavourings from vaping liquids, and published draft regulations to that effect. Predictably, the release of the draft regulations was followed with noisy and prolonged protests and intensive lobbying by those in the business of selling these...

National Non Smoking Week through the rear-view mirror

Date:  

National Non-Smoking Week is 46 years old this month. This is an occasion to reflect on how much has – and has not – changed over the past half century. This post looks at parallels in government tobbacco policy in 1977 and 2023, and what lessons we might take from this history. For many Canadians...

The New Year and quitting smoking: what the data tell us.

Date:  

For millenia the New Year has brought with it an expectation of personal improvement, and for many smokers that means trying (often again!) to quit smoking. This post looks at newly-available data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) which sheds some light on the quitting behaviour of Canadian smokers. (The charts shown below and the data...

Tidbits from Health Canada’s new Smoker and Vaper Panels

Date:  

Over the last week, two major surveys on smoking and vaping commissioned by Health Canada were disclosed.  Both were conducted by Environics Research and managed under the framework of Government of Canada Public Opinion Research. Reports on these surveys are available from the Library of Canada at the following links: Smokers Panel Baseline Survey 2022...

The updated Cochrane review of e-cigarettes — and what it should mean for Canada

Date:  

Last week, the UK based health charity, Cochrane, released its sixth report on the evidence on the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. This post reflects on how this and other Cochrane conclusions could serve Canadian efforts to reduce smoking at the population and individual levels. In brief: 1) Cochrane establishes that in clinical trials, E-cigarettes fail...

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

Date:  

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

Date:  

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...

BAT’s disposable “VUSE GO” arrives in Canada.

Date:  

Last week BAT/Imperial Tobacco Canada  began selling the disposable vaping device Vuse Go in Canada. From the advertising copy on its website, it appears that this new product is being used to recruit new users:  “Whether you are new to vaping, want to try some new flavours without committing, or simply aren’t sure which device is right...

Update on e-liquid flavour restrictions

Date:  

Almost 14 months have passed since Health Canada published draft regulations to restrict the flavourings and chemicals that could be used by e-liquid manufacturers. in vaping liquids. This post reports on developments in Canada and elsewhere that are related to restricting e-cigarette flavours. Links to more information are provided at the end of the post. Lots of...

Health Canada’s about-face on reporting requirements for the vaping industry is a bad sign for public health

Date:  

PRESS RELEASE.  July 26, 2022 Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (PSC) is concerned that Health Canada’s recently circulated draft regulations to require  vaping product manufacturers to provide the department with information on its products and activities reflect a departmental priority for the concerns of business over the public health benefit of better information on what...

Recent press releases

Contact:

Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
134 Caroline Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y OS9

‌  ‌‌‌613 600 5794
@‌  psc (at) smoke-free.ca
‌@DocsVsTobacco