Health committee  The local e-cigarette shops are basically the backbone for the industry and also for us vapers, who actually like going to the local shops because the people who provide those services are knowledgeable. They know what they're doing and we're able to talk to them one on one. Th

Health committee  I was in the military for 40 years, and I smoked for 40 years.

Health committee  I'm not a medical doctor.

Health committee  We have access to experts in the field, including medical experts and THR experts as well. We get our information from those people. We also look at studies. Yesterday, the CDC stated on their site that tobacco smoking has declined. It's down from 45 million people to 42 millio

Health committee  No, but I'm saying that you asked where we're getting information—

Health committee  May I answer that? Certainly nicotine is toxic based on its being pure grade. This is not pure grade. This is diluted. We use that in our vaping products. There has been not one death attributed to a child drinking an e-cigarette solution here in Canada or in North America. Whe

Health committee  Certainly. That's a very good question. I think tobacco harm reduction states what it is. We have five million smokers in Canada. That's not an insignificant statistic. We have five million people who could possibly die, so do we just not do anything for those people? Tobacco ha

Health committee  I think the main ban is to ban them for those under 18. The access there is like it is for anything else. You ban children from drinking alcohol at 18. We propose the same type of law, that they be banned. Again, the access to electronic cigarettes is for smokers. It is not a s

Health committee  All the surveys and studies that we have found, including Health Canada's own, have not shown that fact. In fact, smoking among youth has gone down.

Health committee  I'm sure that has happened, but are you attributing that to vaping? That has not been shown.

Health committee  From my perspective, people will start smoking, of course, but what we have found is that vaping is not the cause of that. Most people who use e-cigarettes and vaping are basically all smokers. That is a proven fact. That has been studied and shown to be true. When you talk about

Health committee  Madam Fry, may I interject here?

Health committee  The aspect of online sales is you have to be the age of majority. Normally it's 18 years old. You have to be 18 to buy stuff on the Internet. All sites have the regulation that you have to 18. Also, when you buy online, you have to have a credit card. You have to be at least 18 t

Health committee  I have to admit that most smokers who start vaping do dual usage at the start, because it's a transition, just as when smokers start using a nicotine patch they also are able to continue smoking using the patch. It's the aspect that once you start to transition, you either become

Health committee  Thank you very much for your question. I do believe we need to have regulations regarding age restrictions. I think that's one of the biggest things we would like to see happen. Of course, we need to have more studies to give us more information on whether there are any probl