Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I would add that 15% of youth 15 to 19 years of age are smoking tobacco products, and they are typically smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes do not need special colours or flavours to be attractive. Youth are using them even when we don't want them to. What w

Health committee  Yes. If you sell a tobacco product in Canada, such as cigarettes, you have to comply with the Tobacco Act. Tobacco products such as the cigarettes we see sold in duty-free stores along the border, but on Canadian territory--and also sold elsewhere in Canada, just not there—must h

Health committee  A mixture of flue-cured Burley and Oriental.

Health committee  Virginia tobacco.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for the question. It's not clear to me from what was read whether or not the little cigars shown in figure 2 would be captured. If you rely only on the presence of a filter, my understanding is that all these products would no longer be captured by the bil

Health committee  Those are the ones that are shown in figure 2.

Health committee  In figure 1, you'll see that those are little cigars with a cigarette filter. I think the proposition made by Mr. O'Shea would keep these in the bill. However, if you look at figure 2, they are little cigars that are less than 1.4 grams but without a filter. My understanding of t

Health committee  The issue is whether we have detailed information about all users from all levels and all age groups. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. The tools available to us, such as surveys, are limited. Maybe you've received a phone call while you were making dinner. Someone wanted to as

Health committee  As Mr. Glover was pointing out, since 2005, 19% of the population who are 15 years of age or older are tobacco users. I'd like to add that in 1985 that number was 35%. So in twenty years we went from 35% to 19%. We're very proud of this. Obviously it's not just the federal govern

Health committee  The claim is meant to make the product appear more appealing; it's a ploy.

Health committee  The Tobacco Act regulates the manufacturing of tobacco products, as well as their sale, labelling, and promotion, but the act does not regulate their use.

Health committee  The use of tobacco products is dealt with under the Non-smokers' Health Act, which Parliament passed in 1988. This act regulates the use of tobacco in federal workplaces as well as in companies that come under federal jurisdiction. Outside these areas, the issue falls within prov

Health committee  Yes. Bill 124--I hope it's the right number--went through the Ontario Legislative Assembly last fall. It also dealt with issues related to the weight and the 1.4 gram criterion for little cigars. It also left some room to be able to go back with regulations and specify exactly if

Health committee  Thank you. Actually, the prohibition on selling cigarettes to minors is already found in section 8 of the Tobacco Act. So the ban is already in the current legislation.

Health committee  That is why the ban is not found in this act to amend the Tobacco Act; it is already in the Tobacco Act. Despite this ban, we realize that young people are able to get cigarettes. So we have introduced other measures to make it harder for young people to get cigarettes. Price is