Health committee  In terms of correcting the problems we see with advertising, we also support this position. However, as I mentioned in my remarks, we have other concerns about how we should further restrict and diminish use of combustible cigarettes, but that's another topic.

Health committee  Regrettably, these are already on the market in Canada. We have no way of keeping recreational nicotine products off the market. In the United States they're currently under review in premarket approval, and much ink has been spilled in the United States in this premarket approva

Health committee  Yes, it is.

Health committee  I don't think anyone here doubts that vaping is going to be less hazardous than smoking, certainly for smokers. The problem comes with the potential public health effects. What happens if these products are widely available, and people who never smoked start picking them up or ex

Health committee  I'd like to make an additional comment. Those products are on the market. Since 2009, Health Canada has said that those products are not permitted without the submission of a proposal that would result in approved therapeutic products. No one has submitted such a document. Even

Health committee  I should add that France has also adopted the polluter pays principle. They have a special tax on tobacco suppliers, and all of the money goes to fund tobacco control.

Health committee  We've made good progress in recent years. Most of the progress we've made against tobacco in recent years has been due to a lower rate of uptake among youth. I would like to see that trend continue. The challenge we face with this bill is. I'm afraid that it may open the door f

Health committee  No. It does not, but it should.

Health committee  With this bill we're going to legalize a new product, and give the opportunity to tobacco companies to sell some other form of nicotine addiction to people, and they are going to claim it's less hazardous. Dr. Ostiguy has presented some evidence that supports that view. If that'

Health committee  I'd perhaps add another comment. I think you heard from several of us that we want the same or approximately the same level of restriction for e-cigarettes and cigarettes. It's important to realize that tobacco can be advertised through information and brand preference advertisin

Health committee  Yes, we're supporting legalization of this bill precisely so that current smokers can legitimately get this product that may possibly offer them a less hazardous way of getting nicotine. The problem is that, while supporting that view, you have to be concerned about the danger of

Health committee  What we're looking for is the balance.

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Honourable members, thank you for your invitation to present our views on Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. I am the research director at Physicians fo

Health committee  I would agree that it is a potential conflict of interest. However, as I and my colleagues have said this morning, there are potential risks from these products and there are potential benefits. The benefits come only in the area of possibly being something that could help peop

Health committee  I am not.