One of your recommendations was on the youth vaping epidemic in our country. There was an increase of over 100% in the use of vaping among older teens in Canada between 2017 and 2019. Vaping products damage developing brains and youth vaping can increase the odds of tobacco smoking.
In your pre-budget submission, you call on the federal government to introduce a 20% tax on vaping products. There are some provinces that have already begun a levying taxes on these products, and others are studying the possibility.
Do we have any data on how these taxes have affected the sale of vaping products, specifically to young people?