Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I've heard the answers about whether or not second-hand vapour is dangerous. I have also heard about children picking up some of the vapour containers or the flavoured nicotine bottles and being at risk as a result of that. However, the reality is this: the product is now being sold on the Internet. It's very difficult to contain the Internet, as we all know. We even have people getting prescriptions on the Internet from people who have never examined them, so it's very difficult to do this.
The question then is this: If we cannot stem the accessibility of this thing because of the Internet, if we know of its dangers with regard to children and, perhaps, second-hand vapour, is it therefore not logical and practical to look at ways in which we might be able to regulate the use of this product? That's the first question I want to ask.
The second question is, do we have what we need to regulate age and also the potency of the amount of nicotine? We have seen in some instances, in dealing with other addictions, the argument made by the e-cigarette manufacturers that it can help people to get off cigarettes and is therefore a good thing. We've seen people use the methadone argument and other arguments in the case of opioids for this.
So I'm asking you what are the dangers of not regulating? What are the dangers and the harm to people of the easy accessibility? And should we not look at whether or not using nicotine in this manner might be an appropriate way to wean people off cigarettes per se?
I'm asking you this with no bias whatsoever. I haven't come to any kind of decision and opinion on this. I'm simply asking you.