I want to thank the witnesses for being here today.
I really thought it was very interesting that Dr. Bois said this is being widely used—and I think we should add “wildly”—because there seem to be no parameters set for it, and legislation would obviously give people far more of a definitive way of using it. It might stop young people. Everyone seems to be concerned about the normalization of smoking if young people start using these. If one had the same kind of legislation or the same kinds of regulations as for tobacco, that would deal with some of this issue, and combine it with some sort of public awareness campaign about the use of this, etc. I am beginning to be convinced that this must be the way to go if we're going to stop young people from beginning to use these, etc.
However, the big issue I wanted to ask about is this. We know that the harm reduction tools for tobacco smoking currently in place are the nicotine patch, the medication, and the gum. We see that the patch and the gum don't seem to have as much effectiveness as they could.
The question then is this. What would be the optimum delivery of nicotine that would allow for smoking cessation to actually take place and for people to start cutting down on their cigarettes? That's perhaps looking at regulations that may decide what is the quantity within of the nicotine that's being delivered. That's the first question.
The second question I wanted to ask quickly is this. We've been hearing about the Polish study. Will regulation decrease the risk of that happening here?
I'd like to hear what your answer is.