Health committee  I don't know. I don't think there is any in our minds and in the minds of all the health groups. Dr. Ostiguy, whom you heard a few weeks ago, who is a promoter of e-cigarettes and believes that smokers need to have access and to be told about these products, himself doesn't belie

Health committee  No, not at all. The idea that we would want to confer an aura of sophistication, of glamour, of sport or whatever, on this highly addictive drug, comparable to heroin on many accounts in terms of its addictiveness.... Wanting to associate it with a lifestyle is just completely in

Health committee  No, I don't. I don't think this should be left to regulations. There's likely going to be a gap between the time the bill gets royal assent and those eventual regulations. Why don't we use the precautionary principle? Ban it now, and allow it as permitted by regulations. I think

Health committee  Yes. I think one of the compromises that could be reached is to focus on, or open up the door to, channels that are primarily used or seen by adults but not by kids. That would definitely close the door to TV, radio, and the Internet. Perhaps printed newspapers, printed magazines

Health committee  It's a good idea to allow for distinguishing between illegal products and legal products. We're looking for markings. It would certainly help on that front. Also, given that we've seen packaging that can be thrown out, especially for some of the other products, having an actual l

Health committee  I definitely think we should intervene there as much as we can. Certainly the fact that it was a Far West kind of situation and the fact that these products were completely illegal didn't make it easy for anyone to intervene, but I certainly don't think there should be any possib

Health committee  I think that as a general principle, people don't walk around wondering how something is regulated. They want to know that it's regulated and that there are provisions, but they don't really care so much about how it's really done. I think that it certainly does make sense that

Health committee  Thank you for that question. Absolutely, I think it should be Health Canada. We have a history in tobacco products of false promises regarding reduced harms for certain products that just didn't pan out, to a huge cost to smokers, first and foremost, and to society. I think info

Health committee  The Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control doesn't have a position on cannabis. We're part of the Quebec Public Health Association, and there is a project and spokespersons for cannabis. That being said, our understanding currently is that the nicotine vaping devices are illegal an

Health committee  I think we should be concentrating on nicotine vaping devices, because nicotine is the basis of an epidemic that's killing 45,000 Canadians. That said, the legislation, Bill S-5 as it is written currently, covers the e-liquids or the accessories regardless of whether they have ni

Health committee  I don't think it would be very helpful, for example, if we had regulations or provisions that allowed for advertising of e-cigarettes to be promoted—lifestyle advertising, or whatever—just because they didn't have nicotine. Clearly that would signal something, and that would evok

Health committee  Yes. An amendment was made to bill S-5 regarding relative risk. People thought it was important that Health Canada make a statement concerning relative risk, that there be a statement with regard to the level of harmfulness of a product, or a graduated ranking of the harmfulness

Health committee  Publicity promoting vaping products has not been prohibited on television, radio or the Internet. This opens the door to all sorts of clever ways of having these advertisements present another type of image, among others lifestyle images, as shown in these advertisements. As you

Health committee  Thank you. I'll make a few remarks in French, and then I'll switch to English. Good afternoon. My name is Flory Doucas and I am the co-director and spokesperson for the Coalition québécoise pour le contrôle du tabac. We appreciate your invitation to testify today in the conte

Justice committee  I'll just add that I think that Quebec has done outstanding work on this front. Contraband went from 35% of the market to 15%—and that being been done through various controls on raw materials and machinery. You need licensing before you even sow your tobacco. There's a manifest