Health committee  I think I would agree with Dr. Khara. It's something we need to be aware of and watch, but the nicotine is the bigger issue here in a lot of ways. We don't know what the effects are. So let's design whatever system we're going to design so that we can find out what the problems a

Health committee  Some of the diluents used in some of the cigarettes are propylene glycol. It's a pharmaceutical diluent. It's used in injections and other pharmaceutical products. We don't know what the effects are of vaporizing it and inhaling it.

Health committee  It's the substance that the nicotine is dissolved in to help it be in a more dilute form so they're able to vaporize it and use it. It's similar to how you mix a drink and you put rum and Coke together. It's sort of the Coke to the nicotine. It's something that helps get it into

Health committee  We don't know that yet. That's one of the questions we have, and it's one that's posed in any of the literature you read about it: what are some of the long-term effects of inhaling the vapour itself? It is a cleaner form of nicotine delivery compared to cigarette smoke, but we d

Health committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Barry Power. I represent the Canadian Pharmacists Association. I am accompanied by Glen Doucet, Vice President, Advocacy and Public Affairs. The Canadian Pharmacists Association is the national professional association providing l

Health committee  There are a number of natural health products that have been shown to interact either with mainstream medications or to pose a risk for certain things such as bleeding. There has been an increased use of natural health products, and as more people use them, we need to collect dat