Health committee  To a certain extent, I guess that's a question that could have been directed to industry. Certainly diacetyl is used in some flavourings, particularly to create buttery flavours. That may make the product more appealing to some people. That's it. Appealing flavours have been an i

Health committee  Certainly. Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. As I understood it, the principal concern was about the plain and standardized packaging provisions and how difficult they might be to put in place. As I said, there will be a regulatory proposal on plain and standardized packa

Health committee  Popcorn lung and its association with diacetyl is a known phenomenon in workplace exposure scenarios, where people have large amounts of continuous exposure to high levels. We're not aware of any incidences of lung tissue scarring—that is, popcorn lung—occurring with vaping produ

Health committee  I have met with manufacturers of tobacco products in Canada on a couple of occasions since becoming the DG, and other staff have in the past as well.

Health committee  I will get to the right page.

Health committee  Thank you. This amendment deals with the coming into force of the amendment to schedule 1. That's it. It gives 180 days.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, simply, if you look at the way the carve-out for the tank devices is set up, you see that it's carved out of the CCCR, and then the next clause says it's back in, and that clause comes into force upon order in council. It just basically allows us

Health committee  Thank you for the question. The act puts in place a variety of different coming-into-force provisions. Some things come into force right away—some of the promotion restrictions, for instance. Others come into force after 180 days. Indeed, many other things are simply regulatory

Health committee  I can tell you that we're working hard on those regulations. We have already consulted on what they will look like. When the minister will offer those to the Governor in Council for consideration is up to the minister. I wouldn't be able to say.

Health committee  This amendment would simply create.... As it stands right now, if all of these vaping products become subject to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, they will also be subject to all the act's regulations, including the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations. This is th

Health committee  Again, we're trying to strike a balance between protecting people from inducements and offering a viable pathway, a safer alternative, to cigarettes.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Keeping in mind that sites for adults only, where children and young people are not permitted, are the places where informational advertising for tobacco is still permitted, the balance we're trying to go after there is allowing additional promotiona

Health committee  No, we don't allow that.

Health committee  There are numerous restrictions about advertising and how it can target young people. Advertising cannot be appealing to young people. Particular flavours that might be appealing to young people are not permitted. Advertising that is directed at youth is prohibited. That would co

Health committee  A direct answer to your question is that on the day that Bill S-5 passed, it was unamended from here. Yes, that would be possible to put on billboards and stuff like that. Those ads would not be allowed to be appealing to kids; they would not be allowed to be lifestyle advertisin