Health committee  Yes. I'll be very quick. We are seeing youth smoking levels at all-time lows. Despite the rapid increase in vaping among youth and then its stabilizing, we have not seen that turn into smoking for youth.

Health committee  Exactly. It's a huge part. It's so important, because protecting children and youth from accessing cannabis is one of the key objectives. Protecting public health and public safety are objectives within the act, and we will be looking at children and youth. Anything that this stu

Health committee  First, it is illegal, so it's prohibited to sell and label packaged cannabis products that are considered appealing to youth. It cannot look like candy.

Health committee  That was exactly my second point. Compliance and enforcement are so important. Working in the federal jurisdiction with federal partners, but also provincially and municipally, looking at the measures to make sure that we don't have illegal products on the ground is key, and that

Health committee  The first thing is that we have launched the three-year review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. I'm getting a bit of an echo, so I hope you're not. We launched the legislative review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act earlier this year. We posted a consultation doc

Health committee  That will be starting very shortly. It is to start three years after the coming into force, so work has been under way over the past couple of months to look at public health data, public safety data and trends that we have been seeing, and to prepare for the launch of the review

Health committee  I'm sorry, I didn't hear the first part of the question, but I think you asked if we would be looking at the impact on youth and children. Is that correct?

Health committee  As you've noted, in the Cannabis Act, the restrictions include a minimum age of 18 years to possess, distribute and sell cannabis. We have allowances for children who access cannabis for medical purposes. They need to get an authorization from their health care practitioner and t

Health committee  Yes. There are two points. The first point I will address is that yes, in fact, before cannabis legalization, we had cannabis regulations for medical purposes. Yes, individuals can access cannabis for medical purposes, and they can grow it for themselves. They need an authorizat