Health committee  Those numbers are all referenced, for starters, in the documents provided. The documents were prepared by Alberta Health Services and by AADAC, which is now an agency of Alberta Health Services. The number regarding teens using flavoured, smokeless tobacco at three times the use

Health committee  That's a 30-gram tin, a large tin. But you can buy smokeless tobacco for less than $10.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  This law, if not passed, will have a huge impact on youth in Canada. The data already shows that young people are taking to these products--vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, banana, peach--the list goes on and on. It's as plain as the packaging they're in to whom these products are

Health committee  Well, sure. I think in the prairies and in Saskatchewan we see elevated use of smokeless tobacco as well, and there are reports from northern Canada. We know that smoking rates in northern Canada are among the highest in Canada, if not the highest, and it stands to reason that sm

Health committee  I've heard of smoking rates among youth in the north as high as 50% among teenagers.

Health committee  Of tobacco. On smokeless tobacco rates, again, I would have to defer to Health Canada on that.

Health committee  I think as a general rule public health overrides most trade agreements.

Health committee  It depends on the surveys. You could put that question to Health Canada.

Health committee  As I understand it, it was to help soothe the harsh taste of tobacco smoke and to make it easier to ingest that smoke, especially for new smokers.

Health committee  We believe to be consistent it should be there. I understand there may not be as much evidence on the youth use of that product in Canada as there is in some other products. I would certainly like to see it removed.

Health committee  The same impact it would have on flavoured cigarillos. I would expect to see a remarkable decline in the use of that product by young people and by adults if that product is no longer available.

Health committee  It's possible. That's why I would hope if there is a schedule, it's going to be a fluid schedule. If we see an increased use of menthol or anything else, the government can step in right away and do something about it.

Health committee  A few jurisdictions have started to ban flavourings, including menthol, but I would have to defer to Health Canada on that. We have certainly seen it work the other way: you introduce new flavourings and youth consumption goes up, so it stands to reason it would work in the oppos

Health committee  Yes, it depends on whose estimates you're using.