• November 5, 2024

Quebec Setting Sights on Potential E-liquid Flavor Ban

 Quebec Setting Sights on Potential E-liquid Flavor Ban

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Quebec intends to ban the sale of flavored vaping cartridges and e-liquids. The Canadian city also wants to limit nicotine content after a public health report warned of a major increase in youth vaping in the province.

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“With the growing popularity of vaporization products, especially among young people, it becomes imperative to act to prevent a new generation from becoming addicted to nicotine because of these products,” Health Minister Christian Dubé said Wednesday in a statement.

In 2015, Quebec banned the sale of flavored tobacco products and saw a reduction in the number of high-schoolers smoking such products within 30 days. Similar action should be taken with regard to vaping, the public health researchers recommended.