Alberta, Saskatchewan only provinces without legislation regulating vaping products
Anti-tobacco advocates are pushing for the next provincial government to tax e-cigarettes and introduce new legislation to curtail vaping among Alberta’s youth.
Currently, e-cigarettes are exempt from the Alberta tobacco tax.
E-cigarettes are legal under federal legislation and adults can use vaping products containing nicotine. But in Alberta, more laws are needed to protect minors from vaping products, says Les Hagen, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health.
Hagen says there has been an increase in smoking among young Albertans while the vaping industry continues to grow.
“We’re very concerned that the two are linked and that the high rates of vaping that we’re now seeing among youth is translating into higher rates of smoking,” he said.
Stephanie Dubois – CBC News – Mar 29, 2019.
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