Ban flavoured vapes now, anti-smoking groups urge Carneys government – National [Video]

Several tobacco control organizations are renewing their calls on the federal government to put a ban on flavoured vaping products as a new Parliament begins and a new health minister settles into their role.

That comes as data over recent years has shown half of Canadian young adults have tried vaping, and after previous health minister Mark Holland took aim at the tobacco industry during the previous Parliament, telling it to “stay the hell away from our kids.”

Action on Smoking and Health, the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control and Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada called on Health Minister Marjorie Michel to finalize regulations first put forward in 2021 that would prohibit flavours, except for tobacco, mint and menthol, from being added to e-cigarettes.

However, the group said it wants those regulations further strengthened to prohibit all but tobacco flavours and for it to happen in Michel’s first 100 days in office.

“Let’s be clear, we’re not calling for a ban …