Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
Working to prevent harms from nicotine and tobacco since 1985.
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Health Groups call on Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel to ban vape flavours within her first 100 days
(Ottawa – May 26, 2025) – Deeply concerned with the impact of the previous government’s permissive approach to nicotine vaping products, tobacco control organizations are calling on the new government to quickly align controls on this market with those used for tobacco. As part…
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Newly-released data on cigarette sales suggest pockets of increased illicit trade
Last week Health Canada updated the information it provides on tobacco sales in Canada, and transferred this information to the department’s consolidated data platform (HealthInfobase.canada.ca). Provincial level information is presented for cigarettes; national level data is…
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Ottawa should stop profiting from youth vaping and start reducing it.
Weedless Wednesday is an annual occasion to acknowledge the harms of tobacco industry products and to commit to individual and societal action to reduce them. With the dissolution of Parliament clearly on the horizon, today is an occasion to reflect on the failure of the federal…
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When it comes to vaping regulation, Addictions Minister Saks continues to ignore advice from her Medical Officer of Health
Yesterday Canada’s Chief Medical Officers repeated their call for strengthened regulation of vaping products. The Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health includes the senior health officer of each Canadian jurisdiction outside of Quebec. This includes Dr. Theresa Tam, who is…
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Feds pocket $74+ million from kids’ vaping
As reported here earlier, the federal Public Accounts that were tabled on the last day Parliament sat before Christmas provide details on the excise taxes collected by various federal agencies. This blog reports on the evolving role of vaping taxes as a source of federal…
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Tobacco Control Groups to Minister Saks: Ban Flavours Now or Resign
Ottawa, October 4, 2024 – With the clock running out on this parliament, Canada’s major tobacco control agencies today condemned the continued delay of a national ban on flavours in vaping products. They called on Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks to immediately finalize this…
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Canada’s Health Minister breaks new ground to regulate nicotine pouches
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada joined other health agencies and concerned Canadians in applauding the Health Minister for ordering Imperial Tobacco (British American Tobacco) to change the way it markets nicotine pouches in Canada “The measures announced today will put these…
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World No Tobacco Day 2024: Ministers’ silence on e-cig flavour regulations raises concerns the policy has been scrapped
MONTREAL, OTTAWA and EDMONTON. The Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control, Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada and Action on Smoking & Health (ASH Canada) are disappointed by the joint statement issued on World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) by the Minister of Health, the Hon. Mark Holland,…
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The urgent need for a new nicotine regulatory framework
This week (November 17th) is the deadline for contributions to Health Canada’s legislative review of the federal tobacco law. The Minister is required by law to table a biennial report on the “provisions and operations” of the law no later that May 23, 2024. This post reports on…
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Health Canada makes it legal for flavoured nicotine products from Imperial Tobacco to be sold to children
Health organizations call on federal government to take immediate action Ottawa, November 14, 2023 – Health Canada has approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches by Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. in such a way that the products can be legally sold to children of any age.…