Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, said she and representatives from a number of anti-smoking organizations met this week with a senior staff member for Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks.
“We left the meeting with the firm belief that we are not going to see a ban on vaping flavours this year,” she said. “We are greatly disappointed.”
Callard said the official gave a range of logistical reasons for why the restrictions weren’t going ahead — including the limited time left to enact them as the Liberal government stares down a potential spring election.
This article’s sources are trash. It refers to a survey that you can’t actually find and says a lot of generalities without bringing out companies, and seems to fail to support its own conclusions. I figure you googled titles without checking deeper. Goodbye.
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This article’s sources are trash. It refers to a survey that you can’t actually find and says a lot of generalities without bringing out companies, and seems to fail to support its own conclusions. I figure you googled titles without checking deeper. Goodbye.
Here is another source: https://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/latest-news/who-owns-all-the-vaping-brands-infographic/
another one: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/tobacco-companies-taking-over-e-cigarette#Firms-funding-e-cigarette-research
Bye.