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27th November 2023
Canada: The government has released the 2023 Fall Economic Statement, outlining plans to amend the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. These amendments aim to authorise the establishment of fees, levies, or charges, along with compliance and enforcement mechanisms, in order to implement a tobacco cost recovery framework. However, specific details about the scope of these measures, which could significantly affect industry members, were not provided.9th November 2023
- Canada - Saskatchewan: The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan has passed bill 147, which amends the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act to increase the minimum age for purchasing tobacco and vapour products from 18 to 19.
22nd September 2023
- Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador: The provincial government has introduced a smoking and vaping ban on all government property, including buildings, grounds, vehicles, and car parks, starting 27th September 2023. This prohibition applies to all employees, visitors, and contractors.
21st September 2023
- Canada: Health Canada published the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2022, which measures the prevalence of cigarette smoking, vaping, cannabis, and alcohol use among Canadians aged 15 and older. The findings are based on nine weeks of data collection from 30th November 2022 to 31st January 2023. The CTNS found that, in 2022, the prevalence of current cigarette smoking among Canadians was 10.9% (3.5m), 8.2% (2.6m) reported daily smoking and 2.7% (871,000) reported occasional smoking. The survey also asked about past-30-day use of tobacco products including cigarettes, little cigars or cigarillos, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, and water-pipe tobacco and 12.9% (4.1m) of respondents reported using at least one tobacco product in the past 30 days.
8th September 2023
- Canada: Health Canada has published the discussion paper of the second review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA). This legislative review will examine whether the federal legislative response is sufficient in addressing tobacco use in Canada and will assess whether progress is being made towards achieving the TVPA's tobacco-related objectives. The discussion paper is framed around seven major themes: Canada's tobacco landscape; addressing inducements to tobacco use; monitoring the tobacco market; restricting youth access to tobacco products; enhancing awareness and preventing Canadians from being deceived or misled; compliance, enforcement and regulated parties; and engaging with Indigenous Peoples. Comments can be sent to Health Canada until 3rd November 2023 to legislativereviewtvpa.revisionlegislativeltpv@hc-sc.gc.ca.
7th August 2023
- US - General: The American Journal of Preventive Medicine has published an article titled “FDA must ban menthol cigarettes without delay: lessons from other countries”. The article says that the proposed rule should be finished immediately in order to improve and protect Americans’ public health, highlighting greater benefits among certain population groups that suffer health disparities. The study also looks at how a similar ban in Canada could impact the US, estimating it “would lead to quitting among more than 1.3m people who smoke, of whom 381,000 would be Black Americans”.
1st August 2023
- Canada: The new Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging, and Labelling Regulations enter into force today. Changes include rotating health-related messages and larger health warnings for heated tobacco products. Health warnings will also be required on individual cigarettes. Health Canada published a list of new health warnings.
8th June 2023
Canada: The new Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging, and Labelling Regulations have been published in the Canada Gazette and will come into force on 1st August. Changes include rotating health-related messages and larger health warnings for heated tobacco products. Health warnings will also be required on individual cigarettes.
1st June 2023
Canada: Health Canada has announced the approval of the new Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging, and Labelling Regulations, drawn up following public consultations last summer. Changes include rotating health-related messages and larger health warnings for heated tobacco products, covering 75% of the packaging. Health warnings will also be required on individual cigarettes, making Canada the first country to implement such a restriction. The regulations are set to be published in the Canada Gazette next week.
31st March 2023
- Canada: Starting 1st April, heated tobacco and oral tobacco tax will be increased from CAD9.30879 ($6.87) to CAD9.89524 ($7.30) per 50 g or a fraction of 50 g contained in a package.
25th August 2022
Canada: Health Canada’s consultation on new packaging restrictions for tobacco products ends today. The proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance) aim to introduce new rules including rotating health-related messages, as well as bigger health warnings for heated tobacco.
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