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Advocates Push for Generational Smoking and Vaping Ban in Canada
Advocates say the ban could save health-care dollars as tobacco use costs Canada $11.2 billion a year and kills 46,000 people annually.
- Next week, Lung Health Foundation president Jessica Buckley will lead advocates on Parliament Hill, urging the federal government to implement a generational tobacco and vaping ban to protect Canadian youth.
- The movement draws inspiration from Britain, where legislation prohibits anyone born after 2008 from legally buying cigarettes. That measure, proposed by a Conservative government in 2023, passed under the current Labour government with cross-partisan support.
- Imperial Tobacco Canada vice-president Eric Gagnon warned a prohibition would feed the black market, noting illegal products already account for 50 per cent of Canada's national market. Convenience Industry Council of Canada's Jeff Brownlee cited organized crime links.
- Despite $11.2 billion in annual public costs from tobacco use, Health Minister Marjorie Michel's office stated Canada is not currently considering a prohibition. Spokesperson Alexandre Bergeron confirmed officials continue monitoring international measures, including the United Kingdom's initiative.
- The Lung Health Foundation aims to include vaping in any potential policy, as CEO Buckley noted kids who vape are 3 1/2 times more likely to smoke tobacco in the future. Advocates argue this strategy could preserve health care funding for Canada's aging population.
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Behind the push to make smoking and vaping illegal for a generation of Canadians
OTTAWA - It's illegal for kids under 18 to buy tobacco products in Canada and there's a movement afoot to make sure today's youth are never allowed to light up a cigarette — even after they come of age.
·Toronto, Canada
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