At a meeting last week, Health Canada provided us with several regulatory fact sheets. We recommend that every business download, print, distribute and/or display these fact sheets in their place of business for staff members and patrons to read. It is vital that every one of your staff members are aware of the current regulations and…
The Standing Committee on Justice Policy held Committee on the omnibus Ontario bill, Bill 174, An Act to enact the Cannabis Act, 2017, the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, to repeal two Acts and to make amendments to the Highway Traffic Act respecting alcohol, drugs and other matters on November 29th…
The omnibus Ontario bill, Bill 174, An Act to enact the Cannabis Act, 2017, the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, to repeal two Acts and to make amendments to the Highway Traffic Act respecting alcohol, drugs and other matters has been referred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. Several…
On November 1, 2017, Attorney General (Government House Leader) Hon. Yasir Naqvi introduced Bill 174, An Act to enact the Cannabis Act, 2017, the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, to repeal two Acts and to make amendments to the Highway Traffic Act respecting alcohol, drugs and other matters for first reading.…
Episode 2 Special points of interest in this issue:
Episode 1 A lot has happened since our last issue was released. Because of that, we’ve been very busy trying to tackle different things as they occurred. Special points of interest in this issue: We’ve decided to try something a bit different with the newsletter this time by presenting it in Video format. Depending on…
On September 27th, Health Canada drafted and has just released a Notice to Industry which announces the intent for portions of Bill S-5 (an Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts) that pertain to Vaping Products that are marketed WITHOUT health or therapeutic…
We are getting reports of distributors contacting retailers and stating/implying that their e-liquid is produced in a “Health Canada approved lab” or have test results from the “only Health Canada approved e-liquid testing facility”. We get it, you want them to buy your product, but let’s be clear… Regulations for manufacturing or testing e-liquid do…
Manitoba Bill 30, The Non-Smokers Health Protection Amendment Act (E-Cigarettes) was signed into proclamation on August 30th, 2017. The entire Act was proclaimed to go into effect on October 1st, 2017. The Regulations behind the Act have been published on the Manitoba Laws website. So… What does all of this mean… The regulations behind the Act…
As many of you may already know, Charlene and John from VapeMate are stepping down as one of the ten original Founding Directors of the ECTA. Reluctantly, we have accepted their resignation. They have been extremely valuable assets to our organization and they will be sorely missed. They are moving to the US and, being the…
Riccardo Polosa 1, 2, 3, Christopher Russell 4, Joel Nitzkin 5 and Konstantinos E. Farsalinos 6, 7 Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:61 Received: 20 June 2017 Accepted: 29 August 2017 Published: 6 September 2017 Source DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-017-0187-5 Abstract Background In December 2016, the Surgeon General published a report that concluded e-cigarette use among youth and…