Government of Canada gets access to vaping product sales and ingredients information

"We need to better understand the rapidly evolving vaping market and the impact of vaping product use on health, especially the health of young people. The data collected through these new regulations will help inform policies and programs that further the objectives of Canada's Tobacco Strategy, including actions to decrease youth vaping rates and helping people who smoke quit tobacco."

The Honourable Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Mental Health and Addiction and Associate Minister of Health

"Vaping, especially among youth, is a serious public health concern. This new measure is an important step in strengthening policies and regulations to protect young people and people who do not smoke from the harm of vaping and nicotine addiction. We will continue to use all tools at our disposal to protect everyone from the negative health impacts of vaping and nicotine."

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Health

• The information collected through the Vaping Products Reporting Regulations will help inform policy work in support of the overall objectives of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, including to prevent vaping product use from leading to the use of tobacco products by young persons and people who do not smoke.

• Collected information will also help advance policies and programs that further the objectives of Canada's Tobacco Strategy, including helping people who smoke to quit tobacco and protecting youth and people who do not smoke from nicotine addiction.

• The Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey indicates that in 2021-22, 17% of students in grades 7 to 12 had used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days, a decrease from 20% in 2018-19.

• Health Canada continues to address youth vaping through public education campaigns to inform youth about the risks and harms associated with vaping, by prohibiting the promotion of vaping products where it could be seen by youth, requiring warnings on advertisements and package labels about the risks of vaping and limiting the concentration of nicotine in vaping products.

• The second legislative review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act is underway, with a focus on the tobacco provisions of the Act. Health Canada will be launching public consultations to inform its review in the coming weeks. The Report of the First Legislative Review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act was tabled in Parliament in December 2022.

Associated links

• Vaping Products Reporting Regulations – Canada Gazette Part II
• Regulating tobacco and vaping products
• Canada's Tobacco Strategy

Maja Staka
Senior Communications Advisor and Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
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