National ban on vaping flavours coming 'soon,' says addictions minister

Health Canada vowed to restrict fruity and sweet flavours more than 3 years ago

Marina von Stackelberg · CBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2024 1:00 AM PDT 

The minister of mental health and addictions says the federal government will ban most vape flavours across Canada soon — more than three years after Ottawa first promised to bring in the regulations.

"We have made a commitment from the start to restrict flavours. We haven't wavered from that," Ya'ara Saks told CBC News last week.

"We will have this in place soon. I don't anticipate this is going to take much longer." She did not specify a timeline.

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