E-Cigarette and Aerosolized Product Prevention and Cessation (Motion #48-19)

Moved by Hazlett – Thain. Approved by Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, November 21, 2019.

WHEREAS the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts has a longstanding history of proactive and effective action to prevent tobacco and emerging product use and to promote tobacco use cessation; and

WHEREAS electronic cigarettes are increasingly popular in Canada, especially among youth and among smokers, including 15% of Canadian youths and 10% of local youths reporting having tried e-cigarettes; and

WHEREAS there is increasing concern about the health hazards of using e-cigarettes including nicotine addiction, transition to tobacco products especially among youth, and emerging risks of severe pulmonary illness; and

WHEREAS the Ontario government recently announced restrictions on the promotion of e-cigarettes and products that will come into effect January 2020;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, while congratulating the Minister of Health on the restrictions on e-cigarette promotion, urge the adoption of an expert-informed comprehensive tobacco and e-cigarette strategy to address flavoured e-juice, online sales to minors, treatment programs for youth cessation, and public education; and

FURTHER that the Board urge the Minister to work with provincial, territorial and federal counterparts to adopt other evidence-informed strategies such as taxation, use prohibition, industry denormalization, and cross-Canada public education to address this emerging public health issue.

CARRIED WITH FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS

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