The Liberal Opposition Health Critic is applauding a move by the province to crackdown on youth vaping.
In a news release, MLA Jean-Claude D’Amours says Bill 17 unanimously passed second reading in the Legislature yesterday.
It will prohibit the sale of flavoured e-liquid used for vaping and will make New Brunswick one of the jurisdictions with the toughest anti-vaping and anti-smoking legislation.
“Prohibiting the sale of flavoured e-liquids is a relatively simple step that would have a major impact on the alarming rates of youth vaping in the province.” says Jean-Claude D’Amours. “These flavours like cotton candy and peach are very attractive to young people, for some it’s what first attracted them to these products and many have admitted they would likely quit if
they could not access these flavours.”
D’Amours says this act to amend the Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sales Act, will have a huge impact on the alarming rates of youth vaping in the province.
According to a Canada-wide study lead by Dr. Mohammed Al-Hamdani of the Lung Association of Nova Scotia, 90 per cent of youth began vaping using a flavoured e-liquids, 92 per cent currently use flavoured e-liquids and 48 per cent would stop vaping if flavours were no longer available.
