Rationale: Further restricting the promotion of flavours, limiting flavouring ingredients and prescribing sensory attributes standards in vaping products are expected to contribute to making these products less appealing to youth, which would help address the rapid rise in youth vaping. Third, it would prescribe sensory attributes standards to prevent a sensory perception other than one that is typical of tobacco or mint/menthol. Second, it would prohibit all sugars and sweeteners as well as most flavouring ingredients, with limited exceptions to impart tobacco and mint/menthol flavours. First, it would further restrict the promotion of flavours in vaping products to tobacco, mint, menthol and a combination of mint and menthol (mint/menthol), including through indications or illustrations on packaging. Health Canada has identified the availability of a variety of desirable flavours, despite the current restrictions, as one of the factors that has contributed to the rapid rise in youth vaping.ĭescription: The proposed Order Amending Schedules 2 and 3 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Flavours) and the proposed Standards for Vaping Products' Sensory Attributes Regulations (the proposal) would implement a complementary, three-pronged approach to restricting flavoured vaping products. Young persons are being exposed to vaping product-related harms, including those related to nicotine exposure, which can result in a dependence on nicotine and an increased risk of tobacco use. Issues: There has been a rapid increase in youth vaping in Canada.
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