Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

Marginal note:Purpose of Act

• 4 (1) The purpose of this Act is to provide a legislative response to a national public health problem of substantial and pressing concern and to protect the health of Canadians in light of conclusive evidence implicating tobacco use in the incidence of numerous debilitating and fatal diseases.

• Marginal note:Tobacco products

  (2) The purpose of this Act with respect to tobacco products is to support the objectives set out in subsection (1) and, in particular,

  • (a) to protect young persons and others from inducements to use tobacco products and the consequent dependence on them;

  • (b) to protect the health of young persons by restricting access to tobacco products;

  • (c) to prevent the public from being deceived or misled with respect to the health hazards of using tobacco products; and

  • (d) to enhance public awareness of those hazards.

• Marginal note:Vaping products

  (3) The purpose of this Act with respect to vaping products is to support the objectives set out in subsection (1), to prevent vaping product use from leading to the use of tobacco products by young persons and non-users of tobacco products and, in particular,

  • (a) to protect young persons and non-users of tobacco products from inducements to use vaping products;

  • (b) to protect the health of young persons and non-users of tobacco products from exposure to and dependence on nicotine that could result from the use of vaping products;

  • (c) to protect the health of young persons by restricting access to vaping products;

  • (d) to prevent the public from being deceived or misled with respect to the health hazards of using vaping products; and

  • (e) to enhance public awareness of those hazards.