March 18, 2014 - Health Canada moves to get read on e-cigarette use

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[h=1]Health Canada moves to get read on e-cigarette use[/h]
By Don Butler, OTTAWA CITIZEN March 18, 2014

Seven years after the first electronic cigarettes arrived in this country, Health Canada is finally taking steps to get a handle on the booming market for the controversial devices.

The department’s Controlled Substances and tobacco Directorate proposes to award a contract, worth up to $232,000, to Montreal firm AC Nielsen to provide data on retail sales of e-cigarettes in Canada over the past two years, along with ongoing monthly totals.

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http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Health+Canada+moves+read+cigarette/9631913/story.html

 

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The paucity of reliable evidence “favours a prudent approach” to managing the sale of e-cigarettes, the association said, arguing that existing controls on their sale should be maintained pending additional research into their risks and efficacy as smoking cessation devices.

If everything stays the way it is now.. It would not be so bad... One could hope..

 

[kachuge]

Agreed.......
too much govt, too much big brother, too much, too much, too much......

 

[rothenbj]

Funny Health Canada is trying to get a read on the sale of products they insist are illegal when, by law, are not.