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We conduct research about vaping in Canada to: assess the size of the vaping product market, understand how Canadians are using these products and keep on top of the latest science on vaping.

If you are a smoker: completely replacing cigarette smoking with vaping will reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals.

Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol produced by a vaping product, such as an electronic cigarette.

Vaping products manufactured, labelled, advertised, imported or sold in Canada are subject to Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, Food and Drugs Act, Non-smokers' Health Act, Cannabis Act.

Vaping can increase your exposure to chemicals that could harm your health (e.g. cause lung damage). Vaping could also expose you to nicotine, which is addictive.

Health Canada has a rigorous compliance and enforcement program in place to ensure that manufacturers, importers and sellers of vaping products comply with the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA).

Letter stating intention to enforce legislation related to vaping advertising aimed at youth and reporting businesses not in compliance.

October 2019 letter stating intention to enforce legislation related to vaping advertising aimed at youth and reporting businesses not in compliance.

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry's compliance for a subset of the newly regulated vaping products against the requirements for toxicity labelling and child resistant packaging from the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR, 2001).

Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) has posted the answers to the most commonly asked questions.