Crackdown starts next week and includes limits on how products can be packaged
Health Canada-approved nicotine pouches will only be available behind pharmacy counters starting next week, as part of Health Minister Mark Holland’s promised crackdown on the sale of new nicotine products to children.
The order will also put limits on the labels and advertising of all nicotine-replacement therapies, including gums and lozenges. After a grace period of six months, manufacturers will have to revise their packaging to include warnings about nicotine addiction, and ensure they’re not designed to appeal to children.
Imperial Tobacco has accused the minister of unfairly penalizing its highly regulated product while turning a blind eye to similar, unregulated versions that can be easily ordered online.“We want to make sure that folks aren’t using them at all,” he said. “By the time Canadian children are back in the classroom, these products will no longer be displayed and sold in the convenience stores where kids stop to buy snacks or candies,” Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada’s executive director Cynthia Callard said in a statement.Kenny Shim, owner of Busy Bee Mart in Toronto, appealed to the minister to find way to ensure youth are protected without moving the products to pharmacies.
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