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A major Canadian tobacco company says it is “extremely disappointed” in British Columbia’s decision to move the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters. A selection of colourful disposable vapes on display for sale in a souvenir shop in London, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kirsty Wigglesworth

B.C.’s flavoured nicotine pouch restrictions leave tobacco firm ‘disappointed’

Imperial Tobacco Canada not happy with shifting sales from convenience stores and gas stations

 

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 5, 2024. Eby joined Health Minister Adrian Dix at the Canadian Cancer Society in Vancouver on Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2024) for an announcement about incoming regulations against Zonnic, a type of nicotine patches. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

B.C. to move nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters

Premier David Eby pointed specifically to Zonnic, which have been available at convenience stores

 

A man holds a lit cigarette while smoking in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Retail organizations, merchants and tobacco industry officials estimate between 30 and 50 per cent of tobacco sales in B.C. are contraband products, and they are calling on governments and police to crack down on the organized crime groups that sell them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Chiu

Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear

Industry wants governments and police to crack down on organized crime groups that sell it

 

Current Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to media during the Liberal cabinet retreat in Winnipeg, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

Canada not paying for tobacco company stake in vaccine-maker Medicago: minister

Canada has signed a contract to buy up to 76 million doses of Covifenz vaccine

Current Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to media during the Liberal cabinet retreat in Winnipeg, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma
In addition to cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco, e-cigaretts are also in use. (Pixabay.com)

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May 31 has been designated as World No Tobacco Day by the World Health Organization. Are you ready?

In addition to cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco, e-cigaretts are also in use. (Pixabay.com)