MLA Petrovic tables anti-vaping bill in Alberta legislature
Health Canada released a report noting that nearly half of the approximately 300,000 Canadians who successfully quit smoking in 2024 did so using nicotine replacement products.
A member of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party caucus has introduced legislation to ban flavoured vaping products in the province.
Chelsae Petrovic, the UCP MLA, tabled Bill 208 on Thursday, which would amend the Tobacco, Smoking and Vaping Reduction Act to prohibit the sale of flavoured vaping products, despite data suggesting vaping is 95 per cent less harmful than smoking tobacco and was a leading tool used by Canadians who successfully quit smoking in 2024.
