La TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) cessera toutes les publicit\u00e9s li\u00e9es au vapotage dans les transports en commun afin de mieux s'aligner sur les r\u00e9glementations provinciales et f\u00e9d\u00e9rales entourant la promotion du vapotage. Cette d\u00e9cision intervient des semaines apr\u00e8s que la province de l'Ontario a annonc\u00e9 qu'elle interdirait la promotion des produits de vapotage dans les d\u00e9panneurs et les stations-service \u00e0 partir de janvier 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bien que cela puisse sembler un coup dur pour l'industrie du vapotage, mais pour Samuel Tam, pr\u00e9sident de l'Association canadienne du vapotage, ce n'est pas le cas. Selon Tam, \u00ab\u00a0Je pense que c'est la bonne mesure \u00e0 prendre\u2026 nous n'avons pas besoin que nos jeunes Canadiens soient expos\u00e9s \u00e0 la publicit\u00e9 qui circule.\u00a0\u00bb Actuellement, la TTC estime que 10% de tous les passagers ont moins de 19 ans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Le 15 novembre 2018, Apple a purg\u00e9 181 applications de vapotage de son service, citant la r\u00e9cente \u00e9pid\u00e9mie de blessures et de d\u00e9c\u00e8s li\u00e9s au vapotage comme facteur d\u00e9terminant de cette d\u00e9cision. Non seulement il s'agissait d'une purge de l'App Store, mais Apple n'autorisera plus aucune application li\u00e9e au vapotage sur son service. Ceux qui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charg\u00e9 des applications vape pourront toujours les utiliser et les transf\u00e9rer sur de nouveaux appareils Apple, mais ils ne pourront plus mettre \u00e0 jour ces applications via l'App Store.<\/p>\n

Selon Apple, cette interdiction a \u00e9t\u00e9 promulgu\u00e9e pour mieux faire de l'App Store un "lieu de confiance permettant aux clients, en particulier aux jeunes, de t\u00e9l\u00e9charger des applications". Apple a poursuivi en d\u00e9clarant \u00abr\u00e9cemment, des experts allant du CDC \u00e0 l'American Heart Association ont attribu\u00e9 une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de l\u00e9sions pulmonaires et de d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 la cigarette \u00e9lectronique et aux produits de vapotage, allant jusqu'\u00e0 qualifier la propagation de ces appareils de crise de sant\u00e9 publique. et une \u00e9pid\u00e9mie de jeunes. Nous sommes d'accord et nous avons mis \u00e0 jour nos directives d'examen de l'App Store pour indiquer que les applications encourageant ou facilitant l'utilisation de ces produits ne sont pas autoris\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 cette interdiction, PAX a exhort\u00e9 Apple \u00e0 repenser ses d\u00e9cisions car la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de cannabis produit plusieurs vaporisateurs con\u00e7us pour \u00eatre contr\u00f4l\u00e9s via des applications iOS et Android. L'application PAX Mobile, d\u00e9sormais interdite, permettrait aux utilisateurs de r\u00e9gler divers param\u00e8tres sur leur appareil, de d\u00e9finir des contr\u00f4les parentaux et de v\u00e9rifier l'authenticit\u00e9 des cartouches utilis\u00e9es dans l'appareil.<\/p>\n

PAX a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu'il respectait le leadership d'Apple, mais il est principalement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par le fait que cette interdiction d'application emp\u00eachera les clients des \u00c9tats l\u00e9gaux du cannabis "d'avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des informations importantes et de mieux contr\u00f4ler leur exp\u00e9rience du cannabis".<\/p>\n

L'\u00ce.-P.-\u00c9. (\u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard) est devenue la premi\u00e8re province canadienne \u00e0 augmenter l'\u00e2ge minimum pour fumer et vapoter \u00e0 21 ans. Cette nouvelle disposition faisait partie d'un projet de loi d'initiative parlementaire pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 la semaine derni\u00e8re par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 progressiste-conservateur d'arri\u00e8re-ban Cory Deagle.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 l'instar des r\u00e9centes r\u00e9glementations de la Colombie-Britannique, cette nouvelle mesure esp\u00e8re limiter le nombre d'adolescents et de jeunes adultes qui vapotent. Selon Deagle, cette nouvelle mesure a \u00e9t\u00e9 mise en place pour lutter contre l'augmentation drastique du vapotage chez les jeunes qu'il constatait dans son district de Montague-Kilmuir.<\/p>\n

En plus de relever l'\u00e2ge minimum pour fumer et vapoter de 19 \u00e0 21 ans, la nouvelle r\u00e9glementation interdira la vente de certains ar\u00f4mes de e-liquides.<\/p>\n

Despite passing federal regulators, President Trump's highly touted e-cigarette flavour ban seems to have been squashed for the time being. Despite being urged to sign off on the flavour ban by his wife and daughter, President Trump ultimately refused to sign the one-page \u201cdecision memo,\u201d stating this ban would lead to job losses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

According to officials, the social media backlash to Trump\u2019s proposed flavour ban rattled him, as did the masses of protestors at various events. This concern over backlash was only further bolstered by Trump\u2019s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, who privately warned that the ban could hurt him in battleground states.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Following Trump\u2019s refusal to sign the flavour ban, the president is now reportedly upset with Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary. Azar led the rolling out plan of the flavour ban and according to a senior administration official, \u201che didn\u2019t know much about the issue and was just doing it for Melania and Ivanka.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

It is unclear whether or not the current administration will unveil a new policy regarding e-cigarettes.<\/span><\/p>

The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) will cease all vaping related ads on public transit in an attempt to better align with provincial and federal regulations surrounding the promotion of vaping. This move comes weeks after the province of Ontario announced it will be banning the promotion of vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations starting in January 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

While this may seem like a blow to the vaping industry, but for Samuel Tam, president of the Canadian Vaping Association, this is not the case. According to Tam, \u201cI think it's the correct step to take\u2026 we don't need our Canadian youth to be exposed to the advertising that's out there.\" Currently, the TTC estimates that 10% of all riders are under the age of 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

On November 15, 2018, Apple purged 181 vaping apps from its service, citing the recent outbreak of vaping-related injuries and deaths as the driving factor behind this decision. Not only was this a purge of the app store, but Apple will also no longer be allowing any vaping-related apps on its service. Those that have already downloaded vape apps will still be able to use them and transfer them to new Apple devices, but they will no longer be able to update these apps through the App Store.<\/p>

According to Apple, this ban was enacted to better curate the App Store as a \u201ctrusted place for customers, particularly youth, to download apps.\u201d Apple went on to state \u201crecently, experts ranging from the CDC to the American Heart Association have attributed a variety of lung injuries and fatalities to e-cigarette and vaping products, going so far as to call the spread of these devices a public health crisis and a youth epidemic. We agree, and we\u2019ve updated our App Store Review Guidelines to reflect that apps encouraging or facilitating the use of these products are not permitted.\u201d<\/p>

In response to this ban, PAX has urged Apple to rethink its decisions as the cannabis company produces several vaporizers designed to be controlled through iOS and Android apps. The now-banned PAX Mobile app would allow users to adjust various settings on their device, set parental controls, and verify the authenticity of cartridges used in the device.<\/p>

PAX has said that it does respect Apple\u2019s leadership, but it is primarily concerned that this app ban will prevent customers in cannabis legal states from \"having access to important information and the ability to better control their cannabis experience.\"<\/p>

P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island) has become the first Canadian province to increase the minimum age for smoking and vaping to 21. This new provision was part of a private member\u2019s bill introduced last week by Progressive Conservative backbencher Cory Deagle.<\/p>

Like British Columbia\u2019s recent regulations, this new measure hopes to limit the number of teens and young adults vaping. According to Deagle, this new measure was implemented to combat the drastic increase in youth vaping he was seeing in his district of Montague-Kilmuir.<\/p>

In addition to raising the minimum age of smoking and vaping from 19 to 21, the new regulations will ban the sale of some e-liquid flavours.<\/p>