Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, said she and representatives from a number of anti-smoking organizations met this week with a senior staff member for Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks.
“We left the meeting with the firm belief that we are not going to see a ban on vaping flavours this year,” she said. “We are greatly disappointed.”
Callard said the official gave a range of logistical reasons for why the restrictions weren’t going ahead — including the limited time left to enact them as the Liberal government stares down a potential spring election.
Punishment won’t work, same with regular littering. There is a fine but there should be incentive to dispose of them correctly.
I’d be totally fine if these things required a $100 deposit, which is returned when the user sends it back to where they got it from. Regardless if it’s an incentive, fine, or jail, these things are a disaster for communities and wildlife.