Vaping products should be treated more like tobacco products, the city’s board of health decided unanimously on Monday, endorsing recommendations aimed at making it harder for teens to buy and use the aerosols that contain nicotine and taste like candy or fruit. “I can attest that this is absolutely an epidemic,” said Toronto School Board Trustee Stephanie Donaldson, who is a member of Toronto’s board of health. “Our kids definitely need us to do something on this.”The recommendations include that the province tax vaping products. Nickel Belt MPP and Ontario NDP health critic France Gélinas attended the board meeting Monday to urge members to take action. “You are the cream of the crop when it comes to public health, you have set policies before that many others in Ontario follow,” Gélinas told the board.

Source: The Star December 09, 2019 21:50 UTC