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Flavoured E-Cigarette Ban: A Policy Context - Coggle Diagram
Flavoured E-Cigarette Ban: A Policy Context
Individual Forces
Unknown longterm health effects
Use as cessation device
Nicotine as gateway to cigarrette use in youth
Social Forces
Sales/Marketing/
Studies have found that youth exposed to e-cigarette advertising are more likely to try e-cigarettes, in particular flavoured varieties.
Social Determinants
Media
The internet and social media depicts e-cigarettes as a socially acceptable product free of stigmatization and guilt. This could undermining progress in tobacco control.
Public Advocacy Groups
The Heart and Stroke Foundation
Scientific Forces
Evidence-based policy
Research and further investigation
Usage and potential benefits of e-cigarettes as a cessation device
Risks, including safety, gateway to addiction potential, and renormalization of smoking.
Political Forces
Advocacy Associations
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Public Health Agency of Canada
Federal and Provincial Governments
Laws and legislation
Lifestyle marketing of vaping products has been prohibited in Canada through passage of Bill S-5
Sales of vaping products to those below age of 18 is prohibited in Canada.
Economic Forces
Revenue from taxes
Healthcare expenditure
Illegal/blackmarket contraband
Police enforcement