Quebec wants to join the federal government and tax vaping products, which are particularly popular among teenagers, a measure welcomed by the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control.
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“This is excellent news for young people’s health,” said Flory Doucas, co-director and spokesperson for the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control. The introduction of a provincial tax on vaping products […] represents a concrete and effective action to reduce affordability among young people.”
Because vaping products, which present a high risk of addiction, are sold at ridiculous prices, she added.
Currently, the consumption of vaping products among young people is on the rise in Quebec, with one in five teenagers vaping. Of this, a third would use these products on a daily basis.
Thus, Quebec would follow in the footsteps of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, which have already introduced a tax on vaping products. This is in addition to the federal tax, which has applied to manufacturers since last October and which will come into effect for merchants from January 1.
Quebec has indicated its intention to join the joint taxation system proposed by the Government of Canada, a turnkey system where revenues would be shared equally between the provincial and the federal.