"But I think here in Canada we're ripe for this sort of policy to make a real difference, simply because there's a good understanding that we never want our kids to have the ability to purchase tobacco products." Canada is considered a world leader in its efforts to phase out smoking, having pioneered measures such as graphic images of tobacco's health effects on cigarette packets, which first appeared in 2000
For example, a Minnesota-based study found significant reduction in asthma-related emergency department visits among both adults and children after the implementation of 100% smoke-free legislation in workplaces, restaurants, and bars (Croghan et al
Tobacco flavor bans began in 2009, and have continued to evolve
He said that proposed changes were "so severe that they could force vapers back to smoking and create a black market with harmful products"
He concluded the state was warranted in constraining individual liberty to prevent actions that harm others
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