New data released today from the national Youth Smoking Survey show that a very high number of high school students are using flavoured tobacco products. More than half (52%) of high school students in Canada who used tobacco products in the previous 30 days had used flavoured tobacco products. Fruit- and candy-flavoured tobacco makes it easier for youth to become addicted to tobacco. “These survey results clearly show there is an urgent and compelling need for federal and provincial governments to ban all flavoured tobacco products,” says Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian Cancer Society. “Swift action is needed to protect youth from these products. It is essential that governments introduce new legislation without delay.” Read more here.
Read the full survey, Flavoured tobacco use among Canadian youth: evidence from Canada's 2010/2011 youth smoking survey, here.
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