That the Board of Health for the
City of Ottawa Health Unit:
1. Approve Ottawa Public
Health’s Let’s Clear the Air 2.0: 2016 Action Plan, as detailed in this
report;
2. Approve that the Chair of
the Board of Health write a letter to the Ontario Minister of Health and
Long-Term Care recommending that:
a. The regulatory changes
proposed in Ontario’s March 10, 2016 Consultation Paper titled “Strengthening
Ontario’s Smoking and Vaping Laws” be put in force, as outlined in this
report; and
b. The Smoke-Free Ontario
Act be further amended to include the smoking of all combustible products
such that all non-tobacco substances, including shisha (water-pipe) product,
be prohibited in public places and workplaces; and
c. The Electronic
Cigarettes Act be further strengthened by prohibiting the sale of
flavoured e-cigarettes and e-liquid and by restricting promotional activities
advertising e-cigarettes and tobacco products, as outlined in this report.
3. Approve that the Chair of
the Board of Health write a letter to the federal Minister of Health
recommending that:
a. The proposed
recommendations in the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health’s
report “Vaping: Towards a Regulatory Framework for E-Cigarettes” be implemented,
as outlined in this report; and
b. The Tobacco Act be
amended to explicitly mention shisha (water-pipe) tobacco product such that
regulations around health warnings, labelling, packaging and flavours applies
to shisha (water-pipe) tobacco product and apply these regulations to herbal
shisha (water-pipe) product as well.
4.
Direct
Ottawa Public Health staff to continue to monitor the progress of Bill 178,
Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2016, including any proposed
regulations that prohibit the smoking of non-tobacco substances and products
and, should legislative changes not be enacted or in the event that these do
not address all the concerns raised by the Board of Health and Ottawa City
Council, that staff report back by Q1 2017, on options for enacting a
municipal by-law to address this gap in smoke-free regulations.
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