Canada’s health minister says he’ll act quickly to shut down a “loophole” after Health Canada approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches with no restrictions on how the product is advertised or sold.
“There are very serious questions about what the tobacco industry is doing here and what their intention is. And it would seem that their intention is to addict new young people to nicotine, which is disgusting,” Health Minister Mark Holland said Tuesday in response to questions from CBC News.
“We want to shut down this loophole.”
Six national health groups called on Ottawa earlier this month to act swiftly to
