Creating Knowledge for E-Cigarette Regulatory Policy

With support from Health Canada, and in partnership with Physicians for Smoke Free Canada’s project “Addressing Knowledge Gaps Important to Tobacco Control”, OTRU has completed three reports about policy options for regulating vaping in Canada. Each of these reports discuss the evidence for a range of policy options and assess feasibility for implementation in the Canadian context.

Work is currently underway to complete four additional projects in the current fiscal. The studies include:

• E-Cigarette Discrete Choice Experiment
• Simulation Modelling of E-Cigarette Policies
• Youth Access to E-Cigarettes
• E-Cigarette Harm Reduction Discourse Analysis

The findings from the three completed reports will be discussed with experts and stakeholders at a deliberative dialogue planned in October 2020 and an upcoming webinar series in Fall 2020 will present and discuss the findings from the completed reports.