Vaping

Some of the following initiatives have been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada.

Position statement

• Protecting children and adolescents against the risks of vaping (April 2021)

Clinical tool

Information for parents

• Talking with your teen about vaping
• Ask an Expert: Vaping with CPS member Dr. Nicholas Chadi (Video courtesy of the Government of Northwest Territories
• Cannabis: What parents need to know

Education

• Youth vaping: What health care providers need to know about a rapidly evolving trend (Recording of webinar with Dr. Nicholas Chadi, April 2021) 
• Vaping webinar slides 

News & publications

• Let’s talk about vaping (Dr. Nicholas Chadi, April 2021) 
• Severe vaping-related illnesses and injuries: Why reporting matters (Dr. Nicholas Chadi, April 2021)
• Vaping poses significant risk to children, adolescents: Paediatricians (April 2021)
• New data from the CPSP highlight risks of cannabis, vaping, and provide 10-year trends on childhood onset diabetes (August 2020)
• COVID, youth, and substance use: Critical messages for youth and families (March 2020)

Research & surveillance

Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program

• Severe vaping-related illness and injury (February 1, 2021 to February 1, 2022)
• Vaping-related illness injury (One-time survey, 2019)

Health Canada

• Report side effects from cannabis products 
• Report an incident involving a consumer product

Advocacy

Written submissions to Health Canada consultations:

• Concentration of Nicotine in Vaping Products Regulations (February 2021)
• Proposed Vaping Product Promotion Regulations (January 2020)
• Potential measures to reduce the impact of vaping products advertising on youth and non-users of tobacco products (March 2019)