Health Canada Tobacco Control Directorate and tobacco and vaping industry meetings

Find out about meetings between Health Canada's Tobacco Control Directorate and industry representatives to regulate tobacco and vaping products in Canada. To meet openness and transparency requirements, the Directorate maintains a public record of meetings related to regulatory consultations and information on science and technology matters, which also align with guidelines set under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Meeting Date Industry Name Topics Discussed
2023-07-13 Vaping Industry Trade Association Illicit Market and Vaping Industry Compliance
2023-08-30 Canadian Vaping Association Vaping Industry Compliance and Enforcement, Product Reporting Regulations, Industry Recycling Program, Government Relations
2023-10-10, 2023-10-11, 2023-11-07, 2023-11-28, 2023-10-10, 2023-11-08 Tobacco and vaping industry representatives Webinar: Vaping Products Reporting Regulations
2023-11-02 National Smokeless Tobacco Company Compliance challenges related to smokeless tobacco products under the Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations
2023-11-21 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Compliance challenges related to smokeless tobacco products under the Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations
2023-12-08 Tobacco industry representatives Technical Briefing on Proposed Legislative Amendments to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act: Cost Recovery
2023-12-15 National Smokeless Tobacco Company Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations compliance
2023-12-18 Small Guys Cigar Group Compliance challenges related to smokeless tobacco products under the Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations
2023-06-05 Dr. John Oyston Harm reduction and end-game goal
2023-06-07 Industry Stakeholders Technical Briefing on Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations and the Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act.
2022-10-05 Vaping Industry Trade Association Illicit Market and Vaping Industry Compliance
2022-10-11 Canadian Vaping Association Compliance and enforcement
2022-10-17 JTI-Macdonald Corp. Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
2022-11-16 Small Guys Cigar Group Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
2022-11-24 JTI-MacDonald Corp. JTI educational site visit
2022-07-20 Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. Presentation
2022-08-09 Rights 4 Vapers Canadians who vape and vape shops
2022-08-16 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc. Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)
2022-08-18 Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers' Council Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)
2022-08-23 Japan Tobacco International-Macdonald Corp. Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)
2022-08-24 Small Guys Cigar Group Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)
2022-09-09 Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. Proposed Vaping Products Reporting Regulations
2022-05-30 Coalition des droits des vapoteurs du Québec Vaping product flavours, consumer voices, relative risk statements, and enforcement/accountability
2022-02-25 Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) meeting Vaping Regulations Compliance
2022-01-13 Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. Presentation
2021-12-02 Rights4Vapers The Regulatory Process: How Vaping Regulations are Decided, Drafted and Developed
2021-08-05 Juul Labs Canada Inc. (JUUL) Clarification regarding the proposed Order Amending Schedules 2 and 3 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Flavours)
2021-04-08 Vaping Industry Trade
Association (VITA)
Quarterly update call
2021-06-07 Vaping Industry Trade
Association (VITA)
Vaping Industry Compliance
2021-02-18 Convenience Industry Council of Canada Vaping Regulations
2020-12-21 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
2020-12-01 JUUL Labs Canada Inc. Latest developments
2020-08-11 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
2020-08-10 Vaping Industry Trade Association of Canada Future regulatory environment for vaping
2020-07-17 JUUL Labs Inc. Vaping Products Potential New Regulations Sales Data
2020-04-15 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
2020-02-11 Vaping Industry Trade Association of Canada

Provincial and Federal legislation
Youth Vaping
Industry compliance

2020-01-29 Chubby Gorilla

Company overview
Container closure systems
[vaping]

2019-12-04 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
2019-11-06 JUUL Labs Canada Inc.

Corporate structure
Youth prevention
Market observations

2019-09-12 Vaping Industry Trade Association of Canada Introductory meeting
2019-08-27 JTI MacDonald Corp. Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations [vaping]
2019-08-27 Swedish Match

Regulatory pathways
Scientific data
[tobacco/nicotine]

2019-08-26 The Ecig Flavourium/ Vapour Advocates of Ontario

Youth Vaping
Survey Data

2019-08-22 Imperial Tobacco Canada

Market observations
Youth vaping prevention program
[vaping]

2019-06-24 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
2019-05-03 JTI MacDonald Corp. Reduced Risk Products [vaping]
2019-04-02 Fontem Ventures Product Launch
2019-03-28 Convenience Industry Council of Canada Vaping Notice of Intent and Tobacco Products
Plain and Standardized Packaging
2019-03-21 JUUL Labs Health Canada's Notice of Intent (NOI)
Product Sales
New technology for vaping products
2019-03-18 Fontem Ventures Teleconference - Notice of Intent - Vaping Advertising Restrictions
2019-03-04 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
[vaping]
2019-02-12 JUUL Labs Health Canada's Notice of Intent (NOI)
JUUL's educational advertising
New technology for vaping products
2019-02-01 Brigham Enterprises Inc Health-Related Labelling for Tobacco Products
2018-12-20 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call [vaping]
2018-12-13 Imperial Tobacco Canada
JTI-MacDonald Corp.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and
Standardized Appearance) [tobacco]
2018-12-12 Fontem Ventures Youth Access Prevention;
Fontem product packaging;
regulatory actions at HC
[vaping]
2018-11-09 Juul Labs Juul Action in response to FDA request in the United States;
Health Canada Document Request;
Juul Product Launch
[vaping]
2018-09-10 Canadian Vaping Association Quarterly update call
[vaping]
2018-09-04 Canadian Convenience Store Association Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)
[tobacco]
2018-08-13 Juul Labs Ongoing regulatory process; upcoming market expansion to Canada.
[vaping]
2018-08-02 Imperial Tobacco Canada
JTI-MacDonald Corp.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
Proposed Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
[tobacco]
2018-07-31 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Proposed Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
[tobacco]
2018-07-27 Small Guys Cigar Group Proposed Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
[tobacco]
2018-07-16 Imperial Tobacco Canada
JTI-MacDonald Corp.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
Focke & Co.
Proposed Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
[tobacco]
2018-07-16 Imperial Tobacco Canada Proposed Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
[tobacco]
2018-07-03 Small Guys Cigar Group Proposed Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).
[tobacco]
2018-06-26 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Heated tobacco products
[tobacco / vaping]
2018-06-15 Fontem Ventures Industry regulation; science and research of EVPs; regulation standards.
[vaping]
2018-02-05 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Notice to Interested Parties entitled Proposals to amend the Tobacco Reporting Regulations (TRR) that was published in the Canada Gazette, Part 1 on 2017-12-02.
[tobacco]
2018-01-30 Imperial Tobacco Canada Regulatory proposals; next-generation vaping products; and various issues related to Bill S-5
[tobacco/vaping]
2017-10-24 JTI-MacDonald Corp. Approach and perspectives on emerging products.
[tobacco / vaping]
2017-09-15 Imperial Tobacco Canada
JTI-MacDonald Corp.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
Proposed amendments to the TRR in the Canada Gazette, Part I
[tobacco]
2017-09-07 JTI-MacDonald Corp. Bill S-5
[tobacco]
2017-08-30 Imperial Tobacco Canada
JTI-MacDonald Corp.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
Proposed amendments to the TRR in the Canada Gazette, Part I
[tobacco]
2017-05-15 Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Limited Bill S-5
[tobacco]
2017-05-10 National Smokeless Tobacco Company Bill S-5; Federal Tobacco Control Strategy renewal
[tobacco]
2017-05-05 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Technical considerations for the timing of Plain Packaging Measures; Treatment of Heat-Not-Burn Products under Bill S-5; Treatment of IQOS under Plain Packaging Measures; Exit Strategy from combustible products.
[tobacco / vaping]

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