Include vaping and nicotine in Ontario’s Smoke-Free strategy
Renew Ontario’s Smoke-Free Strategy to include vaping and nicotine
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) in collaboration with experts recommend that, in the development of a target for such a coordinated and comprehensive provincial strategy, to examine the sufficiency and inclusiveness of Canada’s Tobacco Strategy target of less than five per cent commercial tobacco use by 2035 with respect to all nicotine delivery products.
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that RNAO recommends health equity be foundational to such a provincial strategy.
Author:
RN Cindy Baker-Barill on behalf of the Community Health Nurses' Initiatives Group.
Conflict of interest:
No known conflict of interest
Year carried:
2024
Last updated:
Sept. 20, 2024