Articles, memos, and references.
Our short publications on Alberta tobacco and vaping policy, along with the primary sources we rely on.
Public-policy debate
Recent pieces responding directly to materials published by Alberta adult-access coalitions, with attention to where their argument lands and where it does not.
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Compliance talk is not a prevention plan
Retail compliance is necessary. It is not, by itself, a youth nicotine prevention strategy. Bill 208 fills a different gap.
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Adult autonomy still does not answer youth appeal
A second public health reply to the adult-access coalitions on Bill 208. The framing has improved. The central question has not.
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Adult access is not a magic answer to youth vaping
A public health response to the framing that responsible retailers and adult autonomy resolve the youth vaping question.
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When retail campaigns skip the school hallway
Why adult-retail compliance arguments leave the schoolyard side of the youth vaping problem largely unanswered.
Analysis -
Bill 208 critics are asking the wrong question
A close read of what Bill 208 actually does, and why the central question is youth uptake, not adult inconvenience.
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A public health reply to adult-choice coalitions
A measured reply to the three Alberta sites publishing under adult-choice and adult-autonomy banners.
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What the pro-access sites get partly right
A short, deliberate note on the points where adult-access materials are partly correct, and where they fall short.
Note
Publications
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Why we support Bill 208
A summary of the public health case for the bill's flavour, retail, and youth marketing provisions.
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Alberta's Tobacco and Vaping Reduction Strategy at five years
What the strategy set out to do, where it has made progress, and where new measures fit in.
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Memo to Alberta MLAs: youth nicotine prevention priorities
Our outreach memo to members of the Legislative Assembly on Bill 208 and related measures.
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A school and community guide to vaping prevention
Plain language guidance for school staff, parents, and community organizations.
Guide
Primary references we rely on
- Bill 208, Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF)
- Alberta Tobacco and Vaping Reduction Strategy
- Alberta Tobacco and Vaping Reduction Strategy (PDF)
- Alberta rules and enforcement on smoking and vaping
- Health Canada: preventing kids and teens from smoking and vaping
- Health Canada youth vaping awareness resources
- Canadian Paediatric Society: protecting children and adolescents against the risks of vaping
- WHO Q&A on tobacco and e-cigarettes
- CDC youth e-cigarette page