2019 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 41st Parliament

FIRST READING

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MR. TODD STONE

BILL M 210 – 2019

TOBACCO AND VAPOUR PRODUCTS CONTROL (VULNERABLE ADOLESCENTS

PROTECTION FROM E-CIGARETTES

(VAPE)) AMENDMENT ACT, 2019

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Section 1 of the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 451,

is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“tobacco stores” is any business that only sells tobaccos and other tobacco product related paraphernalia;

“vaping stores” is any business that only sells e-cigarettes, e-substances, vapour products and other

vapour product related paraphernalia.

Section 2 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(5) A person must not sell or offer to sell flavoured vapour products.

Section 2.1 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) A person may only deal in, sell, offer for sale or distribute vapour products

in the following authorized places:

(

a) pharmacy as defined in the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act ;

(

b) tobacco stores;

(

c) vaping stores.

Section 6.1 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(6) The administrator has the authority to restrict authorization to sell vapour

products if

(

a) a business has received three penalties, and

(

b) the three penalties were not incurred from the same incident, and

(

c) all three penalties occurred within a two-year period.

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