Quebec, Canada to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes and Limit Oil Volume Effective October 31st

According to an official announcement from Quebec, Canada's second-largest province, the province will ban the sale of e-cigarette products other than tobacco flavors (or unflavored), as well as the sale of bottles with an oil capacity of more than 30 milliliters and e-cigarette devices with an oil capacity of more than 2 milliliters.

The policy went into effect 90 days after it was posted, which was October 31st.

The flavor ban was announced in a draft released in April. According to the Quebec E-Cigarette Rights Coalition, more than 30,000 Quebec residents commented on the proposed ban, but the Ministry of Health reportedly did not make any changes to the regulations.

Quebec is Canada's second most populous province with 8.5 million residents and has become the largest province to implement a flavor ban. Four other provinces and territories - Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories - have implemented taste bans, and Nunavut has passed a ban but has not set an implementation date. Three other provinces - British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan - restrict the sale of flavored products to adult-only outlets like e-cigarette stores.