What exactly does Ontario Bill 45 (Making Healthier Choices Act, 2014), Schedule 3 (Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2014) mean to retailers? Here's a re-cap:
Bill 45 News Release: http://goo.gl/mA4xif
Bill 45 Details: http://goo.gl/CEnrL7
At a high level, we have determined that the most significant impact on our industry includes (but is not limited to):
- No Sales to Under 19 (one agreeable point)
- No Displays of Electronic Cigarette hardware
- No Displays of E-Liquid (with or without nicotine)
- No Listing of flavours
- No Showing consumers how to use or troubleshoot the devices
- No Vaping in Vape Shops, thus no Vape Lounges
- No Ontario Based Online Sales (Questionable but it is Display and Promotion)
- No Indoor Vape Meets in Public Spaces (Even if private club, a paid venue or rented space)
- No Vaping in vehicle with persons under 16 years old
We've put together a short skit to demonstrate how this will effect retail Personal Vapourizer shops in Ontario which shows both PRE and POST Bill 45.
