Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi ʻauhau ʻauhau hou o ke aupuni Kanada no nā huahana vaping i ka lā 1 ʻOkakopa 2022. I kēia manawa ke hoʻolālā nei ke aupuni Quebec e nānā i kāna uku ʻauhau Vape e like me ka ʻauhau ʻauhau federal ma nā huahana vaping. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Eric Girard, ke Kuhina Waiwai o Quebec i kēia hoʻolaha i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba 2022. Ua loaʻa kēia i kahi hopena maikaʻi ʻole e like me ka manaʻo o ka nui o nā mea pili i ka ʻoihana vaping e hana hou ana i ka uku ʻauhau Quebec e alakaʻi i ke kumukūʻai o nā huahana vaping ma ka ʻāina.
I Iune 2022, ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni federal i kahi ʻauhau ʻauhau federal i hana hou ʻia ma nā huahana vaping. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kēia kaʻina ʻauhau hou ma ka lā 1 ʻOkakopa 2022. Ua ʻike mua nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia mau huahana i ka loli ʻana o nā kumukūʻai i ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā mea hāʻawi i ka piʻi ʻauhau i ka poʻe kūʻai.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻauhau hou ma ka nui o ka pahu vape. Ma lalo o kēia kaʻina ʻauhau hou, ʻo nā ipu vape me ka nui o 10ml a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi e huki i ka helu ʻauhau o $1 no kēlā me kēia 2ml. ʻO nā huina hou aʻe ma waena o 0ml a me 2ml e ʻauhau ʻia he $1. No ka laʻana, kahi huahana vaping me kahi pahu pahu o 2.5ml o wai hoʻoheheʻe e huki mai i $2 ma ka auhau ($1 no ka 2ml a me kekahi $1 no ka 0.5m kaha).
ʻO nā huahana vaping me ka mana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 10ml e huki i kahi ʻauhau kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka ʻauhau ʻauhau he $5 no ka 10 ml mua a me $ no kekahi mana hou ma waena o 0 ml a me 10 ml. No ka laʻana, ʻo kahi huahana me ka mana o 25ml e loaʻa i kahi ʻauhau o $7 (e uku ʻia ka 10ml mua $5, a laila $1 no ka 10ml aʻe a me $1 hou no ke koena 5ml).
Mai ka lā 1 o ʻOkakopa a i ka lā 31 o Dekemaba 2022, ua loaʻa nā huahana i kau ʻia ka uku ʻauhau hou i kahi hōʻailona kūikawā e hōʻike ana i ka uku ʻauhau hou. E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 o Ianuali 2023 wale nō nā huahana me ka hōʻailona kūikawā no ka ʻauhau hou e kūʻai ʻia ma ka ʻāina. Pono nā mea kūʻai kūʻai e huki i nā papa o nā huahana kahiko i hoʻohana ʻole i ke ʻano ʻauhau hou.
I Iune i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻauhau ʻauhau hou no nā huahana vaping, ua noi ke aupuni federal i nā panalāʻau e noʻonoʻo e hoʻomohala i nā uku ʻauhau like. ʻO kēia ka mea i hōʻike i ka hoʻolaha hou i hana ʻia e Girard. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia he mea koʻikoʻi ka uku ʻauhau hou o Quebec no ka mea e kōkua ia i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpio kuai a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana vaping.
Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa iki ka ʻike o ka Coalition des droits des vapoteurs du Québec (CDVQ). Ua ʻōlelo ka hui ʻana, e hāʻawi ʻia kahi ʻauhau vape hou ma Quebec i nā mea kūʻai aku e nā mea kūʻai aku a ʻike kēia i ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai o nā huahana vaping. Manaʻo ia e piʻi ke kumukūʻai ma waena o 40% a me 80%. E hōʻeha paha kēia i nā mea a pau.
ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa ka ʻauhau vape hou ma kahi o $ 40 miliona i ka loaʻa kālā no ka mokuʻāina e hōʻeha ia i nā mea he nui. Wahi a CDCQ, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻauhau ma nā huahana vaping e hana liʻiliʻi i ka pale ʻana i nā keiki liʻiliʻi mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā mau huahana. Akā, e pani wale ia i ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i kēlā mau huahana e haʻalele i ka puhi paka kahiko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Valerie Gallant, ka waha ʻōlelo CDVQ, pono ke aupuni e kālele i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kānāwai e kū nei inā makemake ʻo ia e pale i ka ʻōpio mai ka vaping.
