Come July 1 rules for the sale and use of electronic cigarettes, medical marijuana, and where people can light up will change
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is gearing up for changes to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act.
Come July 1 rules for the sale and use of electronic cigarettes, medical marijuana, and where people can light up will change.
The use of E-cigarettes was governed under the Electronic Cigarettes Act of 2015 — Manger of Chronic Disease Eric Nadalin says it will now be folded into the Smoke-Free Ontario Act.
Nadalin tells AM800 News both electronic cigarettes and medical pot will be treated as tobacco products province wide — superseding municipal by-laws.
"Essentially what that does is include electronic cigarettes and medical cannabis to the existing regulations in effect for tobacco," he says."They'll be treated in a similar was to the way tobacco is treated in terms of display and promotion for tobacco retailers."
He says non-smoking areas area also being expanded.
"They've also expanded to a 20m perimeter around the outside grounds of schools as well as 20m around recreation facilities," he says. "In addition to that there's a 9m set back away around bar and restaurant patios."
Nadalin says the health unit has already begun an education campaign for local businesses leading up to July 1.