MONTREAL — If the price of legal marijuana must be competitive with the black market in order to discourage underground sales, then the same logic should apply to nicotine, the head of Imperial Tobacco Canada said Thursday. That same rationale should apply to nicotine products, said Imperial Tobacco’s Jorge Araya. Sindy Souffront, spokesperson for Health Canada, explained in an email that vaping products, including e-cigarettes and e-liquids that contain nicotine, require authorization from Health Canada before they can be imported, advertised or sold in Canada. “What we want is to sit down with government and look at all nicotine products and reach an agreement on how to treat taxation in a very sustainable way,” Araya said. Araya said his company isn’t ruling out going to the Supreme Court of Canada if it loses an appeal.

Source: National Post November 09, 2017 21:00 UTC