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Health Canada proposes restrictions on the promotion of vaping products under the Tobacco and Vaping Product Act

Health Canada has proposed new regulations that would place stricter limits on the advertising and promotion of vaping products and make health warnings on vaping products mandatory. According to Health Canada, the proposed Vaping Products Promotion Regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) are a stated effort to mitigate the impact of vaping product promotion on young persons and non-users of nicotine containing products.

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Risk and consequences

I like to think that effective risk management helps the managers of an organization, at all levels, make the informed and intelligent decisions necessary for success – reliably achieving enterprise objectives considering all the things that might happen, both positive and negative.

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Deceptive marketing in the spotlight: Ticketmaster to pay Competition Bureau penalty of $4.5 million

In a recent article, the Competition Bureau’s focus on high-impact, consumer-focused digital economy investigations, including specifically investigations into drip pricing practices was highlighted. On June 27, 2019, the Bureau announced that its investigation into such practices by Ticketmaster had concluded with a consent agreement.

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