Alberta rules and enforcement
- Government of Alberta, Reducing smoking and vaping, rules and enforcement. The provincial summary of the statutory rules and the inspection regime that applies to lawful retailers.
- Government of Alberta, Tobacco and Vaping Reduction Strategy. The provincial strategy document.
Retailer compliance and inspection
- Coalition response, responsible retailers are compliance partners. What licensed Alberta retailers are required to do under the existing framework.
- Coalition note, retail compliance is part of youth protection. Why the coalition reads retail compliance as part of the same project as youth protection, not opposed to it.
- Coalition note on inspection metrics. The metrics that would make enforcement legible.
Bill 208
- Bill 208, Tobacco, Smoking and Vaping Reduction Amendment Act, 2026 (PDF).
- Coalition review of Bill 208.
- Memo to Alberta Health on Bill 208.
Provincial comparison
- Coalition comparison, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and federal framework. The coalition reads lawful Alberta retailers as compliance infrastructure.
Illicit market
- Beyond Tobacco, illicit nicotine products in Canada (PDF, local copy).
- Coalition reading of Beyond Tobacco on enforcement.
- Coalition release on enforcement and the illicit market.
Youth protection sources
- Health Canada, Preventing kids and teens from using tobacco or vaping.
- Canadian Paediatric Society position on vaping.
- World Health Organization, e-cigarettes question and answer.
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