Tobacco & Vaping

Imperial Tobacco Canada (Imperial) is responding to the April 17 press conference from anti-smoking groups, calling for a targeted approach the real source of the problem: the illicit market.

Executives updated investors on the company’s longstanding efforts to diversify its business into next-generation products.

Company says government must allow approved Health Canada authorized nicotine pouches to be sold where adult smokers shop.

Expansion is a response to the growth of battery-powered products.

Alberta and Ontario praised for their efforts to curb illicit tobacco traffic.

Contraband cigarettes were found in a shipping container.

B.C. government says legislation is the first in Canada seeking to recover health care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell vaping products.

Company highlights enforcement challenges that are fueling the illicit trade in tobacco.