Ontario to allow smoking and vaping medical marijuana in public places

On November 23, 2015 the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care announced regulations to amend the Electronic Cigarette Act and the Smoke Free Ontario Act to confirm “that the ban on using an e-cigarette in smoke-free places does not apply to a medical marihuana user who uses an e-cigarette for medical [purposes]”. Many former tobacco smokers, happy survivors of the war on the cigarette, said they felt betrayed.

Concerns raised online and in media reports about the impact of…