While Zonnic is marketed as a ‘nicotine replacement therapy’ for adults, it’s available for sale at convenience stores and gas stations with no legal restrictions on who can buy it
The combined tax would see manufacturers and importers paying $2 per two millilitres of vaping liquids for the first 10 millilitres, then $2 per 10 millilitres for volumes beyond that. These types of taxes are fairly new, but have proven effective, one expert says.
The price of vaping products is set to rise in Ontario, with the province planning to add a tax as a way to reduce the prevalence of vaping, particularly among young people.