Table 1 Reported health unit activities related to e-cigarettes
Response Options (note: respondents selected all that applied) | SAID ‘YES’ |
|---|---|
Questions about the safety or health risks of e-cigarettes (e.g. e-juice, nicotine cartridges, poisoning, second-hand vapour) | 90% (n =17) |
Questions about legality or illegality of e-cigarettes | 74% (n =14) |
Questions regarding e-cigarettes as a cessation tool | 90% (n =17) |
Complaints about sales of e-cigarettes or e-liquid to youth | 47% (n =9) |
Complaints from individuals about indoor e-cigarette vaping | 74% (n =14) |
Complaints from individuals about outdoor e-cigarette vaping | 26% (n =5) |
Calls about e-cigarettes from individual schools and/or school boards | 53% (n =10) |
Calls about e-cigarettes from colleges and/or other post-secondary institutions | 32% (n =6) |
Calls about e-cigarettes from workplaces | 68% (n =13) |
Calls about e-cigarettes from local media | 32% (n =6) |
Requests to help develop a position statement on e-cigarettes | 37% (n =7) |
Requests to help develop a policy on e-cigarettes | 58% (n =11) |
Requests to include e-cigarettes under SFO by-laws | 32% (n =6) |