Overview

• The Vaping Product Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act would allow legal action against manufacturers and wholesalers for misleading promotion and enable recovery of health and education costs.
• Attorney General Niki Sharma said deceptive practices are driving youth vaping and pledged to take companies to court.
• Education Minister Lisa Beare said the initiative seeks to keep vapes out of kids’ hands and hold firms accountable for harms to families.
• The government said it is exploring comparable legislation to address harms linked to PFAS, or “forever chemicals.”
• The move continues B.C.’s litigation strategy following this year’s $32.5‑billion pan-Canadian tobacco settlement and certified Canada-wide class actions against opioid makers and McKinsey with B.C. as lead plaintiff.