https://farsalinos.github.io/en/tags/smoking-increase/Recent content in Smoking Increase on FarsalinosHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 K. Farsalinos, MD, MPH, PhD | Science & Public HealthSat, 12 Sep 2026 16:07:29 +0300https://farsalinos.github.io/en/science-deep-dives/canada-flav-en/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://farsalinos.github.io/en/science-deep-dives/canada-flav-en/<p>A new economics study looked at what happened when Canadian provinces banned or restricted flavored vape (e-cigarette) sales between 2018 and 2023. The study covered 9 provinces and 516 province-month observations.</p> <h2 class="relative group">Key Takeaways <div id="key-takeaways" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#key-takeaways" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <ul> <li> <p>Flavored vape sales collapsed almost completely, as expected.</p> </li> <li> <p>But cigarette sales went up — about 9.6% higher in provinces with flavor bans, and possibly as much as 21.5% under a different statistical method.</p>