Couche Tard, on the Run Parent Firms Challenge Health Canada Nicotine Pouch Rules

Couche Tard, on the Run Parent Firms Challenge Health Canada Nicotine Pouch Rules
Health Minister Mark Holland rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Sept. 16, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Convenience store firms that operate thousands of outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies.

Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc. and Couche-Tard Inc., both subsidiaries of Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., claim in an application in Federal Court that Health Canada’s rules restricting the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies are unfair and unconstitutional.