In a bid to make Ontarians healthier, the Wynne government moved to ban flavored tobacco, regulate e-cigarette smoking and placed calorie counts on restaurant menus Tuesday.

The ban on flavored tobacco ban and the calorie counts will be in place by January 1, 2017. However, changes could be made to the e-cigarette portion of the bill.

According to CDC's new study, e-cigarettes have now surpassed regular cigarettes among high school and middle school students.

However, parents, doctors and the government are concerned and wondering e-cigarettes might cause the same damage than their counterparts.

The Making Healthier Choices Act passed with the extensive support of the three parties prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to those under 19. Under the legislation, vendors are banned from advertising or promoting their sale.

However, the legislation was opposed solely by Conservative MPP Randy Hillier. In an interview after the 99-1 vote, Hiller said, "It's very clear that these things are the greatest harm-reduction devices that have been created to reduce the harm of tobacco. For the government to be a barrier and impediment, I find tragic and devastating".

The province's associate health minister has called e-cigarettes an "emerging technology". According to him, Ontario is proving the possibility that these devices might help some smokers break their addiction.

NDP health critic France Gelinas acknowledged that there isn't enough evidence about the possible adverse health effects of e-cigarette smoking.

Changes to the bill depend on the results of four ongoing studies in Ontario. However, she supported their regulation and thinks that e-cigarette use contributes to the normalization of smoking.

David Sweanor, a law professor at the University of Ottawa and an expert on tobacco and nicotine, said the regulation of e-cigarettes could cause harm to society as it would force Ontarians to continue smoking cigarettes rather than switching to products that would be massively less hazardous.