ONTARIO, Canada – All flavored tobacco, including menthol cigarettes, will soon be banned in Ontario, as the government introduces legislation that would also regulate the sale of electronic cigarettes. The same bill would also require calorie counts to be posted on chain restaurant menus.

The bill, meant to control the sales of e-cigarettes and ban menthol cigarettes, builds on anti-smoking measures announced last month, which would ban smoking on all restaurant patios and near playgrounds, among other places.

A ban on menthol cigarettes would be a Canadian first, though many jurisdictions already restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products. The European Union is moving to ban menthol cigarettes by 2016.

Ontario’s government plans to phase-out menthol cigarettes by 2016, in order to give menthol-smokers a chance to quit or switch. However, as the government also seeks to curtail contraband cigarettes sales as an effort to curb the underground economy and boost tax revenues, a ban on menthol could send even more people elsewhere to buy menthol cigarettes.

The bill, if passed, would also restrict sales of e-cigarettes in the same way tobacco sales are restricted. That means no one under 19 could buy the electronic smoking devices. The changes will also mean that vaping will be illegal anywhere smoking is, so inside public places, in cars with children and near hospitals, are just a few examples. The restrictions on advertising tobacco products (such as hiding them behind doors or under counters) will also apply to e-cigarettes and their related nicotine products. Those changes won’t start rolling out until January 2016.