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Canadians will soon be able to take a puff from a cannabis vape pen, sip a drink whose intoxicating kick comes from THC or nibble a pot-infused chocolate.

One year after Canada legalized recreational marijuana, a second wave of products is about to be approved that can be vaped, eaten or slathered on your skin.

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Regulations governing a huge array of new cannabis products go into effect Oct. 17. But companies must give 60 days’ notice to Health Canada about new products, so nothing will be on sale until mid December at the earliest.

We checked with major cannabis companies to get an idea of what products they plan to sell first.

Expect many varieties of vape pens. And some drinks, chocolates, candy and cookies.

The approval of cannabis vape pens comes in the midst of an outbreak of lung ailments and deaths in the U.S. associated with vaping. Both cannabis company executives and Health Canada say the cannabis vape oil that will be sold here must meet nation-wide health and safety regulations. Many of those who fell ill in the U.S. were vaping contaminated black-market cannabis oil.