No ifs, ands or butts about it.

The Ontario government is banning all flavoured tobacco — including menthol — and vaporizing e-cigarettes for teenagers as well as curbing their use throughout the province.

Associate Health Minister Dipika Damerla on Monday unveiled sweeping legislation that treats the unregulated electronic smokes like traditional cigarettes.

“If young kids see people smoking or ‘vaping,’ they’re more likely to take up smoking or ‘vaping,’” Damerla told a Queen’s Park news conference.

“It’s the wild west right now.”

Under the proposed law, the sale and consumption of e-cigarettes would be banned for anyone under 19 as of Jan. 1, 2016, and their use would restricted to the same places as regular cigarettes.

Scofflaws would face cash fines. Storeowners selling flavoured tobacco to a minor would see the maximum fine doubled to up to $200,000 — and $600,000 for a corporation that engages in youth sales.

For selling e-cigarettes to a child or teen, the fines would be up to $100,000 for a shopkeeper and $300,000 for corporate lawbreakers.

Currently, e-cigarettes can be used anywhere — including places where cigarettes have long since been banished from, such as bars, restaurants, and other public spaces.

At the same time, flavoured tobacco, which cigarette companies often use to lure young smokers, will be outlawed, though the prohibition on menthol will be phased in.

Damerla noted the government will also step up the fight against untaxed contraband tobacco, as Finance Minister Charles Sousa announced last week.

Dr. Scott Wooder, past president of the Ontario Medical Association, said the measures “will save lives.”

“Ontario’s doctors welcome this legislation that works to protect our children from flavoured tobacco products and reduce the number of youth who start smoking,” said Wooder.

But the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco — whose members include Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers Council, the Canadian Convenience Stores Association, and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce — warned the move would lead to more black-market cigarettes.

“Banning legal menthol products, about 5 per cent of the market, will only drive consumers to underground illegal channels,” said the coalition’s Gary Grant.

The Liberal bill is inspired by NDP MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), who has been pushing for a ban on flavoured tobacco since 2008.

Also Monday, Damerla announced the government would revive legislation requiring fast food chains to post calories on menus.

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It would make Ontario the first province in Canada to have a menu-labelling law on the books.

While the proposed bill targets only calories, it’s possible other health information, such as sodium content, could be added down the road.