Last week, Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addiction, and Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, released a joint statement at the conclusion of National Non-Smoking Week. It was disappointing to see, yet again, the perspective of the Canadian vapers notably absent from the statement despite multiple public health studies which show that vapour products […]
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This week is National Non-Smoking Week. It is purported to be a week for educating on smoking-related health issues, for urging Canadians to quit smoking, and for discouraging Canadians from starting. No one could disagree with any of these noble goals. However, there is an important voice missing from the discussion – the voice of
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Vapoter, ce n’est pas fumer. Et cela constitue un moyen éprouvé pour arrêter de fumer Toronto, le 17 janvier 2022 – Les vapoteurs de partout au Canada veulent prendre leur place dans le cadre de la Semaine nationale sans fumée. Sous le thème #SmokeFreeWithVaping, les vapoteurs veulent faire entendre leur voix afin d’exiger que les
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Vaping is not smoking and is a proven way for smokers to quit Toronto, Ontario – January 17, 2021 – The vapers of Canada are claiming their spot in National Non-Smoking Week. Under the theme of #SmokeFreeWithVaping, vapers are speaking out to demand that governments acknowledge that vaping is less harmful than smoking and can
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TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2022 /CNW/ – A new year means change and new ways of doing things. Rights4Vapers has compiled a list of five resolutions for Health Canada in 2022. 1. Scrap the proposed ban on flavoured vapour products. Flavours matter to vapers. Flavours help smokers migrate from traditional cigarettes to vapour products. Smokers and vapers do
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It was historic. It was hotly anticipated. It was the must-see event of the fall! Our first (and hopefully not the last) webinar with Health Canada drew over 150 viewers. Health Canada took us through the regulatory process and answered some of our pre-submitted questions. We appreciate the openness and trust that Health Canada put
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OP-ED COP9 AND VAPERS BY: MARIA PAPAIOANNOY, RIGHTS4VAPERS NOVEMBER 9, 2021 This week marks the start of the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – or COP9. It’s a mouthful and most people have no idea that it is happening. However, Canadian vapers
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SUBMISSION TO FINANCE CANADA PROPOSED NEW TAXATION FRAMEWORK FOR VAPOUR PRODUCTS Finance CanadaEmail: fin.vaping-taxation-vapotage.fin@canada.ca SUBMITTED BY RIGHTS4VAPERS JUNE 29, 2021 INTRODUCTION In its 2021 Budget the Government of Canada proposed a new framework for taxing vaping products. “The proposed framework would impose a single flat rate duty on every 10 millilitres (ml) of vaping liquid
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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, Ontario – June 11, 2021 – Rights4Vapers, Canada’s leading vapers’ advocacy group is dismayed that Bill 17, which bans the sale of all flavoured vapour products in New Brunswick, has passed the third reading. “The Government of New Brunswick has just condemned smokers and vapers in the province to illness
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PRESS RELEASE RIGHTS4VAPERS IS DISAPPOINTED IN JUUL’S DECISION TO ABANDON ADULT VAPERS Toronto, Ontario – April 13, 2021, – Juul Labs Canada has put its bottom line and relationship with the federal government ahead of the needs of its consumers by pulling out of the Vaping Industry Trade Association of Canada (VITA) and abandoning the fight
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