Press & Resources

Our Email to Health Canada Demanding Action Against Les Hagen of Ash for Encouraging the PM to Listen to Bloomberg

Dear Minister Michel and Health Canada Officials, I am writing about comments made by Les Hagen, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH Canada), during the October 27 press conference on Parliament Hill. His comments about Michael Bloomberg and Prime Minister Carney are very concerning, and I believe Health Canada needs to address

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TWO YEARS LATER, WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE CANADA’S NICOTINE POUCH POLICY IS WORKING?

Rights4Vapers calls on Health Minister Marjorie Michel to show Canadians the results of the 2024 Ministerial Order TORONTO, September 23, 2026 — Following comments by federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel that she is not considering changes to Canada’s restrictions on nicotine pouches, Rights4Vapers (R4V) says there is a more fundamental question that needs answering: What

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Our Email to Health Canada

We wanted to ask Health Canada questions about pouches. So we did what we usually did, asked those questions! Take a read of the email we sent on Thursday, September 17, 2026 —–  Dear Health Canada, Hi, it’s Maria Papaioannoy from Rights4Vapers (R4V). I hope whoever is reading this email is having a wonderful day.

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Canada’s Pouch Policy: A Masterclass in Creating a Black Market

It began with an RV, a camera, and a cross-country mission to answer a simple question: what does Canada’s nicotine pouch market actually look like two years after the federal government restricted legal sales to pharmacies? The team from Rights4Vapers (R4V), a safer-nicotine advocacy group, expected to find a market constrained by regulation. What they

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Organizations That Support Vaping

RESOURCES:

Royal College of Physicians (RCP) – E-Cigarettes and Harm Reduction: An Evidence Review (2024)
The RCP, a leading UK medical body, concluded that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smoking and can serve as effective tools for smoking cessation.

Cochrane – Cochrane Systematic Review (2022)
This review finds high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) in helping people quit smoking

Tobacco & Nicotine Research – Smoking Cessation Trends (2024)
A study published in this journal found that e-cigarette users had higher smoking cessation rates compared to non-users over several years, suggesting that vaping may aid in quitting smoking.

King’s College London – Comprehensive Review (2022)
This extensive review, commissioned by the UK Department of Health, concluded that vaping poses a small fraction of the health risks associated with smoking. It found that switching to e-cigarettes significantly reduces exposure to toxicants linked to cancer, lung disease, and cardiovascular conditions.

American Heart Association – Vaping Versus Smoking: Are Electronic-Cigarettes the Savior? (2024)
This article indicates that e-cigarette aerosols may be less harmful to the vascular endothelium than conventional tobacco smoke.

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