Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, said she and representatives from a number of anti-smoking organizations met this week with a senior staff member for Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks.
“We left the meeting with the firm belief that we are not going to see a ban on vaping flavours this year,” she said. “We are greatly disappointed.”
Callard said the official gave a range of logistical reasons for why the restrictions weren’t going ahead — including the limited time left to enact them as the Liberal government stares down a potential spring election.
The stupidity shown by governmental oversight in this battle is beyond compare. Instead of restricting cheap over-the-counter disposable vapes, they approved them – then restricted more expensive rebuildable tank and drip atomizers that required mod units to operate.
I truly have to wonder how many of those with oversight on the original vape issue had stock options in vaping companies that sell disposable units … because it seems they ignored common sense for utter ignorance and possible selfishness.
Everything the government does involving vapes is wrong. Regulating 50mg out of existence was stupid. Threatening a flavour ban for YEARS was insanely stupid. Running questionably scientific anti-vaping ads (disclaimer, that one might’ve been AB-specific, I don’t remember) was also stupid, if the goal was ever harm reduction.
And their argument was always that kids are drawn to the colourful packaging. OK, why not make it like cannabis packaging? And then they never even did that, proving that it was all a ruse in the first place. Personally I think it was to aid in big tobacco getting them back on smokes instead.
“Big Tobacco” is also making money on vapes because they bought stakes in those companies or own them outright. They really don’t care if you smoke or vape, they get paid regardless.
If anything the reason why a flavor ban didn’t happen is because “Big Tobacco” successfully lobbied against it.
There was a time not that long ago where that wasn’t true, and independent companies are still pretty easy to buy from. For a LONG time, tobacco companies were pushing “smokeless” devices which still involved tobacco leaf.
For the record, I’m clean from nicotine for something like a year now. I just hate all the pseudoscientific bullshit pushed by the tobacco industry about vaporizers because they threatened their status quo.
Here is a 7 year old article on the subject. How far back do I need to go to find your “Time not that long ago where that wasn’t true”?
https://macleans.ca/society/health/big-tobacco-has-become-big-vape-but-its-up-to-the-same-old-tricks/
Being nicotine free doesn’t give your argument credence. Vaping is incredibly dangerous, and anyone who believes otherwise is an ignoramus buying “big tobaccos” latest bull shit. The only thing good for your lungs is oxygen.
This article’s sources are trash. It refers to a survey that you can’t actually find and says a lot of generalities without bringing out companies, and seems to fail to support its own conclusions. I figure you googled titles without checking deeper. Goodbye.
Here is another source: https://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/latest-news/who-owns-all-the-vaping-brands-infographic/
another one: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/tobacco-companies-taking-over-e-cigarette#Firms-funding-e-cigarette-research
Bye.
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