Subject: Bill 24 and the Danger of Legislating Misinformation Dear Premier Eby, Attorney General Sharma, and Members of the Legislative Assembly, My name is Maria Papaioannoy, and I am writing to you not only as a Canadian who vapes but as the founder of Rights 4 Vapers, Canada’s largest consumer movement dedicated to educating and […]
Sometimes, a law isn’t just a law. Sometimes, it’s a warning. And this is a warning. British Columbia’s new Bill, Vaping Products Damages and Health Care Recovery Act is being celebrated as a way to “make industry pay.” But when you dig deeper, you see something far more troubling: a government arming itself with extraordinary
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British Columbia’s new Vaping Products Damages and Health Care Cost Recovery Act is being sold as a way to make vaping companies pay for health-care costs. Our first question is exactly how is vaping costing the provincial health care system? We would argue that vaping is saving the health care system millions in smoking-related costs.
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I couldn’t help thinking about how the anti-vaping crowd clings to the most ridiculous stories about safer nicotine products. It’s like they’re on a never-ending mission: either you quit their way, or you keep smoking. And the myths they’ve cooked up? Absolute comedy gold. Canada has spawned some of the wildest vaping tall tales, everything from “vaping
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Mr. Culbert: Another Nail in the Coffin of Public Health Credibility in Canada Once again, under your leadership, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) has reminded us why public trust in Canadian health institutions is plummeting. Your upcoming event, the 2025 Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Nicotine (CCTN25), is being pitched as a space for
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Well, what a week that was! Rights4Vapers was in Ottawa last week to welcome our new MPs and celebrate World Vape Day and World No Tobacco Day. Our friends from tobacco control were also there. Monday kicked off with the Triad of Trouble in Tobacco Control holding a press conference, you may have caught it,
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Rights4Vapers is calling on the federal government to develop a Safer Nicotine Act where all safer nicotine products are regulated fairly and equally, focusing on who needs them—not on who produces them. It’s not the government’s role to dictate how Canadians should quit smoking; it’s the government’s responsibility to ensure that all products are safe,
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Originally published on CNW : Read Original Article Here Ottawa, Ontario – May 30, 2025 – 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the first vapour products in North America. Rights4Vapers wishes to celebrate the lives saved thanks to these safer nicotine products as well as acknowledge that there is still much work to do to
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(Ottawa, Ontario) May 26, 2025 – Rights4Vapers, Canada’s largest advocacy movement for vapers’ rights and safer nicotine alternatives, will be holding a press conference to welcome the new Minister of Health and call on the federal government to introduce a Safer Nicotine Act that properly regulates reduced harm alternatives to smoking. DATE: May 29, 2025
Want to learn about safer nicotine products?Want to debate us about safer nicotine products?Want to just meet us. Join us on May 28th. We will be in front of Parliament on the corner of Metcalfe and Wellington in Ottawa ready to have conversations with everyone. Mark your calendars would love to see everyone! Link to
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