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When Laws Go Too Far: The Vaping Cost Recovery Act and the Erosion of Fairness

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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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Stop the insanity. Vaping reduces health costs; not causes them.

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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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Health Groups Strangely Oppose Effective and Proven Smoking Cessation Products

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Toronto, Ontario – February 19, 2024 – Public health groups across the country have found a new enemy in their war on nicotine: smoking cessation products. These so-called health groups are pushing to make life saving products harder to buy and less appealing than cigarettes. “These are organizations whose goal is the health and well-being

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DAMN STRAIGHT: VAPERS OF NEW BRUNSWICK WILL BE WATCHING DOROTHY SHEPHARD

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With two simple words, New Brunswick Minister of Health Dorothy Shephard demonstrated a profound lack of empathy and of interest in the health and wellbeing of the smokers and vapers of her province. And, was just plain mean.  When asked if a ban on flavoured vapour products was in the cards, Ms. Shephard responded: “Damn

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