Dear Minister Michel, We are writing to you not as advocates, not as Canadians with an agenda, but as human beings speaking to another human being. Because at the heart of this conversation, that’s what this is really about. Real Canadians. You are one of the millions of Canadians who smoke. We and the others […]
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Dear Minister Michel, I am writing to you today to address the theatrical performance that was held in the West Block on Friday, by government-funded tobacco control leaders where they made claims that 50,000 high school students have started vaping since you took office and uses that figure to call for a national ban on
Our Letter to Minister Michel in response to that press conference Read More »
COBOURG, ON – Rights 4 Vapers (R4V), Canada’s leading consumer movement for safer nicotine products, is raising urgent concerns about Bill 24, Vaping Product Damages and Health-Care Costs Recovery Act, legislation that gives the Province of British Columbia sweeping, undefined power to sue anyone connected to vaping products. Despite offering zero proof that regulated vaping
Consumer Advocates Warn Bill 24 Is a Blank Cheque for Neverending Lawsuits Read More »
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
When Laws Go Too Far: The Vaping Cost Recovery Act and the Erosion of Fairness Read More »
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.
Stop the insanity. Vaping reduces health costs; not causes them. Read More »
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
Open Letter to the Executive Director of the Canadian Public Health Association Read More »
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,
The Triad of Trouble Read More »
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,
Rights4Vapers holds a news conference – May 29, 2025 Read More »