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A cross-country road trip uncovered a booming illicit nicotine pouch market

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Health Canada denies that the 2024 ministerial order has contributed to the growth of the black market for nicotine pouches. OTTAWA — A nicotine users’ rights group is calling on Ottawa to loosen restrictions on nicotine pouches, after uncovering a booming illicit market in a cross-country road trip. Members of Rights 4 Vapers purchased 148 illegal […]

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Canada has an illegal nicotine market. @jerryAgar1010 speaks with Maria Papaioannoy, founder of Rights4Vapers about the nicotine market.

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Canada has an illegal nicotine market. @jerryAgar1010 speaks with Maria Papaioannoy, founder of Rights4Vapers about the nicotine market. Listen HERE

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R4V went looking for illegal nicotine pouches across Canada and found a market created by bad public policy.

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Two years after Ottawa restricted legal nicotine pouches to pharmacies, ten-day road trip finds a rampant illegal market. TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2026 /CNW/ — After ten days on the road, thousands of kilometres and stops in communities from Montreal to Edmonton, the Rights4Vapers (R4V) team has reached a clear conclusion: restricting legal nicotine pouches to pharmacies has not made

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Juul named in proposed B.C. class action amid ongoing efforts to support harm-reduction and regulation

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The claim alleges that Juul’s marketing appeals to youth and misrepresents product safety, assertions the company has consistently disputed. A notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court raises concerns about Juul’s advertising, while the company maintains it does not market to minors and positions its products as an alternative for adult smokers seeking

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We’ve Submitted Our Response to the THIRD TVPA Review

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Today, we officially submitted our thoughts to Health Canada’s Third Legislative Review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA). Our message was clear: the current framework is failing Canadians. By lumping vaping and other safer nicotine products under outdated tobacco rules, the TVPA is doing a disservice to the very people it should be helping

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R4V Consumer Submission – David Sweanor and Consumers

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Health Canada Nicotine Cap Regulations R4V Consumer Submission: David Sweanor. Comments on Concentration of Nicotine in Vaping Products Regulation (Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 154, Number 51, published Dec. 19, 2020) March 2, 2011 Submitted by David Sweanor David is a lawyer and public health advocate who has worked on policies on tobacco and health since

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