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 gives you popcorn lung” to “my cousin’s neighbour’s dog swears vaping makes you glow in the dark.”
Myth: Vaping gives you popcorn lung.
No confirmed cases in Canada. Ever. Health Canada notes risks, but popcorn lung isn’t one of them.
Myth: EVALI proved vaping kills.
That 2019 U.S. outbreak was from illegal THC vapes cut with vitamin E acetate, not nicotine vapes. Health Canada confirmed no deaths from nicotine vaping here in Canada.
Myth: Vapes pump out formaldehyde like a chemistry lab.
Only when machines are forced into “dry puff” territory that no sane human would endure. Tastes like burnt socks.
Myth: E-liquid contains antifreeze.
The confusion is with propylene glycol (PG), used in food and medicine. It’s not the toxic kind of antifreeze. Health Canada on PG.
Myth: Nicotine itself causes cancer.
Nope, cancer risk comes from burning tobacco.
Myth: Vapes aren’t regulated in Canada.
Actually, they are! Under the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA). Labels, nicotine limits, and ingredient reporting are required.
Myth: Vaping is just as harmful as smoking.
Independent Canadian and international reviews (like Public Health England) agree: vaping is far less harmful than smoking.
Myth: That scary headline proves it deadly
From “exploding vape pens” to “mystery pneumonia,” media loves drama. But in Canada? Not one single death from using nicotine vapes.
AND MY FAVOURITE!
Myth: Vaping doesn’t help people quit smoking.
That one’s flat-out wrong. Studies, including Cochrane Reviews and data from the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, show vaping doubles quit success rates compared to willpower alone. Thousands of Canadians have quit cigarettes using safer nicotine products.
Vaping isn’t risk-free, but it’s far safer than smoking.
And despite years of panic headlines no Canadian has died from using nicotine vapes. Just a reminder to the those that are reading this email and still fighting for reduced access to safer nicotine products that are not owned by Pharma, 48 000 Canadians will die from tobacco related illness this year.
That is why we want to set the record straight
Vaping isn’t risk-free, but it’s far safer than smoking. And despite years of panic headlines no Canadian has died from using nicotine vapes.
That’s why we’re making space for facts, not fiction.
Join us at the Safer Nicotine Summit:
November 12–13, 2025
Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa
It’s the first event of its kind in Canada where consumers, public health, industry, and regulators sit down at the same table. Real talk. Real evidence. Real Canadian stories. AND IT’S FREE FOR CONSUMERS! BUT SPOTS ARE LIMITED!
