Rights 4 Vapers is a movement dedicated to advancing evidence-based regulations on vaping. We are an informal collection of committed volunteers who believe that vapers deserve to make an informed choice. We are guided by unpaid academic advisors.
Millions of adult Canadians have successfully quit smoking by switching to vaping, a proven harm reduction tool that dramatically reduces exposure to toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. Yet, the B.C. government’s proposed Bill 24, the Vaping Product Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, threatens to take away that progress by treating vaping like tobacco under a misguided cost-recovery framework.
Change is Overdue. The Safer Nicotine Summit is a step in the right direction. By bringing scientists, policymakers, businesses, and consumers together, the summit aims to craft a pragmatic, evidence-based framework: the Safer Nicotine Act.
Join us @ The Lord Elgin, Ottawa, November 12-13 2025.
R4V has partnered with CVA to bring you a 3-part webinar series with the amazing Dr. Mark Tyndall, author of VAPING: Behind the Smoke and Fears. Each session requires a separate registration (technology rules…), but I promise each one will be worth it. We’ll also be joined by some incredible moderators and guest voices.
Part 1 – How I Became an Accidental Vaping Advocate
📅 October 9, 2025 | 7:00–8:30 PM (EST)
Moderator: Dr. David Sweanor, Professor, University of Ottawa
REGISTER HERE
Part 2 – Smoking, Vaping, and Health Equity
📅 October 30, 2025 | 7:00–8:30 PM (EST)
Moderator: Sam Tam, President, Canadian Vaping Association
REGISTER HERE
Part 3 – Human Rights, Community Activism, and the Future of Safer Nicotine
November 20, 2025 | 7:00–8:30 PM (EST)
Moderator: TBD
REGISTER HERE
Listening to Dr. Tyndall speak about his book is powerful and eye-opening. These sessions are open to everyone! So if you have friends, family, doctors, politicians, or regulators who still repeat the same old myths about vaping, encourage them to attend at least one.
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.
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
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
