It began with an RV, a camera, and a cross-country mission to answer a simple question: what does Canada’s nicotine pouch market actually look like two years after the federal government restricted legal sales to pharmacies? The team from Rights4Vapers (R4V), a safer-nicotine advocacy group, expected to find a market constrained by regulation. What they
I have been travelling across Canada to take a real look at the illegal nicotine pouch market. The journey started in Montreal, and over the course of the week, we landed in Saskatchewan. Every province is different. Some are brazen (like Ontario). Manitoba has too much demand to keep up with supply. And, in Saskatchewan,
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
Canada has an illegal nicotine market. @jerryAgar1010 speaks with Maria Papaioannoy, founder of Rights4Vapers about the nicotine market. Listen HERE
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
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
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) – E-Cigarettes and Harm Reduction: An Evidence Review (2024)
The RCP, a leading UK medical body, concluded that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smoking and can serve as effective tools for smoking cessation.
Cochrane – Cochrane Systematic Review (2022)
This review finds high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) in helping people quit smoking
Tobacco & Nicotine Research – Smoking Cessation Trends (2024)
A study published in this journal found that e-cigarette users had higher smoking cessation rates compared to non-users over several years, suggesting that vaping may aid in quitting smoking.
King’s College London – Comprehensive Review (2022)
This extensive review, commissioned by the UK Department of Health, concluded that vaping poses a small fraction of the health risks associated with smoking. It found that switching to e-cigarettes significantly reduces exposure to toxicants linked to cancer, lung disease, and cardiovascular conditions.
American Heart Association – Vaping Versus Smoking: Are Electronic-Cigarettes the Savior? (2024)
This article indicates that e-cigarette aerosols may be less harmful to the vascular endothelium than conventional tobacco smoke.
Download – Read the ATHRA (Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association) report on vaping and COVID-19
Audio – Interview AM800 | Rights 4 Vapers | The Dan Macdonald Show | March 2nd 2021
Download – UK experts defend safety in face of US lung injury cases
Download – UK Vaping Association’s statement on the US vaping-related illnesses
Link – Vapeology.eu
Download – Guide for new vapers
Link – VITA OF CANADA
Link – UK Vaping Industry Association
Link – American Vaping Association
Download – Institute of Cardiology brochure
