Let's Talk Facts - Vape Tour 2022
Take back your voice.
It’s time that the discussion around vaping and adults is based on facts, not emotion. The stakes are too high.
ABOUT VAPE TOUR 2022
Between November 16th and 29th, R4V and CDVQ are hitting the road to share the facts about vaping in cities across Ontario and Quebec.
We will be answering any and all questions that adults who smoke may have about vaping. As a bonus, some of our expert friends will be joining us to lend their knowledge.
Tour Dates
November 16th
London, Ontario
Time: 4-8pm
Location: North 49 Vape Shop
1120 Wellington Road, London Ontario
November 17th
London, Ontario
Time: 11-2pm
Location: City Hall / Victoria Park
November 18th
Barrie, Ontario
Time: 11-2pm
Location: Heritage Park – Downtown Barrie
November 18th
Barrie, Ontario
Time: 4-6pm
Location: TBD
November 19th
Simcoe, Ontario
Time: 10-12pm
Location: Innisfil hwy 400 flea market
November 19th
Markham, Ontario
Time: 3-5pm
Location: TBD
November 20th
GTA, Ontario
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
November 20th
Toronto, Ontario
Time: 11-2pm
Location: Yonge Dundas Square
November 21st
Oshawa, Ontario
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
November 21st
Peterborough, Ontario
Time: TBD
Location: 288 Water St, Peterborough ON K9J 0A5
November 21st
Port Hope, Ontario
Time: 10-12pm
Location: 95 Walton St.
November 22nd
Belleville, Ontario
Time: 2-4pm
Location: TBD
November 23rd
Kingston, Ontario
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
November 24th
Montreal, Quebec
Time: 11-1pm
Location: Premier Legault’s Montreal Office (McGill College and Sherbrooke)
November 24th
Montreal, Quebec
Time: 3-5pm
Location: Windsor station
November 25th
Montreal, Quebec
Time: 10-12pm
Location: Jean-Talon Market
November 25th
Montreal, Quebec
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Atwater Market
November 26th
En Route to Sherbrooke, Quebec
Time: 10-11am
Location: Christian Dube’s office 26, boul. Taschereau
November 26th
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Time: 11-2pm
Location: Carrefour de l’Estrie, 3050 Boulevard De Portland
November 27th
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Time: 10-2pm
Location: Rue des Forges
November 28th
Quebec City, Quebec
Time: 10-3pm
Location: Grande Allee
November 29th
Quebec City, Quebec
Time: 8:30-1pm
Location: National Assembly
48,000 Canadians died in 2021 of tobacco-related illnesses.
0 Canadians died of vaping.
Smoking is bad for your health as the toxins produced by burning tobacco cause smoking-related illnesses. The majority of health benefits are seen when you stop smoking completely. Some people find cutting down as a helpful step to quitting, but stopping smoking completely should be the end goal.
What We Believe:
- Vaping can help adults who smoke quit.
- Children or young people should not have access to vaping products
- Regulations should be balanced
- Vaping products are not cigarettes and should not be regulated in the same way
- Vaping saves lives
Fact Check:
Vaping is a much less risky alternative for the five million Canadians who smoke.
Vaping is not harmless, but it is much less harmful than smoking.
Vaping is not a gateway to smoking.
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/30/2/212
Vaping is 95 percent less harmful than smoking.
https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/nicotine-without-smoke-tobacco-harm-reduction,
Smoking and vaping both deliver nicotine. The difference is cigarettes deliver it by burning tobacco, which creates many harmful toxins. Vaping delivers nicotine in e-liquid, which is a much less harmful way.
While nicotine is addictive, it doesn’t cause cancer.
Vaping is not smoking, but some people find vaping works to help them quit because it offers experiences similar to smoking a cigarette.
Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation, Cochrane Review April 2021
Allowing a sufficient nicotine concentration (+- 35mg/ml) to meet the varied needs of Canadian adult smokers is essential to maximizing their chances of quitting.
Banning flavours could actually be “a threat to public health!”
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2780248
Flavour bans are an experimental measure. Very few, if any, jurisdictions in the world can definitely prove its effectiveness.
Vape Bans Are Creating a Thriving Illicit Market, Alex Norcia, 8 july 2020
