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Tobacco Endgame
By Ian Irvine Recent news that the federal government may be contemplating changes to its rules on the sale of oral nicotine pouches offers hope that Canada’s anti-smoking policy is about to veer in the direction of common sense and medical evidence. If so, it will be a welcome change. Current regulations established by the Trudeau Liberals in 2024 require that oral nicotine pouches – useful as a stop-smoking aid – can only be purchased in pharmacies, and that they must be kept behind the counter.
Opinion: The smoking endgame likely involves nicotine
Skip to Content Right now it's easier to buy cigarettes than non-combustible nicotine products that are much less harmful and help many smokers quit It is easier today to buy a standard cancer-causing cigarette than a lower-risk oral nicotine pouch, writes Ian Irvine.
Protected: Endgame to Failure: How the Zero-Tolerance Campaign Against Nicotine Will Backfire
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: In these “Elbows Up” times, when so many Canadians act so eager to tout Canada’s resilience and potential, veteran business leader Gwyn Morgan points to a troubling list of economic woes that tell a different story. Canada is indeed among the world leaders – in food costs, taxation, government debt, the regulatory burden on business and the crippling shortage of affordable housing.
How to Structure Nicotine Markets in the Techno Era
Citation Ian Irvine. 2026. How to Structure Nicotine Markets in the Techno Era. Intelligence Memos. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute.
Opinion: Rites of summer highlight the rights of individuals Original
Montrealers are allowed to sit and drink on sidewalk patios but vaping is tightly controlled though its danger is much less than tobacco's Almost universally, our regulators of behaviour throw vapes into the same category as combustible cigarettes and ban their use in these spaces, writes Almost universally, our regulators of behaviour throw vapes into the same category as combustible cigarettes and ban their use in these spaces, writes Ian Irvine.
Opinion: Health Canada ghosts the science on smoking cessation aids Original
Skip to Content Vaping and nicotine pouches are the best weapons against smoking yet Ottawa wants to regulate them as if they are as harmful as tobacco Canadian adults should be told the truth about reduced-harm nicotine products like vapes, and be allowed to make decisions on their own. Bureaucracy’s first rule is to sustain itself.
Opinion: The WHO wants nine times more money to control tobacco. Don’t pay! Original
Advertisement 1 The organization would discourage non-tobacco products that helped millions of smokers to quit. That's backward policy Article content The COPs are everywhere! As the UN’s COP30 on climate change winds down in Brazil this week, the World Health Organization’s COP11 — its 11th nicotine/tobacco-focused “Conference of Parties” — has opened in Geneva. Health Canada has sent a delegation.
Opinion: B.C.'s voodoo vaping legislation Original
Advertisement 1 Smart public health policy would simplify life for legal producers and sellers of non-tobacco nicotine sources. B.C. is doing the opposite Article content The public health vanguard in British Columbia is again showing the world how not to legislate on vaping. Attorney General Niki Sharma has just introduced Bill 24, which will enable her government to recover health damages attributable to vaping by both fining and suing vendors.
Opinion: Health Canada should thank business for great smoking news Original
Advertisement 1 Vaping's success has lowered smoking rates. Instead of celebrating, the health lobby wants to discourage maybe the best quitting device ever Article content By Ian Irvine Sign In or Create an Account Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team.
Opinion: Kids have stopped smoking. Someone please tell the anti-vape zealots Original
One of the grand masters of nicotine research, Ken Warner of the University of Michigan, recently published a research paper in the American Journal of Public Health titled “Kids no longer smoke: why aren’t we celebrating?” In the United States, teen smoking rates are somewhere in the region of zero. In Canada, too. The most recent government statistics find that just a fraction of one per cent of those 15-19 now smoke daily.
Opinion: Take Big Tobacco’s money and help people quit smoking Original
We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Opinion: Take Big Tobacco’s money and help people quit smoking We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Canada’s three major cigarette producers have offered $32.5 billion to settle suits brought against them by provincial governments and smokers. The plaintiffs should take the money.
Opinion: Here comes another federal subsidy to illegal tobacco Original
The high cost of cigarettes — 70% of which is taxes — drives illegal sales. Now the feds are adding a 'cost recovery' charge to legal smokes Published Aug 29, 2024 • 4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The federal government will soon impose "cost recovery" levies on the tobacco industry to be paid by the major legal producers in proportion to their share of the market.
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