Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, said she and representatives from a number of anti-smoking organizations met this week with a senior staff member for Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks.

“We left the meeting with the firm belief that we are not going to see a ban on vaping flavours this year,” she said. “We are greatly disappointed.”

Callard said the official gave a range of logistical reasons for why the restrictions weren’t going ahead — including the limited time left to enact them as the Liberal government stares down a potential spring election.

  • Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    There was a time not that long ago where that wasn’t true, and independent companies are still pretty easy to buy from. For a LONG time, tobacco companies were pushing “smokeless” devices which still involved tobacco leaf.

    For the record, I’m clean from nicotine for something like a year now. I just hate all the pseudoscientific bullshit pushed by the tobacco industry about vaporizers because they threatened their status quo.

    Here is a 7 year old article on the subject. How far back do I need to go to find your “Time not that long ago where that wasn’t true”?

    https://macleans.ca/society/health/big-tobacco-has-become-big-vape-but-its-up-to-the-same-old-tricks/

    Being nicotine free doesn’t give your argument credence. Vaping is incredibly dangerous, and anyone who believes otherwise is an ignoramus buying “big tobaccos” latest bull shit. The only thing good for your lungs is oxygen.

    • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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      3 days ago

      This article’s sources are trash. It refers to a survey that you can’t actually find and says a lot of generalities without bringing out companies, and seems to fail to support its own conclusions. I figure you googled titles without checking deeper. Goodbye.