Canadian Government now has an official stance on Vaping!

[stols001]

Congrats to Canada, leading the way with a sane, healthy policy. Good job y'all, and a lot of what I'm hearing really helps me to understand what makes the US more like Thailand than say, Canada. Sigh. We are the biggest (stealth) corrupt government under the sun, I sometimes think. Etc.

Hopefully a little sanity will trickle DOWN from above, into the US. LOL.

Anna

 

[hell_storm2004]

Cold air sinks to the bottom. So I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Out of curiosity, last week i was looking at vape products prices in Europe. smok TFV12 Prince in effing 50 euros!

 

[englishmick]

Canada... colder, wiser and more importantly, better beer! All in all, better!

Most importantly of all, they have a Queen.

 

[tara81]

We can now import a 90 day personal supply worth of nicotine laden eliquid, as long as it doesn't advertise or state that it has health benefits. This essentially means we can import juices from the US.

I believe the max allowable concentration for import is 60mg/100ml, but I may be incorrect; someone else will have to chime in. But even with that, we can still get high concentration nicotine bases locally.

In my province there are two restrictions coming in that are significant:

1) No promotion of eliquids (i.e. you can sell strawberry eliquid, you just can't call it 'red skittles') -- i'm actually fine with this. I think it's reasonable.

2) vaping is no longer allowed indoors in vaping shops, meaning people can't sample. This one is contentious and I can see it changing.

Post and border services (Canada Post and CBSA) are federal -- provinces won't have any say in the importing of US eliquids. Or at least no way to control it.

I was under the impression that Bill S-5 that just passed will make all confectionary flavors not allowed to be sold, like strawberry, in the near future.

30.‍46 (1) No person shall display on a vaping product or on its package an indication or illustration, including a brand element, that could cause a person to believe that the product is flavoured if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the indication or illustration could be appealing to young persons.

I hate this bill. Im canadian too

 

[ceeceeisme]

I was under the impression that Bill S-5 that just passed will make all confectionary flavors not allowed to be sold, like strawberry, in the near future.

30.‍46 (1) No person shall display on a vaping product or on its package an indication or illustration, including a brand element, that could cause a person to believe that the product is flavoured if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the indication or illustration could be appealing to young persons.

I hate this bill. Im canadian too

No flavors of any kind are banned. It's the promotion and advertising of flavors that may appeal to children that are banned.

 

[ScottP]

I was under the impression that Bill S-5 that just passed will make all confectionary flavors not allowed to be sold, like strawberry, in the near future.

30.‍46 (1) No person shall display on a vaping product or on its package an indication or illustration, including a brand element, that could cause a person to believe that the product is flavoured if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the indication or illustration could be appealing to young persons.

I hate this bill. Im canadian too

Re-read it, paying attention to the bold parts. This is about displays and packaging, not about sales. They can't sell a "Cotton Candy" flavor with pictures of cartoon characters eating a big fluffy wad of actual cotton candy, BUT they can sell the same flavor in plain packaging and call it "Whipped Sugar".

 

[qorax]

^Absolutely. There is No Blanket Ban on Flavors. Just don't promote and advertise it (kid friendly stuff, i.e.). This TVPA law actually Rockssssss! Three beers to Canada ~ for paving the way!

 

[qorax]

Most importantly of all, they have a Queen.

O'yes! And UK is our brother-in-arms as well, currently the most vape friendly nation in the world. If they have their way ~ we'd soon be seeing vape ads in regular cigarette packets

 

[Ionori]

O'yes! And UK is our brother-in-arms as well, currently the most vape friendly nation in the world. If they have their way ~ we'd soon be seeing vape ads in regular cigarette packets

That would be delicious.

 

[Nermal]

Our politicians don't legislate based on who pays them, they legislate based on who will keep them in office.

Now, that's just awesome.

 

[Beamslider]

That's great news. Now if the FDA could just buy a clue

 

[ScottP]

That's great news. Now if the FDA could just buy a clue

I am not sure they could buy a clue at a store that only sold clues.

 

[tara81]

Re-read it, paying attention to the bold parts. This is about displays and packaging, not about sales. They can't sell a "Cotton Candy" flavor with pictures of cartoon characters eating a big fluffy wad of actual cotton candy, BUT they can sell the same flavor in plain packaging and call it "Whipped Sugar".

That sounds so much better! But wouldnt whipped sugar be appealing to kids according to the goverment?

 

[qorax]

That sounds so much better! But wouldnt whipped sugar be appealing to kids according to the goverment?

Hmm, call it Darth Sugar then

 

[SissySpike]

That sounds so much better! But wouldnt whipped sugar be appealing to kids according to the goverment?

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Whipped Sugar Id buy it !

 

[ScottP]

Whipped Sugar Id buy it !

ME TOO!

 

[ScottP]

That sounds so much better! But wouldnt whipped sugar be appealing to kids according to the goverment?

Are you seriously asking me to apply logic to determine what an illogical entity will do/think?

 

[ScottP]

Hmm, call it Darth Sugar then

That would probably appeal more to kids (especially males) than "cotton candy".

"Oh you vape cotton candy? You sissy. I vape Darth Sugar!"

 

[Ionori]

Re-read it, paying attention to the bold parts. This is about displays and packaging, not about sales. They can't sell a "Cotton Candy" flavor with pictures of cartoon characters eating a big fluffy wad of actual cotton candy, BUT they can sell the same flavor in plain packaging and call it "Whipped Sugar".

Plain packaging is fine, but mandatory euphemisms are a really bad idea, as euphemisms inevitably stop being euphemisms and need to be replaced with new ones, eventually resulting in absurd language; not to mention the resources wasted on litigating the effectiveness of euphemisms over time.

 

[jim_87]

Congrats to our northern neighbors. Maybe the U.S. will do it next.