Canadian Importing Laws?

[Nexxy]

Hi there I recently ordered a KangerTech subbox Mini Kit off of myfreedomsmokes.com which is shipping from the US to Canada. The order I placed contains nothing with nicotine, only the kit itself and a battery. What are the chances it will be stopped and/or seized by customs? If it does clear customs does the postal service require proof of age when delivering the parcel or do they just drop it in your mailbox? The only reason I ask this is because I won't be able to receive the parcel myself as I will be out of town. If anyone could answer that would be great! Thanks.

 

[Lori2014]

Hi there I recently ordered a KangerTech subbox Mini Kit off of myfreedomsmokes.com which is shipping from the US to Canada. The order I placed contains nothing with nicotine, only the kit itself and a battery. What are the chances it will be stopped and/or seized by customs? If it does clear customs does the postal service require proof of age when delivering the parcel or do they just drop it in your mailbox? The only reason I ask this is because I won't be able to receive the parcel myself as I will be out of town. If anyone could answer that would be great! Thanks.

Hi,

I've place half a dozen orders with US companies (no nicotine), and have had no problems or border hold-ups at all. As I understand it, the problem is with nicotine, because Health Canada treats it as a drug ... as such, it cannot be imported by consumers. As far as I know, it is only (some) provinces who treat e-cigs as tobacco products (and thus age-restricted), not the federal government, so it would seem as if there is no reason for the postal service to treat our orders as different from other cross-border orders.

I have seen posts on ECF about not shipping batteries, but I have no information on what is behind that. I've had batteries sent to me cross-border without incident.

 

[Gallant]

Most of my e juice orders are from the States which includes nicotine
My hardware are from China
So far no issues at all

 

[retired1]

Hardware is fine and generally passes muster without issue when it hits the border.

E-Liquid, on the other hand, stands a risk of being seized if found.

 

[Canadian_Vaper]

Hardware is fine and generally passes muster without issue when it hits the border.

E-Liquid, on the other hand, stands a risk of being seized if found.

Yeap, I haven't had any seized but they did test for nicotine, I had 3 flavors one of them being absinthe, they took their testing strip dunked it in the absinthe, then the same strip into the two other flavors ruining everything, I got the juice but it was ruined...

=(

 

[KyleQ]

Not good I was carded today just to try a sample in Ontario... funny part is the ID is past its due date but the guy didn't catch on!! I'm 27 and there's an off chance I wont be able to get my juice!!

 

[Canadian_Vaper]

Not good I was carded today just to try a sample in Ontario... funny part is the ID is past its due date but the guy didn't catch on!! I'm 27 and there's an off chance I wont be able to get my juice!!

Trust me the older you get the more you'll like getting carded lol....

It's not an insult it's a compliment

 

[KyleQ]

Trust me the older you get the more you'll like getting carded lol....

It's not an insult it's a compliment

LOL so true