Hey everyone. For the record, no...there is
no "new legislation" in Canada re: e-cigs, e-juice, nicotine etc. There isn't even a Parliament at the moment; it's been dissolved, and a federal election campaign is under way. On May 2nd, Canada votes. But legally speaking, absolutely
nothing has changed re: vaping. What
has happened, is Health Canada has suddenly initiated a massive offensive effort to harrass, threaten & shut down Canadian suppliers.
So - we will shortly be initiating a
class-action suit against Health Canada, because we cannot & should not tolerate their unlawful actions any longer. The law is already on
our side, and it's high time that we demand that it be upheld. Specifically:
- Health Canada is factually
misclassifying e-cigs & e-juice as "health products"
(despite the fact that e-cigs & e-juice are not marketed as such, and do not make any therapeutic claims), for the purpose of unlawfully preventing their market authorization.
- Health Canada is outright
lying when it says that the nicotine content in e-juice is subject to Schedule F of the Canadian Food & Drug regulations (because it isn't!). There are several exemptions from Schedule F re: nicotine, which
very clearly includes the e-juice with nicotine used by we vapers.
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The government moved the page containing Schedule F recently; here is the current link.
Food and Drug Regulations
Or you can copy & paste the link text at your leisure, below:
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-502.html
Nicotine is
exempt from Schedule F classification
(as in it's legal, you don't need a prescription etc) - specifically, as follows. I'm quoting from the link above, in navy blue to distinguish it, and with
bold emphasis on (d):
Nicotine and its salts, for human use, except
(a) in natural substances;
(b) in the form of a chewing gum containing 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit;
(c) in the form of a transdermal patch with a delivery rate of 22 mg or less of nicotine per day;
(d) in a form to be administered orally by means of an inhalation device delivering 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit; or
(e) in the form of a lozenge containing 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit
Nicotine et ses sels, destinés à l’usage humain, sauf :
a) dans les substances naturelles;
b) sous forme de gomme à mâcher contenant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique;
c) sous forme de timbre cutané ayant un taux de libération de 22 mg ou moins de nicotine par jour;
d) sous une forme destinée à être administrée par voie orale au moyen d’un inhalateur libérant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique;
e) sous forme de pastille contenant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique
English
and French, there you go.
None of us are getting anywhere
near 4mg of nicotine in a drag on our PV's. A drag is a dose. Each time you take a drag, you receive a dose. You take two drags, you receive two doses.
(And lest anyone require clarification on that point: consider the following. When you take a pill, that's a dose of whatever's in that pill. It only takes one pill to deliver a dose. A whole bottle full of pills is not a dose: it's a bottle containing many doses.
In the same way, all it takes is one drag on your PV to deliver a dose of nicotine to your system...understand? One drag literally equals one dose to your body. Two drags equals two doses. And so forth. So I hope that clears up any lingering questions in people's minds. A cartomizer full of e-juice is no more "one dose" than a bottle of pills is "one dose.")
In other words, the nicotine a Canadian vaper is enjoying in their e-juice is legal. Health Canada is flat-out
lying when it tells suppliers that it falls under Schedule F. They are violating Canadian law by attempting to restrict a substance that in this case is
exempt from restriction. And they're doing it while Parliament is dissolved and all our MP's are temporarily focused on their respective election campaigns, rather than constituent complaints and issues. Are you angry? You should be.
Should you settle for being angry? No. That's why we've begun to seek out a good legal team in order to initiate a
class-action lawsuit against Health Canada. We won't rest until that's done. This is going to be a
big case, and a
big win - for vapers. Because
the law is on our side. HC's lies & bully tactics are just that; they don't have a legal leg to stand on.
We - will - win.
HC is the ape.
Me too, Elaine! Can you believe it's been 2 years! Amazing 
