No more cigarillos in Canada

[marclap]

CBC News - Toronto - Ban on cigarillos, flavoured smokes begins

Personally, I don't think it will protect kids from smoking...
I used to smoke these things, but I didn't started because of the flavour.
I know it's popular among teens, but it's ridiculous to ban cigarillos just because of that. Alcool is also a popular product among them, and there's a lot of candy/fruits flavoured drinks.

And what about all the legally aged people who used to smoke these? What are they going to do now?
Answer: buy a PV.

 

[inkedcanadian]

Wow.. this is what I moved to as something occasional instead of cigs.

You already have to be over 19 to buy them, AND now they are all hidden away in drawers...

But that wasn't enough?

I'm pretty shocked personally.... There go my Cherry Swisher Sweets!

 

[DaveP]

The key phrase here is "health perspective". If it were not for the national health plan in Canada, I doubt anyone would care so much. If the government pays for your health care, they make sure that you live healthy so that it doesn't cost them as much. The more a government "gives you" when they spend your tax money, the more control they exert over your life. Ask anyone from a socialist country.

Cherry, mint, chocolate, and vanilla cigarettes and cigars, as well as pipe tobacco in those flavors have been around since I was a kid. These people are just noticing that because they are inspecting all the things that are bad for you. Can't have you getting sick and causing health care dollars to be spent.

This is coming to America Real Soon! There's already talk about Americans not cooking healthy food at home. The Big Mac is under attack as we speak. Alcohol on the horizon, film at 11.

Quote from the article:
"It's outrageous from a health perspective that you can have little cigars with cherry, mint, chocolate, vanilla flavours. Parents are shocked when they first learn of this."

 

[Switched]

If you think that is bad, the FDA as been granted power over nicotine in cigs, because tobacco falls under their jurisdiction and their plan is to reduce that to zero content while cigs will still remain legal. Do they really care about our health? Think about it folks?

 

[plumbers crack]

I wonder if they will cut them at the reservations? My pop will be super ......!

 

[M76]

I wonder if this will also include Colts "Rum and Wine" flavour as well? Too bad, I do like these on occasion; I guess for now I'll have to keep buying them in the U.S. until the law gets passed there.

 

[NoizMaker]

Oh great!

I am not a huge cigarillo guy but now I have to go and buy a humidor-worth of swishers, captain blacks and colts.

It's ridiculous that they would ban these things!

Kids?! Smoking Cigars?! Am I missing something about what kids like?

 

[smokum]

All this verbal spew is such a political control agenda based on appeasing the misguided zealots, puppets, and control freaks.....

So now they're what ?? Making things "slightly" inconvenient by forcing those who enjoy flavoured tobacco to buy their own flavourings (ie: tasty puffs & juicy drops) to continue enjoying what they always have in the past ?? How stupid !!


I'm going to sit back and laugh my .... off when these "holier than thous" eventually get their beloved Big Mac's taken away...... Yes...... I WILL LAUGH OUT LOUD !!

-Greg

 

[Switched]

All this verbal spew is such a political control agenda based on appeasing the misguided zealots, puppets, and control freaks.....

So now they're what ?? Making things "slightly" inconvenient by forcing those who enjoy flavoured tobacco to buy their own flavourings (ie: tasty puffs & juicy drops) to continue enjoying what they always have in the past ?? How stupid !!


I'm going to sit back and laugh my .... off when these "holier than thous" eventually get their beloved Big Mac's taken away...... Yes...... I WILL LAUGH OUT LOUD !!

-Greg

Just do be fair Greg, take a number! Since you mentioned it I will default #1 to U, but I am #2

 

[viktor]

Captain Black used to be my treat years back, not that I care now. Ecigs should stay underground so that no health-whatever ever lays their paws on it, IMHO.