The Canadian Senate Reads The New Vaping Bill

[chuck333]

The best part of this legislation is the fact that vape will be treated as a consumer item covered by consumer protection rather than an item under the jurisdiction of Health Canada. This means you can buy vape online with few regulations. There will still be freedom in shops to sell their products the caveat being that the consumer protection agency can, at their discretion, ask for lab reports or processing documentation to support the claims made about the package ingredients. That's not a bad thing. Advertising would be outside the store advertising. This prohibition makes it less attractive for multinational tobacco companies to become involved in marketing vape products. There will also be safety regulations applied to mods, tanks, attys etc. Again not a bad thing except that all of these regulations will drive up prices somewhat. Vape devices sold before the legislation passes will be exempt so hurry up and buy that clone tank from fasttech. The overall tone of the legislation is encouraging although there's still a lot of maneuvering room left for government agencies. This is not unusual. The government is expert in public service job creation to benefit themselves. That's what they do but with an estimated 350,000 adult Canadian vapers they aren't going to want to piss off that many voters too much.

 

[ceeceeisme]

.... This prohibition makes it less attractive for multinational tobacco companies to become involved in marketing vape products.... There will also be safety regulations applied to mods, tanks, attys etc. Again not a bad thing except that all of these regulations will drive up prices somewhat. Vape devices sold before the legislation passes will be exempt so hurry up and buy that clone tank from Fasttech.....

This legislation is being enacted so that BT can finally enter the marketplace. This was covered in the recent report by The Fifth Estate on CBC. It was difficult before for them to do so as there was no framework in place, ie no set of rules for them to abide by so that they would not run afoul of the Tobacco Act. With the passing of this bill the path will be cleared for them and I wish them the best of luck.

As for regulations on gear, prices may or may not rise at a local level but have no worries about your online shopping expeditions in China - imports for personal use are not covered in the scope of this bill and are unaffected. Canada Post will be only too happy to continue employing their geriatric team of sled dogs to speed your package to you.