Rights4Vapers
@rights4vapers
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An organization of vaping advocates dedicated to the advancement of Canadian-based research on vaping. Dr. Lalonde acts as an academic advisor.
Toronto, Ontario
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If you haven't already heard the news our German friends have won a great legal victory. The slogan "E-cigarettes save lives" can now be used by all electronic cigarette sellers in the country.
🇩🇪 Allemagne : grande victoire juridique
Le slogan « les e-cigarettes sauvent des vies » pourra désormais être utilisé par tous les vendeurs de cigarettes électroniques du pays.
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Hey Vape Fam... our posts are disappearing. Can you see this?
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Folks there is a poll at the bottom of this debate story! We VOTE NO! E-cigarettes should NOT be regulated the same as combustibles!
Click on the link and the poll is at the bottom of the story!
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What a disappointing welcome,
@_DebSchulte
. Is this how
@liberal_party
listens to voters. We know that vaping is controversial... but it doesn't have to be. Listen and learn. Do better!
#WeVapeWeVote
#SaveFlavours
#cdnpoli
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We wanted to send a special message to
@PamDamoff
for being the inspiration for
#VapeTour2021
. She brought the vapers of Canada together like no one else has.
@papaioannoy
explains in this video. You don't want to miss it. Thank you!
#WeVapeWeVote
#VapingSavesLives
#SaveFlavours
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Tell us you're a vaper without telling us you're a vaper.
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We mailed out 50 kits to politicians and regulators across the country inviting them to watch the documentary “You Don’t Know Nicotine”
@KnowNicotine
@Biebert
We're giving away 5 kits to our followers. To enter the draw, and to find more info on the kits, see the image below.⬇️
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🚨🚨🚨It's out. The Federal Flavour Regulations have dropped. Ban on all flavours except tobacco, mint and menthol. Ban on sweeteners. We are going through it now. Clearly Health Canada does not care about the lives of vapers and smokers. 🚨🚨🚨
#flavourban
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“A hospital is handing out free vapes in an attempt to persuade staff and visitors to give up smoking.” THIS is what caring about public health looks like.
#VapingSavesLives
#rights4vapers
#HarmReduction
#FlavoursMatter
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FACT CHECK: How many people have died from vaping? Here's
@grayjaynine
correcting
@markhollandlib
. This is what we are up against. Misinformation coming from the highest levels. Go to and tell
@markhollandlib
your story.
#FlavoursMatter
#VapingSavesLives
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Do you ever find yourself sitting behind your screen trying to think of something to tweet about only to realize, what more is there to say?
We've said it in a thousand different ways and languages. From memes to meta-analyses. It can't be clearer.
#Vapingsaveslives
end of story
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“Vaping remains society’s “most potent weapon” in its fight against smoking—and we shouldn’t be trying to regulate them out of existence.”
#rights4vapers
#VapingSavesLives
#FlavoursMatter
#HarmReduction
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“Once flavours are “removed” they will only be limited from the regulated market which just opens the door for a black market industry.”
You’re right,
@RaeB86823200
!
You know what they say,
@markhollandlib
, when one door closes another opens.
#rights4vapers
#FlavoursMatter
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“Instead of promoting evidence-based ways to reduce the world’s biggest preventable death toll, the WHO sacrifices adult health for the sake of an ill-founded youth-protection case.”
Well said,
@lmstroud89
!
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THIS!
Accessibility & education is so important. This vending machine and the hardwork of those behind it will help so many people switch to a less harmful alternative.
This is progress.
“Helping smokers to quit is one of the best things we can do for their health…” Our vape vending machine in Poole Hospital is to support adults who smoke, including mums-to-be, to SWITCH to vaping while attending our hospitals and comes with stop smoking advice
#smokefree
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It's National Non-Smoking Week... every week is non-smoking week for us. But, sadly, so many smokers don't know they have a choice.
#Vaping
can help smokers quit. We need to keep that choice available. Be
#OneLessSmoker
.
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World Vape Day 2021 - PLS RETWEET
Tune in to this day created just for you! Learn about the issues that affect us as vapers and what the industry is doing to make sure you continue to have a choice.
More info coming soon!
#WorldVapeDay
REGISTER HERE:
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Letter galore 🤩
@markhollandlib
, every single one of these letters is a Canadian asking you to forego your Prohibitionist stance and to adopt a Harm Reductionist one.
It’s time that you understand that
#VapingSavesLives
&
#FlavoursMatter
.
#rights4vapers
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#vapefam
... We think we might have been put in Twitter jail for some reason. Please comment if you see this. Thank you! The R4V team.
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“Describing vaping as deadly, without any substantiating evidence, [incites] fear over facts.”
We present to you:
@markhollandlib
, The Fear Mongerer
#rights4vapers
#WeVapeWeVote
#FlavoursMatter
#VapingSavesLives
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Frankly, any product that is LESS harmful than deadly cigarettes should be celebrated.
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Vape shops are part of the community. We may not be able to show our products in the windows but we can help spread a message of healing. Our very own
@papaioannoy
gave her window to Indigenous members of her community to let everyone know that “Every Child Matters”.
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This is happening in
#Quebec
& across
#Canada
too!
Flavour bans & excise taxes are making it near impossible to stay smoke-free.
Law-abiding citizens are turning into criminals. Vapers are reverting back to cigarettes.
People who chose life are being forced to give it up!
The latest vaping law changes in Australia are failing as they have inadvertently pushed adults back to smoking traditional cigarettes.
By restricting access to vaping products, many adults who relied on vaping to quit smoking are now forced to buy from black markets at inflated
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Finally... a news channel speaking only the truth about vaping!
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“48,000 people die every year of smoking. 48,000 families lose a loved one to smoking. Why are you restricting innovation products which help adults quit smoking?”
@markhollandlib
care to answer?
#rights4vapers
#FlavoursMatter
#HarmReduction
#VapingSavesLives
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Scenes from today's protest.
#VapeTour2021
#WeVapeWeVote
#SaveOurFlavours
#VapingSavesLives
@papaioannoy
@CDVQ4
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Here are some of the results from the survey that closed yesterday. Flavours are a huge part of the quitting process.
It is critical that quitters-to-be have access to a wide range of flavours.
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Wow... we are really left speechless after reading
@grayjaynine
recent blog post "Why I Fight for Vaping". She shares how she lost one of her dearest friends to lung cancer and how this lit a fire under her to fight for vaping, because
#vapingsaveslives
.
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“I struggled to understand why such seemingly reputable institutions, most of them staffed by experts […], would take a position so blatantly at odds with the growing scientific consensus on the benefits of vaping. The unsettling answer is politics.”
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You, too, can also look just as cool as
@BurtMarion87368
in your very own R4V merch!
Join us at our upcoming events in Ajax & Ottawa (+ Toronto today!)
For more info visit
#FlavoursMatter
#VapingSavesLives
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Day 1
#VapeTour2021
: Every day we will be posting a short summary of the day. Here's
@papaioannoy
with our first video. Please join us for the next four weeks as we cross
#Quebec
and
#Ontario
on this epic adventure.
#vaping
#wevapewevote
#saveflavours
#vapingsaveslives
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And it looks like
#Canada
is going for a stroll down the same street.
Flavour bans turn law-abiding citizens into criminals.
We know that. Reputable research institutions know that. The government knows that.
Yet, here we are.
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You are right to be pissed. Misinformation and fear mongering kills.
@HeartandStroke
@cancersociety
@canlung
Beyond pissed at our body part organizations. I blame them. Tag away! Let’s find a way to have a conversation so more Phil’s find
#THR
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.
@papaioannoy
is attending the
#EcigSummitUS2022
in
#WashingtonDC
today. Here she is with
@amandawheeler32
. Spread the good word, Maria!
#vapingsaveslives
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URGENT CALL TO ACTION - All Canadian vapers and vaping allies.
High nicotine products are in jeopardy. Tell Health Canada that you oppose the proposed nicotine caps. We’ve launched a new tool to help you.
ENG
FR
PLEASE SHARE
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It was a cold but amazing day in
#Ottawa
. Here's a video of our rally to show MPs that flavours matter. We think we got their attention. Thank you to everyone who came out.
#vapingsaveslives
#saveourflavours
#vaping
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Doesn’t seem like there is a lot of vaping news lately. Here’s a good one from the UK.
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FACT CHECK:
@markhollandlib
adults like flavours. Here's another Canadian who uses flavoured vapes to keep her smoke-free.
#FlavoursMatter
#VapingSavesLives
Visit: to send a letter telling Minister Holland that you OPPOSE a national flavour ban.
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🚨BIG NEWS📷
@GovCanHealth
is conducting consultations on a proposal to limit flavoured
#vaping
products.
@papaioannoy
will be presenting on March 15 at 11:15 a.m. We need all of you to register for the ZOOM and show them that we will not go down without a fight. Link in bio
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Just like in Scooby-Doo, those claiming to protect us often end up being the ones causing us harm.
#rights4vapers
#FlavoursMatter
#VapingSavesLives
#HarmReduction
#SaveOurFlavours
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Wait a minute... if a member of the Canadian Scientific Advisory Board on Vaping Products says that flavour bans will increase teen smoking then what is
@markhollandlib
doing? If the Min. of Health isn't listening to his board or to consumers, who is he listening to?
Flavour bans lead to increases in teen smoking- *Dr. Michael Pesko, U. of Missouri & member of Canadian Scientific Advisory Board on Vaping Products
@markhollandlib
@mikepesko
@thecvaofficial
@CDVQ4
@vitaariv
@rights4vapers
@GovCanHealth
@GFNicotine
@DocsVsTobacco
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Excise taxes, flavour bans, and other Prohibitionist policies alike are turning Canadian citizens into criminals and/or forcing them to return to deadly cigarettes.
Why does Canada hate its citizens?
@markhollandlib
@GovCanHealth
Imagine my surprise when I went to buy a 60ml bottle of
#vape
juice yesterday that normally costs me $42 & change, to find out it will soon cost $56 & change because the
#province
is now adding an
#ExciseTax
. WTF. Can't afford this 😡
#MayAsWellSmoke
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“I’m gonna be seeking the power to be able to restrict flavours down to what is only essential for the purpose of cessation.”
“I don’t know of an adult who is looking for winter berry splash.”
Comment your fav flavour below and tag
@markhollandlib
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Starting to feel like our policymakers only understand a language ruled by commas and dollar signs. This might explain why our pleas always seem to go unheard.
#ourvoicesmatter
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Our government legalizes and sells cannabis candies but flavoured vape products are on the line? Weird.
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Our RV!
We are leaving Ottawa on August 22. First stop Chicoutimi on August 23.
26 stops and countless hours of driving later we end in Windsor.
Pray for us.
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Ontario wants an additional tax on
#vaping
products. What this does is it makes vapes (which are significantly less harmful than cigarettes), even less accessible.
#HarmReduction
should be welcomed, not taxed.
#rights4vapers
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The beaver thinks banning flavoured vapour products is a DAM bad idea.
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While I was walking around the city today, I passed by a vaper and got a whiff of cotton candy. It was much more enjoyable than the classic cigarette smell.
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THIS is the result you want, but you’re going about it the wrong way,
@markhollandlib
!
Banning flavors and imposing high taxes on THR products are not effective strategies for reducing smoking-related illnesses.
Your measures will only lead to an increase in such illnesses.
As well as having the lowest smoking rates in the EU, Sweden also has:
👉44% fewer tobacco related deaths
👉41% lower lung cancer rates
👉38% fewer cancer deaths
Take a look at our website to find out more!
#SmokeFreeSwede
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Why is a product that serves as a highly effective and efficient tool for tobacco harm reduction (vapes), more restricted than the product that slowly kills it’s consumers (cigarettes)?
Make it make sense.
Many ex-smokers credit higher nicotine levels in vaping for their successful switch. The UK is considering higher taxes on high-nicotine vape products.
A new study shows a significant increase in higher-nicotine vaping in 🇬🇧
by
@KiranSidhu41
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Vapers are everywhere. We vote. We matter.
@markhollandlib
, spend less time making our life difficult & more time understanding why & how
#vaping
has changed the lives of so many.
#rights4vapers
#FlavoursMatter
#VapingSavesLives
#HarmReduction
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❓❓Did you know ❓❓❓
EVALI put vaping back decades. The misinformation surrounding the disease has caused vapers and vaping to be marginalized and demonized. It's time the truth came out. EVALI was caused by illegal products.
Share and retweet!
#vaping
#vapingsaveslives
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The Frustration of Vapers - A THREAD
How are we to engage in discussions with people who simply don’t care for vapers and (ex)smokers? No amount of data turned into statistics or testimonials seem to make an impact on their final judgement.
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Day 2
#VapeTour2021
: It was busy day in
#Ottawa
. We held a press conference. We visited Liberal HQ. We talked to vapers. Here are the highlights.
@papaioannoy
@CDVQ4
#vaping
#wevapewevote
#saveflavours
#vapingsaveslives
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Day 4
#VapeTour2021
: It's a travel day today and it is hot! We are on our way to
#Chicoutimi
for our first local rally at VapoPlus. Join us there at 11 a.m.
#WeVapeWeVote
#VapingSavesLives
#SaveOurFlavours
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Question: how is this allowed to be advertised and we can’t sponsor a post to ask Canadians for their support to save the best hope for tobacco harm reduction,
@elonmusk
?
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“Instead of punishing individuals for their choices, harm reduction focuses on minimizing the risks and harms associated with substance use. It offers support and practical strategies to improve health outcomes.”
@papaioannoy
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Thank you Sweden. You know what you are talking about as the first smoke-free country in the world. Canada can do the same if our leaders had the courage.
We urge the Canadian government to rethink its decision to increase taxes on e-cigarettes 🇨🇦
Read more 👇
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It’s Star Wars day!! For those who’ve never had to advocate/fight for vapers rights, here’s what it feels like:
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Banning flavours will do way more harm than good... Let's remember that by banning flavours jobs are lost, people turn back to smoking and cancer cases increase. Read all about this in the article below ⬇️⬇️
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⚠️WARNING: This product contains government-approved deadly chemicals, but remains perfectly legal!
Meanwhile, the safer alternative? Vilified & banned.
Is THIS public health?
#VapingSavesLives
#WeVapeWeVote
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We made another letter drop at Canada Post yesterday. Keep em coming. Yes, we know it's a lot of paper but unfortunately this is what gets attention. Emails are fine but this cannot be denied. We will get them to Ottawa!
#FlavoursMatter
@papaioannoy
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Hypocritical of an organization whose priority is to help people quit smoking to block an organization whose priority is to help people quit smoking.
#rights4vapers
#HarmReduction
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Yet flavoured vapour products are not allowed… 🤨🤨🤨
Cannabis-infused poutine sauce, jerky, nuts among new edible options in Quebec
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“[Vaping] was a helpful stepping stone for me.”
Advocates like
@ColinMendelsohn
are helping people renew their lease on life by presenting them HR options.
Vaping is a lifeline.
Banning vapes, and other HR products, is a disservice to public health.
#VapingSavesLives
I received this lovely email from a patient today. So proud to have made such a difference to one person's life
When will our health authorities finally understand how important
#vaping
is?
@Anne_Ruston
@SenatorJordon
@Mark_Butler_MP
@D_LittleproudMP
@emmadavidsonACT
@mattjcan
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We never would have dreamed that our
#VapeTour2021
would include a march in downtown
#Toronto
. So proud and happy. Thank you!
#WeVapeWeVote
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❓❓❓Did you know ❓❓❓
Today's fact is all about vaping and quitting smoking. Question: Did vaping help you reduce smoking or quit entirely?
Share and retweet!
#vaping
#vapingsaveslives
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It's Friday night,
#VapeFam
. Before we post our highlight video, here's a special message to
@JustinTrudeau
from our own
@papaioannoy
.
#VapeTour2021
#WeVapeWeVote
#SaveFlavours
#VapingSavesLives
@liberal_party
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Dear
@earl_dreeshen
,
Flavors play a crucial role in helping adults stay smoke-free.
Let's not penalize responsible users. Instead, let's empower them by fighting for their right to have a choice.
Say NO the flavour ban.
#FlavoursMatter
#WeVapeWeVote
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It's been a crazy year. Thank you to all our supporters and friends around the world. Here's to an even better 2023. Saving lives and spreading truth. We love you!
#NewYearsEve2023
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Why is Public Health England consistently lightyears ahead of the rest of us...
"For anyone who smokes, particularly those who have already tried other methods, we strongly recommend they try vaping and stop smoking" - Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement at PHE
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Thank you to
@cloudchaserzyyc
for spearheading this important initiative to
#saveourflavours
.
Sign the petition today. We’ve already got more than 500 signatures which means the government must respond on record in the House of Commons.
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Vapour products should not be taxed in the same way as cigarettes. Here's how we feel about the cash grab. Here's what you can do to help!
#LetsTalkFacts
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Another lifeline cut. Another vape community put at risk. Another local business shut down.
People should not be denied the freedom to choose a less harmful alternative. They should not have to turn to the black market to stay smoke-free. What are our governments doing?!
💔
Took a few weeks to empty the shop. Bernie sat in the doorway, greeting folks one last time today, while a new small business in town loaded up the last item, the steel-topped counter and bar.
The 3 guys loading all vaped and are worried about returning to smoking, now.
Bernie
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Bumped into the
#COP10FCTC
delegates bus. Should I jump on and give them all a THR presentation?
#rights4vapers
#HarmReduction
#VapingSavesLives
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Another 10k letters mailed out to
@markhollandlib
!
If you want to join the fight against a national flavour ban in
#vaping
products, visit !
#rights4vapers
#WeVapeWeVote
#FlavoursMatter
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We all know that
#vaping
is a less harmful than smoking. But we want to know why YOU vape! Let us know by tweeting at us with the hashtag
#iVapeBecause
#rights4vapers
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Day 11
#VapeTour2021
: It's a wet day in
#Montreal
. We are on the road. This morning we found
@liberal_party
candidates
@BShanahanLib
& Justice Min.
@DavidLametti
in
#Chateauguay
. We spoke to them about the
#flavourban
.
#WeVapeWeVote
#SaveOurFlavours
@CDVQ4
@papaioannoy
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We are disappointed in JUUL's decision to side with government and not fight for adult vapers access to flavours.
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@cdube_sante
@IsabelleCharest
Il s'agit de mauvaises réglementations. Elles sont basées sur des émotions et non sur la science. Le vapotage est 95 % moins nocif que le tabagisme.
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Look at what they are handing out at
#COP10FCTC
!
The flavour tastes more like misinformation to us than cancer. Thoughts?
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🚨MUST-WATCH🚨
“We also remain profoundly confused by the endless focus on youth vaping and flavors. Despite youth vaping rates being lower than those for cannabis and alcohol products which, coincidentally, also come in a wide variety of flavours, including candy.”
@papaioannoy
CONSUMER REACTION TO FLAVOUR BAN | Health Canada Webinar | RegWatch (Live)
@rights4vapers
@BurtMarion87368
@DaBall99
@thecvaofficial
@GovCanHealth
@INNCOorg
@GFNicotine
@alli_vape
@GrimmGreen
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Prohibition will ALWAYS result in more harm than good.
Only if our elected officials could learn this lesson instead of repeatedly putting public health at risk.
Vaping Lesson 101:
#FlavoursMatter
🇪🇪 Flavour bans in reality ⬇️ In Estonia the smoking rate increased almost 40% in the past three years according to the new Eurobarometer results.
#FlavoursMatter
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Congratulations to
@jyduclos
on your appointment as Canada's new
@CDNMinHealth
. We hope that this marks a new era in accepting
#vaping
as a legitimate tool for tobacco harm reduction. We look forward to working with you.
#cdnpoli
#cabinet
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