With his draft regulation aiming to abolish the sale of vaping products containing a flavor or an aroma other than those of tobacco, mint and menthol, the federal Minister of Health, Mr. Jean-Yves Duclos, could help tens of thousands of Canadians abandon their resolutions and return to smoking in 2022. The Quebec vaping rights coalition (CDVQ) take advantage of this day of making resolutions to raise public awareness of this public health issue. January 1, for many Canadians, is the day for making resolutions. Among the most common, but the most difficult to maintain, quitting smoking is at the top of the list.
A REMINDER: "VAPING IS LESS HARMFUL THAN SMOKING"
Several studies are there to prove it. Vaping is one of the best ways to quit smoking and is part of a harm reduction process. In fact, in a webinar held last December, Ms. Laura Smith, Director of Tobacco and Vaping Product Policy at Health Canada acknowledged that " At Health Canada, we recognize the potential of harm reduction to help people quit smoking, and to help those who can't or won't quit nicotine identify less harmful options. While quitting smoking is the best thing you can do to improve your health, we recognize that for people who smoke and switch to vaping completely, vaping is less harmful than smoking ».
The CDVQ fears that the abolition of flavors will help to turn thousands of Canadians back to smoking. " I know many people who quit smoking on January 1 and have had some difficulty in achieving their resolution through vaping. We fear that with the plan to abolish flavors from the Trudeau government and its Minister Duclos, many unfortunately risk starting to smoke again. " commented Ms. Christina Xydous, spokesperson for Coalition des droits des vapoteurs du Québec.
Canada still has over 4 million adult smokers, many of whom are trying to quit smoking. Several scientific studies confirm that vaping is the best way to achieve this because electronic cigarettes are not only 95% less harmful than conventional cigarettes, but also more effective than conventional substitutes, such as nicotine gum, inhalers. or stamps.
THE AROMAS ? THE KEY TO SUCCESS !
