While the French and Italian governments have taken the decision to make vaping accessible during the pandemic by authorizing the opening of specialized shops, other countries like Canada are still in the process of thinking. A situation that obviously makes people jump Valérie Gallant, the director of the Association québécoise des vapoteries (AQV).
« VAPE SHOPS MUST BE OPEN!«
In Canada, the Directorate of Public Health is evaluating the possibility of making vaping products accessible during the pandemic, a few days after specialized shops not considered an essential service have closed their doors.
Alexandre lahaie, press secretary to the Minister of Health, Danielle McCann, indicates that an opinion on the matter has been requested from the Directorate of Public Health as to whether e-cigarette shops were an essential service.
To Valérie Gallant, director ofQuebec Association of Vape Shops (AQV), the decision is obvious: " the vape shops should remain open". " The people who are in smoking cessation and who use the vaping, as support to stop, have not necessarily made reservations »Recalls the director of the AQV. "Some will return to buy cigarettes", She laments.
« The government is aware that it has to make the products accessible to the customers, they just don't know how "Continues Mme Gallant. The solution, she said, would be to temporarily allow online sales, which is normally prohibited. " A decision should be made within a few days », According to the director of the AQV.
