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Opinion: Nicotine isn’t a health hazard. Why is Ottawa so against vaping?

It has no problem with nicotine products from Big Pharma. But nicotine products from Big Tobacco transform it into a Raging Bull You can save this...

03.04.2024 10

Financial Post

Ian Irvine

Opinion: Banning flavoured vapes would promote harm, not reduce it

A route by which many tobacco users have been able to quit would be blocked and the black market would expand By Ian Irvine Health Canada’s...

06.03.2024 9

Financial Post

Ian Irvine

Opinion: Tax dollars up in smoke to send public servants to Panama anti-nicotine summit

WHO conference wants nicotine banned even though some smokeless nicotine has less than 1% the toxins of tobacco By Ian Irvine This week your tax...

16.02.2024 6

Financial Post

Ian Irvine

Opinion: Nicotine products can help reduce health harms

Contain only 1% as many toxins as cigarettes but health policy fanatics want to treat them as almost as dangerous By Ian Irvine If I told you I...

05.12.2023 5

Financial Post

Ian Irvine

Opinion: Don’t copy Britain’s nanny-state tobacco ban

The U.K. has led the world in sensible tobacco-reduction policies. Why is it now going for an outright ban? By Ian Irvine Consistency is rare in...

01.11.2023 6

Financial Post

Ian Irvine

Opinion: Improve public health by swapping Big Tobacco for Big Vape

Britain's government sees the harm-reduction benefit of vaping and is giving out free kits. Ours should take the same approach By Ian Irvine ...

13.10.2023 5

Financial Post

Ian Irvine

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