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    {"id":2762,"date":"2022-02-04T12:09:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:44:47","slug":"education-not-restriction-more-discussion-on-flavour-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/education-not-restriction-more-discussion-on-flavour-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"The 180 Take: Education, not restriction - Plus de discussion sur les interdictions de saveur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u201d1\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 background_size=\u201dinitial\u201d background_position=\u201dtop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201drepeat\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 custom_padding=\u201d|||\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 background_size=\u201dinitial\u201d background_position=\u201dtop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201drepeat\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]D\u00e9but janvier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/north\/flavoured-vape-ban-nwt-1.6305604\">la CBC a rapport\u00e9<\/a> que les Territoires du Nord-Ouest pr\u00e9voient de mettre en \u0153uvre une interdiction de la plupart des produits de vapotage aromatis\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de mars 2022, les partisans du plan d\u00e9signant la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des jeunes comme le principal moteur.<\/p>\n<p>La r\u00e9gion se joindrait \u00e0 la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, au Nouveau-Brunswick et \u00e0 l&#039;\u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard pour interdire les saveurs de vapotage autres que le tabac, tandis que l&#039;Ontario et la Colombie-Britannique ont choisi de contr\u00f4ler o\u00f9 les saveurs peuvent \u00eatre vendues, plut\u00f4t que de les interdire purement et simplement.<\/p>\n<p>La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des jeunes est extr\u00eamement importante, mais comme tout produit r\u00e9glement\u00e9, l&#039;\u00e9ducation et les mesures de pr\u00e9caution sont essentielles pour des ventes en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quelques faits des TNO pour le contexte :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selon un <a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/globe-newswire\/the-northwest-territories-commitment-to-harm-reduction-is-lost-with-the-proposed-vape-flavour-ban\">article dans le Financial Post<\/a>, \u00ab les Territoires du Nord-Ouest ont l&#039;un des taux de tabagisme les plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s au Canada. En 2018, 33% de la population \u00e2g\u00e9e de 15 ans et plus \u00e9taient des fumeurs quotidiens ou occasionnels.<\/li>\n<li>En plus des taux \u00e9lev\u00e9s de tabagisme chez les jeunes, la r\u00e9gion affiche \u00e9galement les taux d&#039;hospitalisation les plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s chez les jeunes en raison de la toxicomanie, principalement attribuable \u00e0 l&#039;alcool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Le probl\u00e8me? \u00c0 ce jour, il n&#039;existe pas de donn\u00e9es ou de preuves largement disponibles indiquant que les interdictions d&#039;ar\u00f4mes peuvent r\u00e9ellement r\u00e9duire le risque que les jeunes se mettent \u00e0 vapoter\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Petit apart\u00e9 :<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Pourquoi ne voyons-nous pas les m\u00eames efforts pour interdire les coolers alcoolis\u00e9s sucr\u00e9s et sucr\u00e9s\u00a0? Au lieu de cela, le gouvernement contr\u00f4le\/r\u00e9gule O\u00d9 quelqu&#039;un peut acheter ces produits, ce qui est finalement beaucoup plus efficace, n&#039;est-ce pas\u00a0? Il en va de m\u00eame pour les produits de vapotage. Autoriser uniquement les entit\u00e9s sous licence d\u00e9di\u00e9es \u00e0 la vape (nous sommes peut-\u00eatre un peu biais\u00e9s ici) \u00e0 vendre ces produits, aromatis\u00e9s ou non\u00a0?\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>D&#039;un autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, selon David Tempest de la CVA dans ce m\u00eame article du Financial Post, &quot;il y a <b>est<\/b> de plus en plus de preuves que les interdictions de saveur augmentent les taux de tabagisme. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/news\/2021\/06\/backgrounder-vaping-products--new-limits-on-nicotine-concentration-and-consultation-on-flavour-restrictions.html\">Sant\u00e9 Canada affirme \u00e9galement que les saveurs jouent un r\u00f4le important<\/a> pour aider les fumeurs \u00e0 passer \u00e0 une source de nicotine moins nocive.<\/p>\n<p>(\u00c9ditorial mis \u00e0 part, nous avons mis en gras l&#039;IS pour l&#039;effet\u00a0!)<\/p>\n<p>Ce qui soul\u00e8ve une foule de points de discussion. Pourrait-il y avoir d&#039;autres motivations derri\u00e8re les interdictions de saveur? Peut-\u00eatre pour prot\u00e9ger les recettes fiscales du tabac ? Les pens\u00e9es? N&#039;h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 commenter ci-apr\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p>Quoi qu&#039;il en soit, les motivations et les interdictions r\u00e9glementaires potentielles mises \u00e0 part, il est toujours clair pour nous que l&#039;\u00e9ducation est la cl\u00e9 pour s&#039;assurer que les gens (adultes et jeunes) prennent les d\u00e9cisions les plus intelligentes \u00e0 leur disposition, nous continuerons donc \u00e0 mettre \u00e0 jour et \u00e0 discuter des probl\u00e8mes \u00e0 mesure qu&#039;ils surviennent.<\/p>\n<p>Pour s&#039;assurer que la capacit\u00e9 de choisir est prot\u00e9g\u00e9e, <a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.ourcommons.ca\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-3716\">il y a une p\u00e9tition \u00e0 la Chambre des communes<\/a> qui dit ce qui suit\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>P\u00e9tition \u00e0 la Chambre des communes<\/h2>\n<p>Alors que:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Des \u00e9tudes scientifiques ont montr\u00e9 que les produits de vapotage sont jusqu&#039;\u00e0 95% moins nocifs que la cigarette ;<\/li>\n<li>Plus d&#039;un million d&#039;adultes canadiens ont fait le choix de passer du tabagisme au vapotage;<\/li>\n<li>Les fumeurs qui essaient d&#039;abandonner les cigarettes cherchent \u00e0 dissocier le vapotage du go\u00fbt de fumer et pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent une gamme de saveurs de produits de vapotage au-del\u00e0 du tabac\u00a0;<\/li>\n<li>Sant\u00e9 Canada envisage de r\u00e9glementer pour interdire les saveurs des produits de vapotage autres que le tabac, ce qui rendrait la transition vers l&#039;abandon du tabac beaucoup plus difficile\u00a0;<\/li>\n<li>Des dizaines de milliers de vapoteurs ont \u00e9crit \u00e0 Sant\u00e9 Canada pour s&#039;opposer \u00e0 cette proposition, mais Sant\u00e9 Canada les a ignor\u00e9s;<\/li>\n<li>Les consultations publiques ont le devoir d&#039;accepter les observations faites par le public\u00a0; et<\/li>\n<li>La Chambre des communes devrait d\u00e9cider des politiques qui ont une incidence sur la vie de millions de Canadiens, et non de fonctionnaires non \u00e9lus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nous, soussign\u00e9s, citoyens et r\u00e9sidents du Canada, demandons \u00e0 la Chambre des communes de prot\u00e9ger les droits et la sant\u00e9 des vapoteurs canadiens adultes en veillant \u00e0 ce qu&#039;une gamme raisonnable de produits de vapotage aromatis\u00e9s reste disponible pour les aider \u00e0 arr\u00eater de fumer et \u00e0 adopter une alternative plus s\u00fbre et que la Chambre exhorte Sant\u00e9 Canada \u00e0 tenir compte des points de vue des dizaines de milliers de vapoteurs canadiens qui ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des observations sur cette question.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.ourcommons.ca\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-3716\">Lire la p\u00e9tition elle-m\u00eame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ATTENTION : la p\u00e9tition se termine le <strong>6 f\u00e9vrier\/ce week-end<\/strong>, donc si vous \u00eates int\u00e9ress\u00e9, assurez-vous de le v\u00e9rifier.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dans d&#039;autres nouvelles:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 m\u00e8re, <a href=\"http:\/\/delota.com\/\">Delota Corp.<\/a> (anciennement Spyder Cannabis), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfilecorp.com\/release\/99532\/Spyder-Cannabis-Unveils-New-Dispensary-Branding-Offside-Cannabis\">a r\u00e9cemment annonc\u00e9 le lancement de sa nouvelle marque de vente au d\u00e9tail de cannabis : offside cannabis<\/a>, et \u00e0 partir du vendredi 4 f\u00e9vrier, le premier dispensaire de cannabis hors-jeu a ouvert ses portes \u00e0 Niagara Falls \u00e0 Clifton Hill<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9rifiez <a href=\"https:\/\/offsidecannabis.ca\/\">nouveau site web pour plus de d\u00e9tails<\/a>, et inscrivez-vous pour <a href=\"https:\/\/manage.kmail-lists.com\/subscriptions\/subscribe?a=USfZuy&amp;g=QTuspG\" rel=\"nofollow\">newsletter du hors-jeu<\/a> pour plus d&#039;informations sur les ouvertures de dispensaires, les offres et toute autre actualit\u00e9 li\u00e9e au cannabis<\/p>\n<p>REMARQUE\u00a0: Le nouveau magasin suit les mesures de sant\u00e9 publique COVID-19 de la province concernant la r\u00e9ouverture des magasins de d\u00e9tail, mais les consommateurs peuvent \u00e9galement commander en ligne pour un ramassage en bordure de rue.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 partir du 4 f\u00e9vrier, pour un temps limit\u00e9 seulement, tous les produits sont \u00e0 15% de rabais \u00e0 notre nouvel emplacement hors-jeu de cannabis \u00e0 Niagara.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9but janvier, la CBC a rapport\u00e9 que les Territoires du Nord-Ouest pr\u00e9voyaient de mettre en \u0153uvre une interdiction de la plupart des produits de vapotage aromatis\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de mars 2022, les partisans du plan d\u00e9signant la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des jeunes comme le principal moteur. La r\u00e9gion se joindrait \u00e0 la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, au Nouveau-Brunswick et \u00e0 l&#039;\u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard pour interdire les saveurs de vapotage autres que le tabac,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/education-not-restriction-more-discussion-on-flavour-bans\/\">En savoir plus &quot;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>In early January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/north\/flavoured-vape-ban-nwt-1.6305604\">the CBC reported<\/a> that The Northwest Territories is planning on implementing a ban on most flavoured vape products starting in March 2022, with supporters of the plan pointing to youth safety as the primary driver.<\/p><p>The region would join Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and P.E.I. in banning vaping flavours other than tobacco, while Ontario and British Columbia have opted to control where flavours can be sold, versus outright banning them.<\/p><p>Youth safety is incredibly important, but like any regulated product, education, and precautionary measures are key to safe sales.<\/p><p><strong>Some N.W.T. facts for context:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/globe-newswire\/the-northwest-territories-commitment-to-harm-reduction-is-lost-with-the-proposed-vape-flavour-ban\">story in the Financial Post<\/a>, \u201cthe Northwest Territories have among the highest smoking rates in Canada. As of 2018, 33% of the population age 15 and older were daily or occasional smokers.\u201d<\/li><li>In addition to high youth smoking rates, the region also reports the highest youth hospitalization rates due to substance abuse, primarily attributed to alcohol.<\/li><\/ul><p>The issue? To date, there isn\u2019t any widely available data or evidence indicating flavour bans can actually reduce the chance that younger people take up vaping\u2026<\/p><p><b><i>Quick aside:<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><i>Why don\u2019t we see the same efforts around banning sweet and sugary alcoholic coolers? Instead, the government controls\/regulates WHERE someone can purchase these products, which is ultimately much more effective, right? The same holds true for vaping products. Only allow licensed, vape-dedicated entities (we may be a little bit biased here) to sell these products, flavoured or otherwise?\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p>On the flip side, according to David Tempest of the CVA in that same Financial Post article, \u201cthere <b>is<\/b> mounting evidence that flavour bans increase smoking rates.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/news\/2021\/06\/backgrounder-vaping-products--new-limits-on-nicotine-concentration-and-consultation-on-flavour-restrictions.html\">Health Canada also says flavours play an important role<\/a> in helping smokers transition to a less harmful source of nicotine.<\/p><p>(Editorial aside, we bolded the IS for effect!)<\/p><p>Which brings up a slew of discussions points. Could there be other motivations behind flavour bans? Perhaps to protect tobacco tax revenues? Thoughts? Feel free to comment below.<\/p><p>ANYWAY, motivations and potential regulatory bans aside, it\u2019s still clear to us that education is key to making sure people (adults and youth alike) make the smartest decisions available to them, so we\u2019ll continue to update and discuss the issues as they arise<\/p><p>To ensure that ability to choose is protected, <a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.ourcommons.ca\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-3716\">there is a petition to the House of Commons<\/a> that says the following...<\/p><h2>Petition to the House of Commons<\/h2><p>Whereas:<\/p><ul><li>Scientific studies have found vaping products are up to 95% less harmful than smoking cigarettes;<\/li><li>More than one million adult Canadians have made the choice to switch from smoking to vaping;<\/li><li>Smokers trying to switch from cigarettes are seeking to disassociate vaping with the taste of smoking and prefer a range of vaping product flavours beyond tobacco;<\/li><li>Health Canada is considering regulations to ban vaping product flavours beyond tobacco, which would make the transition away from smoking much harder;<\/li><li>Tens of thousands of vapers have written to Health Canada to object to this proposal, but Health Canada has ignored them;<\/li><li>Public consultations have a duty to accept the submissions made by the public; and<\/li><li>The House of Commons should be deciding on policies that impact the lives of millions of Canadians \u2013 not unelected officials.<\/li><\/ul><p>We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to protect the rights and health of adult Canadian vapers by ensuring that a reasonable range of flavoured vaping products remains available to help them quit smoking and adopt a safer alternative and that the House urge Health Canada to consider the views of the tens of thousands of Canadian vapers who have made submissions on this issue.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.ourcommons.ca\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-3716\">Read the petition itself<\/a>.<\/p><p>NOTE: The petition closes as of <strong>February 6th\/this weekend<\/strong>, so if you\u2019re interested, be sure to check it out.<\/p><p><b>In other news:<\/b><\/p><p>Our parent company, <a href=\"http:\/\/delota.com\/\">Delota Corp.<\/a> (formerly Spyder Cannabis), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfilecorp.com\/release\/99532\/Spyder-Cannabis-Unveils-New-Dispensary-Branding-Offside-Cannabis\">recently announced the launch of its new cannabis retail brand: offside cannabis<\/a>, and as of Friday, February 4th, the first offside cannabis dispensary location opened in Niagara Falls in Clifton Hill<\/p><p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/offsidecannabis.ca\/\">new website for more details<\/a>, and sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/manage.kmail-lists.com\/subscriptions\/subscribe?a=USfZuy&g=QTuspG\" rel=\"nofollow\">offside\u2019s newsletter<\/a> for more info on dispensary openings, deals, and any other cannabis-related news<\/p><p>NOTE: The new store is following the province\u2019s COVID-19 public health measures around retail re-opening, but consumers can also order online for curbside pickup<\/p><p>Starting February 4th, for a limited time only, all products are 15% off at our new offside cannabis Niagara location.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,151,4],"tags":[190,191],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3136,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/3136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}