Canadian proposed regulatory flavour ban. Chapter 3
Regulatory analysis section - initial notes.
Disclaimer: I have no training in the complexities of modelling. I am certain there will be things I miss. There will also be things I note that later turn out to be inconsequential.
Let's talk about vaping/smoking relative risk statements in Canada. Why they are forbidden. How they were almost permitted and then disappeared, and why I think @PattyHajdu and @GovCanHealth are looking at RR statements from the wrong angle.
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May 2018. Tobacco and Vaping Products Act comes into force. Part IV, Div. 2, Sect. 30.43 (1) prohibits cessation claims (in Canada, cessation is considered an intervention). You can't say "quit" and you can't say "stop" with regards to smoking.
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Sect. 30.43 (2) prohibits comparing vaping products and their emissions to smoking products or their emissions. You can't say better, less harmful, fewer toxins, or no smoke.
So Jennifer May, Vice President of Health Promotion & Govt. Relations for @LungSK gave the following OUTSTANDING quote to @ctvsaskatoon regarding vapour products taxation in Saskatchewan... (1/x)
Of course, no one thought to apply the basic principles of math and logic to the statement... so let us do that here shall we? I actually think I can make my point with just one publication from the Daily on the 2020 CTNS data www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti… (2/x)
Two things to note to get started... 1: Adults aged 25 and up. 854,600 said they had vaped in the last 30 days, 20-24 (legally permitted access) was 309,100 (3/x)
A "Highschool Educated" logical look at Canada's Tobacco Strategy and its target of 5% smoking rates by 2035 (A thread for @PattyHajdu@GovCanHealth and my "new friend" @PamDamoff)