The purposes of the Bloomberg Birthday Initiative are: 1) To wish Michael Bloomberg a very happy 80th birthday, on February 14th, 2022. 2) To congratulate him on his business and political successes and praise him for his generosity to many … Continue reading →
Three Men in a Boat is the funniest book I have ever read. An English teacher read parts of it in class when I was11. My parents bought me this copy for my 12th birthday, for three and sixpence, which … Continue reading →
The New Brunswick Medical Society (NBMS) recently published “Physicians pleased with new restrictions on vaping products“. As a physician, I would l like to make it clear that I am NOT pleased with New Brunswick’s ban on flavoured vaping products. … Continue reading →
Covid has made a lot of people do strange things that they would not usually attempt. Fed up with the limited hiking opportunities near my hometown of Toronto, I decided that I should try camping and backpacking. I have done … Continue reading →
My friend Maria is an enthusiastic vaper. If I go to her office, she usually will have three vapes on the go. Today, it is a Voopoo with strawberry flavour, a Stlth with Grape Apple Ice and a Favostx with … Continue reading →
This is the full text of my submission to Health Canada in response to Order Amending Schedules 2 and 3 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Flavours) Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 155, No. 25 on June 19th, 2021 … Continue reading →
Unless we protest, Canada will ban all vape flavours except deliberately unpleasant tobacco, menthol and mint flavours with no sweeteners. The ban will apply across the country, with no exceptions, even for people who smoked for decades and have been … Continue reading →
Thomas Kirsop has created a detailed analysis of the proposed federal vape flavour ban which he has submitted to Health Canada. I am posting it here with his permission: Highlights include: “I stopped smoking seven years ago by switching to … Continue reading →
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) produced a report in June 2021 showing how Great Britain is getting vaping right (https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Use-of-e-cigarettes-vapes-among-adults-in-Great-Britain-2021.pdf). It is interesting to see how vaping is managed in the country where “Big Tobacco” interferes with health care … Continue reading →
CAMH is a highly respected mental health institution in Toronto. It runs a smoking cessation program at its Nicotine Dependence Clinic. Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program funded CAMH to develop resources to help guide people who use nicotine, … Continue reading →
