OLDCORN: The real reason Ottawa won’t compare vaping, patches, gums, and nicotine pouches
January 27, 2026 by westernstandard.news
OLDCORN: The real reason Ottawa won’t compare vaping, patches, gums, and nicotine pouches
Health Canada’s recent Tobacco Strategy progress report celebrates declining smoking rates and low youth smoking levels. The government aims to reduce tobacco use to under 5% by 2035. However, the report fails to differentiate effective nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) for quitting smoking. Around 300,000 Canadians quit smoking in 2024, with over half quitting unaided, 25% using NRTs collectively, and 21% turning to vaping products.
10.60% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 3.5 million current smokers in Canada 13.10% of men are current smokers but only 8.10% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
