these new completely dumb, draconian, and ridiculous laws are targeting adult people like myself, who want to control my own harm reduction strategy, by forcing me onto highly priced inferior products with very little choice from pharmacies with a prescription.

The current restrictive vaping model has inadvertently fueled the proliferation of a dangerous black market, leading to associated criminal activities such as firebombings, murders, and extortion.

Since choosing vaping as an alternative to smoking my health has completely turned around and my confidence has grown immensely as I was finally able to quit!

While smoking I had felt that my time on this earth was seriously being limited, but now I am vaping, I am as strong as I have ever been.

With reasonable pricing and age control the need for the black market will disappear. That is all there is to this vaping debate. Nothing more, nothing less.

Vaping has saved my life and I would hope it will save millions of lives worldwide."

Vaping is an effective alternative for people who want to quit smoking but don't have access to or don't want to use the traditional options - like nicotine patches and gum.

do not want people to go back to tobacco because when a parent spends on their tobacco needs they are actually taking something away from their family & kids in their family budget."

We don’t need to create a brand new system or legislation for the vaping industry. We just need to look at what New Zealand have done."

Many experts say that nicotine is about on par with caffeine, both in terms of its health profile and how addictive it is.

To take away the decision to vape from the consenting adult population is a health crime. Not only will many people return to smoking but many smokers will never pursue this harm reduction alternative in vaping.

Part of the appeal was the range of flavours, and also the reduced expense. I went from spending more than $100 per week to around $12.00, which has been a godsend for my family as well since the high cost of tobacco was putting a severe strain on our mediocre income.

Vaping didn’t just help me stop smoking. It gave me my life back. Through Alive, I realized my story wasn’t just personal. It was political. Our voice matters. We are the evidence.

I am so grateful for vapes. I'm sure they saved and extended my life. Further, they have given me insight and compassion for those stuck in a cycle of tobacco addiction.

I no longer get chest infections. I recover from illness very quickly, as opposed to when I smoked.  I drink alcohol less, abstaining most of the time. I attribute this to vaping.

Since quitting tobacco with vaping I have rejoined a gym, doing spin classes, pump classes and weight lifting 3 times a week.

"We discovered vapes and never looked back.!" " Since quitting smoking for good I have been able to enjoy camping, fishing amd bike...

Smoke free for 2yrs, all my health KPI's have improved

My husband and I had smoked cigarettes since our teens, we are now in our late 60s and gave up cigarettes in 2018 by switching to vapes.

"I started jogging after I quit smoking and love it." I started smoking at 13 and was a hardened smoker by 16. I used to tell myself that...