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🚨 Are Canada’s nicotine pouch restrictions backfiring?
Todd Prochnau explains how restricted pharmacy access may be contributing to a massive illicit market, raising concerns about product safety and youth access.
▶️ Watch the full Science Lab analysis on YouTube to hear the complete discussion.
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Authorised pouches are restricted to pharmacies. Unauthorised products remain widely available. Pharmacists face added burdens and a large illicit market persists.
Todd Prochnau examined the unintended consequences of Canada’s approach at #GFN26.
youtu.be/jSU9Gf_xcbs
HIGHER TAXES, BIGGER BLACK MARKET
Higher taxes don’t eliminate demand - they push consumers toward the black market. And unregulated products can put their health at risk.
When tax revenue takes priority over public health, who pays the price?
Poland’s $11 tax on vaping devices raises serious questions about policy, the growing illicit market, and the lack of coordination between health and finance authorities.
🇵🇱 POLAND’S NICOTINE TAX EXPERIMENT
Steep excise taxes. Tighter restrictions. Flavour bans under discussion.
Are Poland’s nicotine policies protecting public health or pushing consumers towards the black market?
youtube.com/watch?v=rn2uI1zA…
🚨 Firebombings in Melbourne. Criminal gangs fighting for territory. Businesses struggling to get insurance.
@drjoesDIYhealth says Australia’s nicotine crackdown is fuelling a black market - while New Zealand is taking a different path.
youtube.com/watch?v=sMi24lSg…
Is regulation ignoring the evidence?
As the EU considers new rules for non-combustible nicotine products, how complete is the evidence behind these decisions? Watch the #GFN26ScienceLab 👇
youtu.be/smyuwC-mwEg
If Cigarettes Are Legal, Why Ban Safer Alternatives?
Dr. Joe Kosterich calls out the blind spot: safe injecting rooms, pill testing and other harm reduction measures are accepted so why not safer alternatives for smokers?
🎥 Watch the full interview with @drjoesDIYhealth on GFNTV! Link below!
🚨 TOMORROW on GFNTV: @drjoesDIYhealth
What happens when legal access to vaping becomes nearly impossible?
Dr. Joe Kosterich explains how Australia’s restrictions pushed consumers toward an unregulated black market — and how criminal gangs moved in to fill the gap.
🎥 Full interview TOMORROW. Sneak peek 👇
🚨 Australia tried to squeeze vaping out of the legal market. What happened next?
@drjoesDIYhealth explains how restrictions pushed consumers toward the black market where unregulated products filled the gap. Is it creating a bigger problem?
youtu.be/n3v3Dmtu8Z8
🫀 What does the evidence say about novel nicotine products and cardiovascular health?
A new #GFN26 Science Lab presentation explores cardiovascular research on vaping, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches — and the evidence gaps that remain.
🔬 youtu.be/80pPS_n4vJg
If prohibition worked, why is 76% of the global e-vapor market estimated to be illicit?
$47B a year. The demand for nicotine didn’t disappear - it moved underground.
Watch full interview, available now on GFNTV!
youtube.com/watch?v=D5QTfk5W…
France banned nicotine pouches. But what happens when demand doesn’t disappear?
@brentstafford asks @etterjf what prohibition could mean for consumers, product safety, illicit markets and who could benefit when demand moves underground.
Full episode with @etterjf available at the link below!
youtube.com/watch?v=D5QTfk5W…