National Non-Smoking Week is about results. Smoking rates in Canada have stalled at around 11%, putting the <5% by 2035 goal at risk. Canada must focus on what actually helps adult smokers quit—access to legal, regulated cessation tools.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
National Non-Smoking Week has started, yet many adult smokers who want to quit still face barriers to accessing the tools that can help them succeed. Authorized nicotine pouches like ZONNIC should be as accessible as other legal NRTs.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
To know more, watch the full segment below:
#SmokeFreeCanada #IEFA
If you can buy cigarettes at a store, you should be able to buy quit-smoking products there too. As CEO Frank Silva puts it: “That’s like saying you can sell beer but not non-alcoholic beer."
Watch below:
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"Canada was once a leader in the fight against smoking, but it is not making any progress today," says ITCAN CEO Frank Silva. He outlines three key steps Canada must take to reduce smoking rates and achieve its 2035 goal of less than 5% of Canadians smoking.
Watch below:
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➡️ While the illegal market keeps growing, offering unsafe products that are far too accessible—especially to youth.
In B.C., pharmacist Craig Plain shared his perspective in a letter to KelownaNow.
Read it here: www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/...
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
Today marks one year since ZONNIC was removed from convenience stores.
Here’s what we’ve seen since:
➜ Smoking is up
➜ Innovation is blocked
➜ Pharmacists are overburdened
➜ Smokers are left behind
It’s time to review the decision.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
In small towns and rural communities, 180,000 smokers lost access to ZONNIC due to a 2024 Ministerial Order.
Some now drive over 5 km for a Health Canada–approved product their pharmacy may not even carry.
Let’s make quitting easier — not harder.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
Today marks one year since the Ministerial Order restricted ZONNIC to behind pharmacy counters.
That’s:
➜ One year of reduced access
➜ One year of wasted healthcare resources
➜ One year of growth in the illegal market
Smokers — and Canadians — deserve better.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
➡️ We had the solution. Policy made it the problem.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
➡️ ZONNIC should be available at the front of the pharmacy, not only behind the counter.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
➡️ Cigarettes? Still on the shelves of over 20,000 outlets across the country. Smokers were left with fewer options to quit.
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When ZONNIC was available in convenience stores, cigarette sales declined faster.
Since its ban from these locations?
Illicit pouch sales have soared.
Illegal websites have multiplied.
Cigarette sales are rising again.
Bad policy, worse outcomes.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
ZONNIC is a Health Canada–approved nicotine pouch. It’s new, effective, and it works. Let’s make it widely and easily available to adult smokers who want to quit.
Give Canadians better tools. Make quitting easier.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
➡️ Healthcare professionals are stretched thin. Smokers are underserved.
This isn’t good policy.
#ZONNIC #SmokeFreeCanada
➡️ Click below to listen: ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
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