More trouble for pipe smokers

[HistoryMajor]

I think it will be interesting to see how this plays out. In Canada, Health Canada basically controls our tobacco products as far as I know. For example, I know how much nicotine, benzene, hydrogen cyanide etc. is in everything I smoke. However, in terms of regulation of actual products, it hasn't mattered much. We don't have the same diversity of cigarette brands as the U.S., but that's likely more a product of a difficult market IMHO.

For pipe tobacco, we have all the same blends as the United States. Sure, they're 3-4x more expensive, but we do have them.

I can't honestly say I know how it will end up, but I'll be interested to see if it's that bad.

Disclaimer: No, I didn't go read the bill. I'm just speaking in hypotheticals. Depending on how it's financed, what the regulations exactly are, etc., this could end up being very different.

 

[Justpipes]

Response moved to the Rubber Room.

 

[HistoryMajor]

Eh? I couldn't find it.

EDIT: Realized it wasn't the same topic. My bad

 

[woody]

Historymajor has some good points. We both unfortunately pay thru the nose for any baccy in Canada. I cannot find a good B and M in Saskatchewan. BUT tobacco is still available - regulated particularly. What the anti's try to do is make this gentle hobby so expensive that they actually think that people won't do it - but they do - and lots of it (cigarettes)

The rub is that people don't understand pipe smoking. They think we're inhaleing all kinds of chemicals when really most on the forum would prefer a baccy with no chemicals and straight tobacco. We puff - they inhale. What really gets me going is the 'second hand smoke' issue - but that's another tirade and a new thread.