P.E.I. retailer upset by pulling of electronic cigarettes

[Christopher]

A Charlottetown store owner is wondering where some of her customers will turn now that Health Canada has ordered her to stop selling electronic cigarettes.

"We see people doing two things," Tracy Dooley of Wild Impulse told CBC News Monday.

"We see people using them who either want to reduce the amount they're smoking. So, they're substituting them — cigarettes and one of these [electronic ones]. And we've seen a lot of people as well completely quit smoking using these."

But they won't be using them for either purpose in the foreseeable future. Health Canada has ordered Canadian retailers to stop selling the e-cigarettes until it has had an opportunity to evaluate their safety.

E-cigarettes look like real cigarettes from a distance, complete with a glowing tip, but they deliver nicotine in a vapour. E-cigarettes are reusable, with a replaceable nicotine cartridge.

Dooley had to pack up her inventory of e-cigarettes and cartridges Monday. They were also available to Islanders through two private distributors online, but

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-isl...cigarettes.html

[PoppaC]

This is disappointing! It is also another sign of how backwards things are really getting and how ignorance is really the ideaology that is ruling in todays arenas. This is a shame.....

[Royce]

This is disappointing! It is also another sign of how backwards things are really getting and how ignorance is really the ideaology that is ruling in todays arenas. This is a shame.....

Couldn't have said it better my self Poppa