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How we tested Tobacco RDA here

We run tobacco the same way in Canada: same RDA, same 2 days, same coil resistance. The only variable was the coil, and that turned out to be the thing buyers get wrong.

Tobacco prices move with import duty more than with brand. In Canada that means the entry option and the premium option can close to within CA$2.41 per 10 ml.

Below is the run we did for this search: 9 units, RDA, same room temperature, same juice rotation. Where results varied, the variation is printed rather than averaged away.

What a tobacco RDA really costs in Canada

Tobacco sounds like one product. It is not: a RDA running 20 mg/mL will taste nothing like the same blend on a different device, which is why we test before we recommend.

How we tested tobacco in a RDA

1. Pick the RDA that fits the device already on your desk, not the one on the headline page.
2. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.
3. Choose strength against the ceiling in Canada, which is 20 mg/mL for retail here.

• The listed nicotine ceiling, which is 20 mg/mL in Canada, not a suggestion.
• Spare parts availability for RDA in Canada, since tanks and pods go first.
• Child-resistant cap and tamper band on every tobacco bottle shipped into Canada.
• Batch code and production date, so a tobacco bottle turned in 2 weeks ago is not sold as new.

Where tobacco goes wrong

• Buying the cheapest RDA available and repeating it because the first coil burnt.
• Chasing a discount on a RDA that then needs an adapter nobody in Canada stocks.
• Matching strength to the device instead of the draw, which is why tobacco tastes flat after two days.

The rules that apply here

Health Canada caps nicotine at 20 mg/mL and requires child-resistant packaging.

Packaging for tobacco in Canada must be child-resistant, and the batch code has to be readable without cutting the shrink wrap.

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