Trump Signs Bill That Imposes New Restrictions On Online Vape Shops

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President Trump has signed the 2021 omnibus spending bill that and while that is good news for many Americans who are in need of economic, it also means new regulations imposed on online retailers of vaping products. The bill effectively bans online vape stores from using the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to ship vaping products …

Australian Senator Leading Inquiry Into Vaping Quits Smoking And Starts Vaping

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Australia’s Senate has established a committee to examine vaping and the senator leading the committee, Hollie Hughes, has quit smoking cigarettes and started vaping instead. “I had zero intention of quitting.” It wasn’t her intent when she started out. She reportedly did not intend to quit smoking, rather, she just wanted to see what vaping …

San Francisco Chronicle Points Out Vaping Crackdown’s Hypocrisy

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In an article published to the business news section of the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, health care reporter Catherine Ho pointed out the hypocrisy of cracking down on vaping while leaving traditional cigarettes untouched. While vaping has now been linked to over 1,000 cases of lung-related illnesses and nearly two dozen deaths across the United …

Oregon’s Governor Bans Flavored Nicotine And THC Vaping Products

While federal and state investigators are continuing to investigate the cause of over one-thousand reported cases of vaping-related injuries and several deaths, Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown has ordered that all flavored vaping products that contain nicotine or THC be banned for six months. When exactly the ban is scheduled to start remains unclear, The Oregonian …

New York’s Governor Has Proposed Raising The E-Cig Sales Age From 18 To 21

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In the United States, a number of states have already raised the age requirement for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. Data suggests that in California, where the legal age requirement has been raised from 18 to 21, underage tobacco purchases have begun to drop since the new law went into effect. In what …

FDA Commissioner Threatens To Pull E-Cigs From Market Over Youth Vaping Concerns

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With youth vaping concerns continually popping up in news headlines across the United States, the head of the US Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has made a less than veiled threat to remove e-cigarettes from the market. During a meeting, Gottlieb stated that if youth vape use continues to rise “and we see …

Juul Pulls Flavored Vape Pods From Store Shelves

Juul Labs, makers of the most popular nicotine vaping devices in the United States, has announced that it’s temporarily halting sales of its flavored pods to retailers. While the company has decided to cease distribution of its flavored pods to retail outlets, it continues to sell its pods in all of their available flavors direct …

FDA Requests Information From E-Cig Manufacturers To Better Understand Youth Vaping Appeal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to four manufacturers of electronic cigarettes requesting information in a bid to better understand the appeal of their products to today’s youth, the agency announced earlier today. The official requests for information sent out to the four e-cig manufacturers come on the heels of an …