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 …

South Carolina’s Mount Pleasant Bans Vaping In Workplaces

The city of Mount Pleasant, the fourth largest in South Carolina, has banned e-cigarette use in workplaces across the city. The new citywide electronic cigarette ban comes after the Town Council voted unanimously (9-0) in favor of the ban in February of this year. Neither the public nor the members of the council spoke for …

Russia May Soon Encourage Smokers To Vape Instead

The Russian Minister for Industry and Trade Denis Manturov was quoted by Moscow-based business oriented newspaper Vedomosti as having said that electronic cigarettes will be “regulated as a ‘separate’ product category because they are ‘safer’ than cigarettes.” In response to news of the Russian government’s stance on e-cigs and the prospect of how they might …

Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Raise State Vaping Age Requirement

A couple of Democratic lawmakers in the state of Tennessee, Senator Jeff Yarbro and Representative Darren Jernigan, have introduced a new bill that, if passed, would raise both the smoking age and vaping age in the state from 18 to 19 years old. According to Dimitris Agrafiotis of the Tennessee Smoke Free Association (TSFA), there’s …

The Seattle Times Editorial Board Endorses Raising The Smoking And Vaping Age Requirement In Washington State To ‘Save Lives’

Some of you may have heard this argument before on why the age requirement on smoking and vaping products should be raised, but if not, the editorial board at the Seattle Times newspaper has more or less reiterated the argument once again in the form of an op-ed piece that they published on their website …

Indiana City’s New Vape Regulations Ban E-Cigs From Parks And Public Spaces

As cities, towns, countries, and states continue to consider the health implications of vaping, a trend that’s clearly on the rise, the regulatory landscape is in an apparent state of constant flux. Now, in a city in Indiana state’s Hamilton County, city councilors have added new language to their existing smoking ordinance that effectively bans …

Oregon Raises Tobacco Age Requirement, Here’s The Impact On Nicotine Vapes

The state of Oregon has raised the age requirement for buying tobacco products in the state from 18 to 21 and even though nicotine vaporizers contain nicotine, which is derived from tobacco, but not tobacco itself, they too are subject to the state’s new tobacco regulations. The law’s new age requirement when into effect on …

Vape Companies In Malaysia Continue To Wait For Possibility Of New Regulations

In Malaysia, vaping companies continue to operate as normal while awaiting the possibility of new government imposed regulations. In September of 2017, the country’s government formed a committee to regulate the vaporizing industry. This working committee includes representatives from the Ministry of Health, various vaping industry groups, and the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and …

Stop The Vape Ban Coalition Launches Campaign To Fight FDA Regulations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to regulate the vaping industry, a power that the administration has already begun to exercise. In order to help prevent a virtual ban on the industry and its products, the Stop the Vape Ban coalition has kicked into gear and launched a new campaign in …