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Legal vape news coverage from Vaporizer Wire. In-depth reporting on law and order as it pertains to the world of vaping.
The Government of the United Kingdom has accused one of the world’s leading tobacco companies, Philip Morris, of illegally targeting Brits with a vaping advertisement promoting the company’s IQOS, a heat-not-burn device that heats tobacco sticks to the point at which a “vapor” or aerosol is produced. The IQOS is one of two heat-not-burn (HNB) …
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Later this year, voters in the state of Florida will have the opportunity to vote on a couple of issues that have been lumped together in one amendment: offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and vaping in public spaces. That’s right, these two areas of concern have been lumped together into one amendment instead …
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Come July, vapers in New South Wales will be under the same usage restrictions as cigarette smokers thanks to new laws passed earlier this month. That’s right, starting this July, those who vape in public places where smoking has already been prohibited will find themselves subject to the long arm of the law. Those who …
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In Great Falls, Virginia, a 21-year-old man was gunned down at a vape store after an argument allegedly escalated to violence. Authorities believe that the incident, which took place on the night of March 15, 2018, to have been isolated. The victim, Bao Hung Van, was deceased by the time police arrived at the scene …
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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 …
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In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has taken tobacco company Philip Morris to court over the sale of its IQOS, a heat-not-burn device designed to heat sticks of tobacco to the point at which an aerosol or “vapor” is produced. According to the Ministry of Health, the sale of Philip Morris International’s HEETS tobacco …
A couple of groups advocating for tobacco control initiates, HealthJustice Philippines and Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), are calling upon the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that all tobacco products sold in the Philippines are emblazoned with graphic health warnings depicting the negative effects smoking can have on the human body. By their …
The laws and regulations governing the use of vaporizers, their sale, and advertisement can and does vary from one place to the next. In some countries, such as Thailand, vaping is outright banned, but in other places, like the United Kingdom, public health officials are recommending it to smokers as a likely far less harmful …
A student at Mooresville High School in North Carolina reportedly overdosed after vaping synthetic CBD and now the authorities have arrested a local vape store clerk and charged him with selling illegal drugs. According to the Mooresville Police Department, the student was sold a vaping product purported to be CBD oil sold under the “Black …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new nicotine reduction policy that, by their account, could prevent millions of premature deaths from tobacco over the next 80 years or so. According to the FDA’s projection, if their proposed nicotine reduction policy, which would limit the amount of nicotine contained within cigarettes sold …