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As lawmakers in the Montana city of Missoula consider an update to their smoking ordinance that would include language for vaping, effectively banning its use in indoor public spaces, a couple of vape shop owners in the city are fighting for the right to allow their customers to vape indoors and the reason may surprise …
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In Australia, government regulations have effectively banned electronic cigarettes despite a growing body of evidence suggesting that they could prove beneficial to the country’s smokers. For residents in Western Australia, the situation is grim for nicotine vapers as they face the possibility of being fined $45,000 if they’re found to be in possession of the …
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A new report from Rice Media is shining light on a particularly obvious downside to Singapore’s electronic cigarette ban, namely the inability for the country’s smokers turned vapers to continue vaping instead of smoking. Singapore’s electronic cigarette ban, which was announced in November of 2017, went into effect on February 2, 2018. Benjamin Lim, reporting …
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The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has released a statement on Public Health England’s e-cigarette review. The UKVIA released their statement on the review the same day that Public Health England (PHE) published the findings of their review – a review which was conducted by independent tobacco experts. In their statement, the UKVIA called the …
In Japan, a country where heat-not-burn products have increased dramatically in popularity since their inception, the country’s Ministry of Finance reportedly has plans to impose a dramatic tax hike on heat-not-burn (HNB) products that could hamper the industry’s growth in the country. Japan has, since HNB products were first introduced into their market, been what …
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Big tobacco company Philip Morris, one of the giants operating in Japan’s heat-not-burn market, is currently in the best position in the Japanese HNB market if newly proposed changes to tobacco taxation are to take effect in the country, this in comparison to its competitors, which includes companies such as Japan Tobacco International and British …
In West Virginia, there’s at least one organization that wants vaping banned from public spaces, just like smoking. This organization, the American Lung Association of West Virginia, is fighting for vape-free public spaces. In other words, they don’t want you to vape in public spaces where smoking is already prohibited. While the ALA has made …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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