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Political news coverage pertaining to the vapor industry at Vaporizer Wire.
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 …
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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 …
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For Australians, vaping nicotine currently lacks government approval, however, many Australians disagree with the administration’s current stance on electronic cigarettes. The Australian Government’s Department of Health recently released a written defense of their regulatory approach and current policy on e-cigs in the country. In their defense, they cite evidence that goes against the growing body …
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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 …
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The city council in Lafayette, Indiana has voted in favor of adding vaping to the city smoking ordinance, which would, if passed on the second reading, effectively ban the use of vaporizers and electronic cigarettes in the city’s restaurants, shops, and anywhere else smoking is already prohibited. Currently, smoking is banned anywhere that a person …
In the Asian country of Singapore, an island city-state, authorities have already banned shisha tobacco and the devices most commonly used to smoke it, hookahs. Now, electronic cigarettes are in the country’s crosshairs. In November of 2017, the government of Singapore banned electronic cigarettes in their entirety. That ban is now scheduled to go into …
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In Bihar, a state in East India that borders the Himalayan country of Nepal, the state government has completely banned electronic cigarettes. The sale, distribution, manufacturing, purchase, advertisement, and display of e-cigs is now officially banned across the state. Can Bihar residents still buy e-cigs online? No. As part of the ban, online purchases of …
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British American Tobacco, a big tobacco company behind such brands as Camel and Pall Mall, is hoping to more than double their sales in 2018. To achieve this goal, they’re working on doubling the sales of what they call “new generation products” this year, raising the value of the vaping arm of their business to …
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Representative Duncan Hunter, a Republican congressman representing California’s San Diego County, is a vocal supporter of electronic cigarettes and so it perhaps comes as little to no surprise to find that he puffed on his vape pen while arguing against a federal ban that aims to ban vaping on planes. Jason Rabinowitz, a researcher who …
After San Francisco legislators approved an ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco and e-liquid alike, city residents were quick to band together to protect their cherished vape liquids. The city by the bay’s Board of Supervisors banned flavored e-juices along with flavored tobacco, with the exception of menthol flavored cigarettes, from being sold within …
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