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Australian politician David Leyonhjelm, a Senator for New South Wales who represents the Liberal Democratic Party, has gone on the record questioning the credibility and expertise of the professor who provided what The Australian newspaper reported to be a series of “factual errors” to the parliamentary inquiry into vaping and electronic cigarettes. By Senator Leyonhjelm’s account, …
If you vape in Thailand, you do so at your own risk. In the Southeast Asian country of Thailand, which is world renown for its tropical beaches among other things, those who vape do so at the risk of potential imprisonment as vaping products are just as illegal in the country as hard drugs like …
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Following advice from the World Health Organization, which may or may not be accurate and/or outdated, numerous countries have banned vaping. Here’s a list of those countries. Note: Vaping in the following countries could result in legal consequences, potentially serious ones at that. If you don’t want to risk such repercussions, which could even result …
The mayor of a small seaside village in British Colombia has apologized for spreading a false story about an individual who he claimed died after taking a hit of fentanyl-laced liquid from a vaporizer. Karl Buhr, the mayor of Lions Bay, made the claim back in January of this year while talking at a public …
Could vaping be banned in its entirety in Taiwan? According to Taiwan News, the executive branch of Taiwan’s government, which is known as the Executive Yuan, is currently contemplating whether or not to make an amendment to the currently in place Tobacco Hazard Prevention Act with the goal of completely eradicating vaporizing from the country. …
While Brexit is many things to many people, manufacturers and distributors of electronic cigarettes and related nicotine infused vaping products could see benefit from the highly controversial departure of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Even though the e-liquid that fuels modern e-cigs contains nicotine, which is derived from tobacco, but not …
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In Australia, a federal ban on nicotine e-liquid and e-cigarettes remains in place despite substantial interest in vaping in the country. While vaping is legal in the country, the purchase of prefilled nicotine cartridges and e-cigs as well as the purchase of nicotine e-juice remains illegal under federal law. Of course, there is an exception: …
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In Montana’s Lake County, it is now against the law to use an electronic cigarette (e-cig) in a workplace, enclosed public space, or within 25-feet of any such building. The new resolution banning e-cig use in public buildings and workplaces across the county was passed by the Lake County Commissioners on January 17, 2018. While …
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A newly proposed bill in Washington state aims to raise the state’s age requirement for purchasing vaping and tobacco products from 18 to 21 and according to one state senator, it’s all about protecting the next generation from the dangers of nicotine addiction. Washington State Senator Mark Miloscia, who switched to the Republican Party in …
In Australia, it’s illegal to to use or possess liquid nicotine, which is what electronic cigarettes and liquid vaporizers use to deliver nicotine aerosols (“vapor”) to their users. Meanwhile, it’s perfectly legal, so long as one is of age, to buy and smoke cigarettes, which also contain nicotine. However, there’s a catch: vapers who want …