Despite Governor Cuomo’s action to ban flavored vapor products in New York State, the products remain within New York vapers’ reach — on Indian reservations. On the Montauk Highway in Southampton, just at the western most end of a strip…
In their ongoing campaign against vapor products in general, some U.S. lawmakers have chosen a new, specific target: vapor hardware which they claim is “disguised” as other kinds of consumer electronics. According to Senator Richard Blumenthal (D, CT): “These camouflaged,…
DashVapes’ founder and President Shai Bekman released a statement calling on Canada’s Provincial Health Ministers to avoid being misled by sensationalist and obscurantist media headlines regarding the recent emergence of acute lipoid pneumonia cases in the U.S. and Canada. While…
In a closed door consultation this past fall, Health Canada considered a proposal which would allow vapor products manufacturers to market their goods as being less harmful than traditional cigarettes. Currently, such claims are prohibited by the federal body. Example…
CVA, the Canadian Vaping Association, is urging the government of Quebec to provide consumer education about vaping. Specifically, the CVA is advocating that the government clarify to consumers the difference between legal and safely manufactured nicotine vapor products and the…
Dr. Ned Sharpless in his role of Acting Commissioner of the United States Food & Drug Administration has inspected international mail facilities this past week. In its efforts to fight the introduction into black market counterfeit vapor products and other…
The Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health have released a statement regarding vaping, with a particular focus on the illicit practice of youth vaping as well as touching upon the recent spate of medical events related to the use…
In a move said to give officials a more efficient way to ensure age verification at points of sale, the city of Toronto has put licensing for vape shops on the table for consideration. The recommendation has already passed committee….
CDC Investigation Has Contributed Nothing to the Public’s Knowledge So Far – DR. M. Seigel – MD, MPH
This commentary also appears today on my tobacco blog, at: https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/09/cdc-investigation-into-respiratory.html. CDC Investigation into Respiratory Disease Outbreak Has Contributed Absolutely Nothing to the Public’s Knowledge So Far Before the CDC initiated its investigation of vaping-associated respiratory illness (VARI) on August 1,…
As politicians, public “health” organizations, and the media in the United States continue accelerate their efforts to strangle the vapor industry in the United States — and threaten to send millions of vapers back to the deadly habit of smoking…
