In signing the 2019 national defense spending bill into law on Friday, December 20th, U.S. President Donald Trump also passed several attached resolutions; one of these resolutions makes age 21 the new nation-wide minimum age for purchase of tobacco and…
Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram have announced that beginning “in the coming weeks,” in Instagram’s case, and starting next year in Facebook’s case, the promotion of vapor products on the respective services will be banned. This comes after a ruling…
After causing a panic which lasted nearly six months, the CDC has finally confirmed that not a single case of the respiratory condition it has dubbed EVALI, or e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury, is attributable to legal,…
Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court has put a lawsuit by the Vapor Technology Association on indefinite hold. The lawsuit challenges the state’s emergency ban on vapor products, and was signed into effect by Republican Governor Charlie Baker in September. The hold…
With more and more cities and provinces exploring or establishing new regulations by the week lately, Prince Edward Island is the latest to join in trying to combat underage vaping. P.E.I.’s answer is a measure known in the United States…
The Province of Ontario finds itself weighing the benefits against the drawbacks of a ban on flavored vaping products. While such a ban would ostensibly be aimed at deterring minors from using vapor products, authorities in Ontario acknowledge the flavors…
Officials with Health Canada have been monitoring the situation and advise that the substance is prohibited in Canadian vapor products. Vitamin E oil is frequently used in black market e-liquid as a thickening agent; this practice is hazardous because, at…
The Saskatchewan Medical Association has praised recent increases in the province’s regulation of vapor products, but it’s now calling for more. After Health Minister Jim Reiter announces new vaping regulations for the province last week, the SMA praised the move….
White House advisor Kellyanne Conway issued a statement on November 6 which at first hearing may seem less than clear. It came in the midst of a broader statement addressing the Trump Administration’s upcoming plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Curiously,…
The province of Alberta appears to be on the cusp of reneging on a previous statement in which it assured Alberta vapers that vaping products will not be taxed. Its new position may see it apply an excise tax to…
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