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…
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…
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…
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,…
Like the Telephone Game, CDC’s Lack of Clarity is Becoming Completely False Facts at the Local Level Do you recall the telephone game? Players sit in a circle and the first person whispers a phrase into the ear of the second…
Editor’s Note: This post was furnished to us courtesy of Dr. Michael Siegel, M.D. He is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health with 32 years of experience in the field of tobacco control. This…
Editor’s Note: This post was furnished to us courtesy of Dr. Michael Siegel, M.D. He is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health with 32 years of experience in the field of…
Wilfrid Laurier University has announced plans to ban both traditional cigarette smoking as well as use of vapour products on all of its campuses and properties effective July 1st, 2019. Laurier’s primary campus is located in Waterloo, Ontario; its secondary…
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