The Vaping Industry Trade Association (VITA) has spoken up for National Non-Smoking Week with a call for balanced action on vaping, and an acknowledgement of its benefit to public health, from all levels of government. It is estimated that there…
Canada’s Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health is pushing for a nationwide ban on flavored vapor products, as well as a government mandate of plain packaging, in efforts to curb youth vaping. The proposal additionally calls for a nationwide…
On Tuesday, January 21st, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation banning flavored vapor products statewide. In a media release delivered on the Governor’s official web site, Murphy said: “As Governor, I am first and foremost charged with protecting…
The office of Democrat Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin delivered a press release Sunday, January 19th, in which the Governor outlined an assortment of desired legislation intended to curb underage vaping. The solicited legislation would be aimed at several key…
In what can only be described as an act of recklessness and sadism, two Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania youth induced a two year old boy to vape, while filming the incident and laughing at the child’s discomfort. A mother, who requested to…
This month, Canadian Vapor Magazine is proud to shine a spotlight on a very important new grassroots advocacy organization and the man who founded it: I Vape, I Voted and its creator Trevor Campbell. What follows is a brief excerpt from that…
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! 2019 was a bit of a doozy, wasn’t it!? Rather than a “Letter from the editor”, being something that only registrants get to see, I thought a public news post that shareable, clickable, enjoyable for everyone…
According to a report released Tuesday, December 31st, by the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is set to ban sales of flavored closed system vapor products in pod and non-refillable cartridge form. The ban on…
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,…
Altdorf. Only one business partner and added value for the region: The merger of the three companies StattQualm GmbH, Nebelbox GmbH and Crossbow Vapor GmbH from Uri brings numerous advantages for existing and future customers. The new company StattQualm Vape…
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,…
While a handful of politicians mix up black market THC products and regulated nicotine vapor products, at least the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) are zeroing in on the…
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…
As Saskatchewan MLAs assembled this week for the fall sitting, Premier Scott Moe delivered on promises to propose a package of new legislation, including regulations on the province’s vapor industry. Moe’s legislative proposals were delivered via a Wednesday throne speech…
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,…
