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,…
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…
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