Big Vape: the Rise & Fall of Juul
There’s a new book out chronicling the fascinating but cautionary tale that is the company Juul. Written by Jamie Ducharme, a reporter for Time Magazine, and titled, Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul, the book hit shelves on May 25th. Juul has earned the wrath of regulators, politicians, and most of the rest of the […]
We’re Moving!
We’ve outgrown our current e-juice factory and we’re moving on up! With our new facility, we’ll be expanding our laboratory cleanroom by 400% and adding lots more space for order fulfillment and shipping. We’re working hard to keep our move as seamless and possible for our customers. Our website will be open throughout the move and […]
FDA’s Mega PMTA Update
The FDA has released a major update on the agency’s PMTA progress, including publishing the long awaited list of products for which a PMTA application was submitted prior to the September 9th deadline, thus making them legal to sell in the United States–at least for now. A total of 318,146 vape products have been accepted […]
…And It’s Gone! FDA Revokes Final PMTA Guidance
Just what vaping needs, more chaos and uncertainty! In a move aimed at kneecapping anything put in motion by the Trump administration, the Biden administration issued a regulatory freeze on all pending regulations that were introduced in the final part of Trump’s term. As it so happens, that includes the long awaited final guidance on […]
Who Is Responsible For the Vape Mail Ban?
Everyone’s been whispering that “Big Tobacco” was behind the Pact Act, legislation which outlaws mailing vape products through the United States Postal Service forcing vape companies to switch to more expensive private carriers, raising the cost to vape and burdening vape companies already struggling with the FDA’s PMTA process. But was it really the tobacco […]
Biden Admin Mulling Massive Reduction in Cigarette Nicotine Levels
With the vaping industry reeling from a year of crushing government regulation, it came as quite a shock to see that the cigarette industry may be next up in the cross hairs. The Biden Administration is apparently considering requiring tobacco companies to cut the nicotine levels in cigarettes to “nonaddictive or minimally addictive levels.” But […]
PACT Act: Delayed!
While certain provisions of the PACT Act went into effect in the final days of March, the part of this legislation that will most affect vapers has not yet hit: the ban on shipping vape products through the United States Postal Service. The USPS ban was expected to go into effect Sunday night at midnight […]
San Francisco Sees Surge in Teen Smoking After Banning Vapes
San Francisco became the first city to ban flavored e-cigarettes with the stated intention of discouraging underage vaping, however, a new study suggests that it had an unintended effect, driving minors to smoking cigarettes instead. If you live in San Francisco, not only are you unable to buy vape products anywhere, not even at an […]
Death by Chocolate UPDATE
Our award winning chocolate flavor, Death by Chocolate, has been out of stock for a couple of months. We know from all of your emails and calls that a lot of customers are anxiously awaiting its return! We have good news! The raw materials have passed our laboratory testing quality control check. That means we […]
Merry F-ing Xmas: House & Senate Stick It to Vapers
Vapers received a giant middle finger for Christmas in the form of in what amounts to a ban on sending vaping products through the mail tucked into page 5,136 of the omnibus spending bill. The bill, which claims to be about supporting America and Americans from the fallout of COVID-19, incongruously included language that will […]
