FDA Pulls Another 4.5 Million Vapes Off the Market
When the FDA put out its list of vape products for which a PMTA was filed before the September 9th deadline, it was difficult to miss the fact that over 65% of the vape juices on the list were all made by one company: JD Nova Group. JD Nova had received an initial acceptance letter from […]
FDA Approves First Flavored Vapes: A Turning Point for the Industry?
Nicotine regulation has been tightening around the world for years (see our recent article on Global Vaping Laws in 2026). That’s why recent news from the FDA surprised much of the vaping industry: For the first time, the agency has authorized non-tobacco and non-menthol flavored vape products for sale in the United States. The approval […]
Are Flavor Bans Working? What the Data Actually Shows
Flavor bans have become one of the most widely used regulatory tools in the vaping industry. From local restrictions to national policies, governments around the world are limiting or eliminating flavored vape products in an effort to address public health concerns. But an important question remains: Do flavor bans actually work? The answer is more […]
France Just Criminalized Nicotine Pouches — Even Possession Could Mean Prison
If you thought Mexico’s vaping crackdown was strict, France just raised the stakes dramatically. As of April 2026, France has enacted one of the most aggressive anti-nicotine policies in the world — not just banning the sale of nicotine pouches, but criminalizing their possession and use. Yes, that means simply carrying a nicotine pouch in […]
FDA Enforcement Has Officially Begun
After months of silence, the FDA has begun to move against companies that failed to file Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTA’s) by the deadline of September 9th, 2020. The PMTA deadline required companies to submit a literature review, sales and marketing plans, lab test results and studies, product safety and manufacturing information, and much more […]
And the Lawsuits Begin…
The FDA is being sued by several large e-juice manufacturers including Turning Point Brands, a company that reportedly spent in the millions of dollars on their PMTA applications to the FDA. The Turning Point Brands lawsuit has been filed in the Sixth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. The company is suing on the grounds that […]
FDA Decimating the Vaping Industry
The Vapocalyse is upon us. Over the past couple of weeks, the FDA has issued marketing denial orders (MDO’s) to nearly every company that submitted a PMTA to keep their products on the market by the September 9th deadline last year. The few companies that have escaped will almost surely receive their death warrants in […]
BREAKING NEWS: The Vapocalypse May Be Upon Us
As covered in this blog, the FDA has begun issuing Marketing Denial Orders (MDO’s) to vape manufacturers. The receipt of an MDO signals the end of the road for companies attempting to navigate the FDA’s PMTA process and mandates the immediate removal of all vape products from the market. Over the Labor Day weekend, the vape […]
FDA Issues First Marketing Order Denials
The FDA issued a press release on August 26th to notify the world that it had issued marketing order denials for 55,000 vape products. This represents the first time that official marketing order denials have been handed down since the September 9th, 2021 PMTA deadline and it doesn’t bode well for many small vape businesses. […]
FDA Sued by Swisher International
The cigar manufacturer, Swisher International, just hit the FDA with a lawsuit that could have major implications for vape products. First, a little background. While many people are aware of the September 9th deadline last year, the infamous date by which all vape companies had to submit a PMTA application to the FDA in order […]
