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 […]
Landmark Scientific Paper Changes the Vaping Debate
A truly remarkable paper was recently published in the American Journal of Public Health that challenged the prevailing largely negative attitude toward vaping held by many in the media and the field of public health. “Our objective is to encourage more balanced consideration of vaping within public health and in the media and policy circles,” wrote […]
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 […]
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 Issues Warning Letter to Company With 15 Million Illegal Vape Products
On July 28th, the FDA issued a warning letter to Visible Vapors, based in Pennsylvania, advising them that continued sale of products that lack an FDA PMTA application is illegal. Visible Vapors has over 15 million e-juice products registered with the FDA but did not submit a PMTA by the September 9th, 2020 deadline. Any […]
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 […]
Bill S. 1253, URGENT Action Required!
While many companies are putting everything on the line to try to meet the FDA’s PMTA requirements by September 9th, the Senate has been quietly working to stab them in the back, making all that time, money and effort instantly worthless. The Senate has passed S. 1253, the “Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children […]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to FDA Vape Authority
The Supreme Court has decided not to take on a case that challenged the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate vaping products. Big Time Vapes, a vape shop in Mississippi, filed a lawsuit against the FDA challenging the FDA’s authority to regulate vape products under the 2009 Tobacco Control Act. That suit was rejected by […]
