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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CA Flavor Ban: Stay of Execution
As reported in our recent blog post, a vaping flavor ban was passed by the California legislature and signed by Governor Newsom on August 28th of this year. The ban was set to take effect on January 1st, 2021, and would have prohibited the sale of flavored vape juice at brick and mortar stores while […]
FDA Reverses Course on Coronavirus/Vaping Link
In a rare reversal, the FDA has changed its stance on the potential role vaping may play in vulnerability to the coronavirus. On March 27th, FDA spokesman Michael Felderbaum stated in response to an inquiry from Bloomberg News that vaping may put people at risk for more serious complications from the virus. “People with underlying […]
Bernie Sanders Threatens to “Shutdown” the Vape Industry!
When asked about the so-called “youth vaping epidemic” at a town hall meeting in Iowa in January, Bernie Sanders responded by apparently threatening to shut down the vaping industry. “The answer is, I think we shut down the industry if they’re causing addiction and if the evidence is that people are getting sick as a […]
BREAKING: Trump to Kill HR 2339!
No matter your politics, if you’re a vaper, you’ve gotta love President Trump’s latest move! Vapers and the vaping industry have been holding their breath over a bill that is being voted on in Congress today. However, thanks to a statement released yesterday from the Executive Office of the President, the results aren’t going to […]
Averting the Vapocalypse?
While recent months have represented dark days for vapers, the last two weeks suddenly brought a few unlikely signs that the Vapocalypse currently headed for Planet Vape on May 11th of this year might have a shot at being diverted before impact. May 11th is the deadline for e-juice manufacturers to submit their Premarket Tobacco […]
