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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meanwhile, in England….
While the United States government continues to march vaping products relentlessly toward the regulatory cliffs of insanity, enacting what many see as a prohibition era response to what could have been a huge boon to public health, something quite different is going on in sunny old England. Public Health England has embraced vaping for all […]
The Next FDA Commissioner May Decide the Future of Vaping
The Biden Administration is currently mulling over who will ultimately be appointed to the position of FDA Commissioner. The individual appointed to this influential position will be at the helm over the coming crucial period of time during which a great deal will be decided about the future of vaping. The FDA currently has ahold […]
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 […]
PMTA Compliant Hardware: Why You Should Care
The vape world is being radically reshaped by regulatory changes right now. Even though it’s hard to keep up at the rate things are changing, we want to make sure you know what is coming so you don’t waste your money or get caught by surprise. It’s not just vape juice manufacturers that had to […]
Who Loves the PACT Act?
Vapers across the country are rightfully busy hating on the PACT Act right now. It is robbing them of choice, raising the cost to vape, forcing them to increase their in-person shopping during a pandemic, making shipping of vape products monstrously expensive, and putting more beleaguered small vape businesses under–but there just might be a […]
State Vape Taxes: Get Ready to Pay Dearly
One of the many provisions of the PACT Act is wording that requires all vape companies to register with every U.S. state where they do business and to charge customers excise taxes, better known as tobacco taxes. In some states, these taxes will amount to a budget busting increase in the monthly cost of vaping. […]
