Last week, a study conducted by the University of North Carolina found that more than 90 percent of local vendors don’t stick to age-verification rules when it comes to online sales of e-cigarettes. Out of 98 purchase tries by participants aged 11 through 14, 75 […]

E-cigarette Regulations and FDA Workshops Customer Service Sentinel, Guest Blogger and Regulations Expert Tim Zeller is back to explain the FDA’s e-cigarette regulation workshops. On Monday, March 9, the FDA will begin the second of three expected e-cigarette regulation workshops. The first e-cigarette regulation workshop […]

In January of 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented a ban on e-cigarettes in checked luggage. The FAA is reacting to a bulletin from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which prompted the FAA to release a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO). The SAFO […]

Even on slow news days, there’s no shortage of people claiming war on something. Drugs, cancer, women, the middle class – there are always groups fighting for or against something. Many fights come with finger pointing, judging, zero-tolerance mandates and black and white justice, throwing […]

We’ve committed a good amount of bandwidth to discussing (and often condemning) e-cigarette policy on these pages. And with good reason: we’ve watched an endless stream of anti-vaping propaganda dominate the news, most of which is riddled with fear-mongering and lacks any substantive evidence. It’s […]

Finally, we can report some good news for vapers who travel … well, most of them. On July 9th, 2014, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said e-cigarettes of all varieties are now permitted in your carry-on luggage. That is, except for one specific device that […]

Let’s come right out and say it – if you’re younger than legal smoking age, we don’t want your business. And most, if not all, of our competitors would say the exact same thing. E-cigarettes are an adult product, and despite the endless blather about […]

Recently, ABC News posted a story stating e-cigarette advertising targets kids. In the article, it stated Research Triangle Institute International found from 2011 to 2013, e-cigarette TV advertisements that reached children increased by 256 percent, and those that reached young adults increased by 321 percent. […]

In the salad days of the e-cig boom, nearly every vaper and vaping company boasted about our rights to “smoke wherever you want, whenever you want.” Thanks to some notable bans and regulations, we all know this is no longer the case. But perhaps one […]