Back in 2011, the FDA and the National Institute of Health teamed up to investigate Americans’ smoking and vaping habits in order to create more effective tobacco control policies. Now that the first round of results has been released, the project has been extended through […]

The FDA’s decision to start regulating e-cigarettes as tobacco products has unsurprisingly opened the floodgate for lawsuits. E-cig companies, e-cig users, lawmaker and even some tobacco companies are challenging the FDA’s new regulations for vapor products for violating the Constitution and several federal laws. How […]

In Part 1, we took at look at the very beginning of the FDA’s war on electronic cigarettes, which dates as far back as 2008 when the FDA rejected the very first application from an e-cig manufacturer attempting to register products, then began seizing an […]

The FDA recently published in the U.S. Federal Register the final ruling of its “Deeming Regulations” in extending its authority over tobacco products to include vapor products. Although the regulation requirements do not take effect until August 8, 2016, the FDA’s involvement in the vaping […]

Thanks to recent legislation signed by Governor Jerry Brown, California vaping laws are now among the most restrictive in the nation. On May 4, 2016, California’s new e-cig laws raised the minimum age requirement for purchasing tobacco and e-cigarette products from 18 to 21. The […]

In the US, we have seen the negative headlines: “E-Cigarettes ‘No Better’ Than Smoking Tobacco”. We have seen the anti-vaping campaigns: “Still Blowing Smoke”. What we haven’t seen is the truth, which is why Aaron Biebert, Director of A Billion Lives, and his film production […]

We think it’s kind of obvious, but apparently it needs to be stated: Electronic Cigarettes are different than tobacco cigarettes. Seems simple, yet many cities and towns across the country are treating e-cigs the same as tobacco cigarettes. In most places they’re succeeding. The city […]

The day vapers and e-cigarette manufacturers have been anticipating for years has come: The FDA’s Deeming Regulations were officially announced on May 10, 2016. This date marks the first time the US Food and Drug Administration can successfully regulate the vape industry. The FDA Deeming Regulations […]

California just became the second state to raise the minimum age requirement for purchasing tobacco products to 21. Per usual, e-cigarette sales are also affected by the new rule even though they do not contain tobacco. The obvious intention of the new legislation is to […]