According to the CDC’s early release of its National Health Interview Survey, smoking rates in the U.S. have hit an all time low of 14.9 percent in 2015, which breaks the previous year’s record low of 16.8 percent. Smoking rates in both the U.S. and […]

Back in the yonder years, smoke was just a simple sight–one medium-sized cloud drifting through the air. From cigarettes to cigars, the sight never really changed; the level of smoke rising after a puff of tobacco has always been a consistent and common sight. Nowadays, […]

While we await the ruling on the FDA’s Deeming Regulations on electronic cigarettes, local governments throughout the country have already started passing their own vape laws. Restaurants, coffee shops and even public parks are becoming off-limits for e-cig users; so, before you head out on […]

Over 1 million American households are about to become smoke-free thanks to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed nation-wide ban on smoking inside and within 25 feet of all public housing. While the current language does not extend to e-cigarettes, the agency […]

Nothing grabs the public’s attention like a sensational headline–and it’s hard to get more sensational than exploding e-cigarettes. It has it all: danger, drama and the ability to demonize an entire industry. All of these sensational headlines have a cumulative effect in leading people to […]

As part of the vaping community, we all may be very aware of the proposed local, state and federal regulations on electronic cigarettes. Throughout the past year, e-cig critics, health organizations, and anti-vaping advocates have all pushed for strict regulations on electronic cigarettes based on […]

On Wednesday, November 4th, White Cloud hosted a live webinar with Jeff Stier, Senior Fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, to discuss the latest news of the FDA’s Deeming Regulations on e-cigs reaching the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). […]

In the first two parts of this series, we provided a breakdown of epidemiology related to e-cigs and expanded further with a little bit of experimental research 101. We also addressed the sensationalism of e-cig study results in the media and in academic publishing. Now […]

Part 1 of this series on research methods covered the pros and cons of observational studies when it comes to e-cigarettes. As a quick recap, observational studies involve studying the behaviors of a target group and using these observations to make comparisons to a control […]