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The AVA is a nonprofit advocacy group that champions the use of vapor products and electronic cigarettes to help smokers quit.

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AVA Releases COVID-19 Best Practices Guide for Vape Shops

In collaboration with our friends at the Vaping Industry Trade Association of Canada (VITA), the American Vaping Association is proud to release a guide for U.S. vape shops on safely opening stores to the general public during COVID-19. The best practices guide and summary sheets for staff and consumers were created by VITA in collaboration […]

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Stanford Study Finds No Association Between Exclusive Vaping & Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Results from an online survey of youth and young adults just published in the Journal of Adolescent Research show no association between being a current exclusive user of vaping products or combustible cigarettes and receiving a diagnosis of being positive for COVID-19. Despite these findings and the major limitations inherent in online […]

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Vapers on Vaping

Smoked since 14 quit at 22

I had been smoking since the age of 14, I had gotten up to 2 packs a day. I decided to stop in my local vape shop in Colorado (Vapor Source) and picked up a vape, and started at a 12 nic, before I knew it I was stepping down to a 6 and then […]

Anthony
Mitchell
California

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Vaping Research

CDC, FDA & Media Contributed to Regulatory Over-Reactions in Lung Illnesses

AVA Synopsis: The authors examined data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) cases of vaping-related lung injury, the public advice from both the CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), media reporting of the outbreak, “and proposed regulatory responses by governments in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.” […]

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