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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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Commenting on the USPS Vape Mail Regulations (March 22nd Deadline!)

Last week, the American Vaping Association teamed up with the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association to present a webinar on how and why both consumers and businesses should respond to the United States Postal Service’s vape mail regulations. With the deadline for comments coming up on Monday, March 22nd at 11:59 pm Eastern, we […]

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400+ Vape Businesses Urge FedEx to Change Shipping Rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Vaping Association, a pro-vaping advocacy organization, sent a letter to FedEx signed by 428 small business owners urging the carrier to reconsider its recent policy change that prohibits them from shipping or receiving vaping products, otherwise known as e-cigarettes. The letter warns that the refusal of FedEx to update their policy […]

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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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