Earlier this week, the Food & Drug Administration filed a letter with a federal district court judge explaining why they felt a 120-day extension of the (now May 12, 2020) deadline to submit pre-market tobacco applications was appropriate in light of the coronavirus outbreak. At the blog of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), senior fellow […]
Anti-Vaping Group Cancels Plans to Pay Moms to Tweet for Vaping Bans
Letter sent by We Are Women Online In the midst of last year’s “vaping-related” lung illness panic, billionaire Michael Bloomberg saw an opportunity to use his money and influence to take aim at adult vapers and smokers. To that end, he committed $160 million to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK) for the purpose of […]
Most Young People Do Not Vape, and Even Fewer Vape Regularly
Fears of a Youth Vaping Epidemic May be Overblown, Finds NYU Analysis While youth vaping rates have increased in recent years, most middle and high school students don’t vape or smoke and very few vape or smoke daily, finds a study led by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health. The study, published this month […]
Knee-jerk vaping bans will fail public health, experts argue
Evidence supports e-cigarettes as a harm-reduction tool Bans and other policies restricting e-cigarette sales could do more public harm than good, according to a group of public-health, tobacco-policy and ethics experts. In a piece published online today (Dec. 12, 2019) in the journal Science, the authors, including three public health deans, caution that blanket policies developed […]
Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge Takes Action Against eBay Vape Seller
Every day, hundreds of responsible online retailers of vaping products use multiple tools to stop minors from illegally accessing vaping products, including third-party age verification, requesting scans of government-issued IDs, and requiring billing/shipping addresses to match. Unfortunately, this level of dedication is not seen across all businesses and individuals who sell vaping products on the […]
