WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Food & Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission announced that they had jointly sent thirteen warning letters to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of flavored vapor products, alleging violations of both the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The recipients of the letters include NEwhere […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gregory Conley, President of the the American Vaping Association, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by JUUL Labs and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller on the start of a new comprehensive strategy to combat underage usage of vaping products. “We are reluctant to support policies that would deny harm […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a 600-plus page report entitled, “Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes,” which sought to review over 800 peer-reviewed scientific studies.  In the process, the committee reached dozens of conclusion on a range of health impacts. The report can be viewed here. Gregory […]

LONDON, ENGLAND — In a first of its kind long-term study published in the journal Nature, researchers have found no negative health impacts from the daily use of electronic cigarettes by young adult never-smokers. Researchers from the University of Catania, led by Dr. Riccardo Polosa, tracked nine electronic cigarette users with no history of smoking, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what could turn out to be a transformative moment in the debate over vaping in America, a research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is now estimating that vaping could save the lives of up to 6.6 million U.S. smokers over the next 10 years. On the […]