NEW YORK, NY — Approximately one hour ago, unelected members of the New York State Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) voted to pass an “emergency” measure to ban the sale of vaping products in flavors other than menthol, tobacco, and unflavored for the next 90 days. This came after dozens of vape […]
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AVA Statement on President Trump’s Support for a FDA Flavor Ban
President Trump could sink his reelection efforts with push to harm millions of adult vapers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that advocates for sensible regulation of vaping issues, reacted to the Trump Administration’s announcement that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will issue compliance policy in the coming weeks that could result in all nicotine vaping products in flavors other than tobacco being pulled from […]
CDC Obfuscates on Vaping Illnesses, While FDA Warns ‘Don’t Vape THC’
CDC's hatred for nicotine vaping is letting drug dealers off the hook
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that advocates for sensible regulation of nicotine vaping products, responded to the continued failure of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) to issue specific warnings about the dangers of black market THC street vapes. This failure has led some states and cities to […]
Michigan Governor’s Illegal Backdoor Vaping Flavor Ban Will Be Challenged
Legislators make laws, not governors, argues vaping advocacy group
LANSING, MI — Today, the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that advocates for sensible regulation of vaping products, reacted to press reports that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer plans to announce an emergency declaration in order to attempt to enact a flavor ban on all vaping products at a press conference to be held this morning. […]
Facts Point to Black Market THC Products in Tragic Illinois Death from ‘Vaping’
With multiple state health departments linking illnesses to THC, overwhelming focus on nicotine is irresponsible
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Days after the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced an investigation into dozens of vaping-related illness happening across the country, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced today that it had learned of a death from a severe respiratory illness in a patient who had recently vaped. Black market THC […]
