WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, leadership in the U.S. House and Senate struck a deal on an omnibus government funding bill to keep the government operating through October. Much to the disappointment of millions of vapers and 10,000-plus small business owners, the Cole-Bishop Amendment — a critical bipartisan policy provision to save the vapor industry from […]
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New Bill Would Save Vaping Industry from FDA Prohibition
Bipartisan bill would stop FDA from banning 99%-plus of vapor products on the market
WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA) introduced a bill that would stop the FDA from banning 99%-plus of vapor products on the market today. The bill, the FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017, would both save over 10,000 small businesses from closure and lay the groundwork for reasonable […]
New Study of College Students Fails to Find Vaping ‘Gateway’ Effect
Longitudinal study finds vapers are no more likely than non-users to progress to cigarette smoking
WASHINGTON, DC — A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study could cause some to rethink the claim that vaping is acting as a gateway to cigarette smoking. The study, which is newly-published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, followed 3,757 college freshmen at Virginia Commonwealth University for one year to examine whether vaping at baseline was associated with the […]
AVA Comments on Surgeon General Report
Report draws criticism for making 'reckless' conclusions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Vaping Association and others reacted to the U.S. Surgeon General’s release of E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Gregory Conley, President of the American Vaping Association, commented: “This is just another politically-motivated attack on an industry that is helping people quit smoking. Discussion […]
Senator Warns FDA: Congress Could Stop Industry-Killing Vaping Regs
New Congress may change or eliminate burdensome vaping regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With a new President soon to take office, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is warning the Food & Drug Administration that Congress is likely to undo the FDA’s costly new rules on vapor products. Johnson wrote to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf last week asking that the agency cease implementing its vapor product […]
