UPDATE (5/24/2018): Naked 100, which previously partnered with the AVA for VapesGiving, has issued a challenge to manufacturers and distributors in the vape industry. Naked will match donations from manufacturers and distributors up to a total of $50,000! To make sure your donation is counted, please post on this Facebook post (or email it to […]
Vaping products help smokers quit [USA Today]
AVA President Gregory Conley wrote this editorial, which was published by USA Today on April 8, 2018. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrating that vaping products are among the most used quit-smoking tool in the U.S., many in public health recognize the need to have an adult conversation about nicotine and harm […]
Iowa Attorney General Urges Caution in FDA Assessment of Vaping Flavors
December 20, 2017 Dr. Scott Gottlieb, MD Commissioner United States Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20857 Re: a framework for considering the appeal of flavors in nicotine products Dear Dr. Gottlieb: Following FDA’s announcement of a comprehensive nicotine strategy on 28 July, we write regarding one aspect of the […]
E-cigarettes get help from Trump, but need more from Congress (Washington Examiner)
Advocates of e-cigarettes got some help from the Trump administration last week in their effort to keep a major regulation from taking effect in August. But they still need some help from Congress. The Trump administration last week moved to delay all regulatory deadlines facing e-cigarette makers. Chief among the deadlines is one requiring e-cigarette […]
FDA gives e-cigarette makers a reprieve (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Some good news for the vaping industry late Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given manufacturers of electronic cigarette equipment a three-month reprieve from registering their products. The June 30 date has now been pushed back three months, “and hopefully more is to come,” said Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association. […]
