Evidence collected over the last decade indicates that flavors are essential for adults looking to use vaping products to quit smoking. Indeed, a new study published finds flavored vapor products to be more effective than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes in helping adults remain smoke-free. A new study published by JAMA Network Open examines the role of flavors […]
When is a ban not a ban? San Francisco Prop E supporters urged not to say “ban”
On June 5th, voters in San Francisco will decide the fate of Proposition E, a ballot measure that seeks to overturn the city’s wide-reaching ban on the sale of all flavored “tobacco products” in the city, including vaping products (both with nicotine and without nicotine). The ban, which passed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors […]
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 […]
NYC pol seeks to ban flavored e-liquids (New York Daily News)
NY Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (left) has introduced a bill to ban e-cigarette flavors In the New York Daily News, AVA President Gregory Conley is quoted opposing a new bill by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan). The bill seeks to ban all characterizing flavors other than menthol and tobacco in nicotine-containing vapor products. Gregory Conley, president of […]
Vaping Industry Reels As New FDA Regs Go Into Effect – Daily Caller
“The bad news is that August 8th of this year marks the beginning of a two-year countdown to FDA prohibition of 99.9%+ of vapor products on the market,” American Vaping Association president Gregory Conley wrote in a press release. “If we do not succeed in changing the FDA’s arbitrary predicate date of February 15, 2007, […]