Jim McDonald
Smokers created vaping without any help from the tobacco industry or anti-smoking crusaders, and vapers have the right to keep innovating to help themselves. My goal is to provide clear, honest information about the challenges vaping faces from lawmakers, regulators, and brokers of disinformation. I recently joined the CASAA board, but my opinions aren’t necessarily CASAA’s, and vice versa. You can find me on Twitter @whycherrywhy
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced a plan to make nicotine vaping products available in pharmacies by prescription.
More than 80 percent of specialist doctors incorrectly believe that nicotine contributes to cancer, COPD and heart disease.
Vaping advocates in India will hold protests in several cities on Sept. 18th, to mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s vaping ban.
Preliminary 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey results show a 29 percent decline in past-30 day vaping among American teens.
Chinese e-liquid pioneer Hangsen Technology has announced a line of products made with synthetic nicotine, which could skirt FDA tobacco regulations.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have banned flavored vaping products, while the Chicago City Council passed a flavor ban.
Anti-tobacco activist Stanton Glantz has retired from the University of California-San Francisco, after a 45-year career in the cardiology department.
The vaping industry faces its biggest challenge ever on Sept.9th, when the FDA requires Premarket Tobacco Applications for all products.
A new rule from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) threatens to upend the American hemp industry and the rapidly growing CBD market.
Small vaping businesses have asked the FDA to delay its Sept. 9 deadline to submit Premarket Tobacco Applications (PMTAs).
