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
The Trump Administration announced today that it will ban e-cigarettes and other vaping products in all flavors except tobacco.
A Michigan House committee is holding a public meeting to discuss Gov. Whitmer’s executive action that will ban flavored vaping products.
Makers of vitamin E acetate-based THC oil cutting agents have been subpoenaed by New York State in the probe of vaping-related lung injuries.
Officials say the FDA is naming a cutting agent used to dilute cannabis oil as the likely cause of many of the outbreak of vaping lung injuries.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has imposed an emergency ban on flavored vaping products, claiming they pose a public health emergency.
The FDA and the CDC have finally stated that black market THC products are involved in many of the unexplained outbreak of lung injuries.
An outbreak of lung diseases associated with vaping black market products has led to one death and a lot of avoidable misinformation.
JUUL Labs will leave the Vapor Technology Association over strategic conflicts, including JUUL’s support for Tobacco 21 legislation.
Vaping industry trade group the Vapor Technology Association has filed suit to prevent the FDA from enforcing a newly changed compliance deadline.
Viral social media posts from a young Florida man claimed he suffered a collapsed lung from vaping a JUUL. But the facts don’t seem to add up.
