Tag: Regulation Watch

  • FDA’s Deeming Regulations Explained: A Complete Guide [2023]

    FDA’s Deeming Regulations Explained: A Complete Guide [2023]

    If you vape and you haven’t heard of the FDA’s deeming regulations, it’s time you did – here’s everything you need to know… The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented deeming regulations to regulate all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, and hookah. The deeming regulations, which went into effect on August 8, 2016, subject these…

  • Current Vaping Laws & Regulations: A Brief History…

    Current Vaping Laws & Regulations: A Brief History…

    Here’s a quick overview of all the laws and regulations currently in place in the USA that affect vaping and vapers… Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years, you’ve probably heard all about the myriad laws and regulations now affecting vapers and vaping companies in the USA. Vaping Laws &…

  • JUUL Banned By The FDA – Here’s Why…

    JUUL Banned By The FDA – Here’s Why…

    Most people assumed JUUL would get a pass from the FDA, but that didn’t happen – here’s why… Most people, rightly or wrongly, assumed that JUUL would get a pass from the FDA. The agency has been deliberating over whether to allow JUUL to market its products in the US for going on two years. This…

  • Will Vapes Be Banned In 2022? Let’s Find Out…

    Will Vapes Be Banned In 2022? Let’s Find Out…

    There’s a lot of talk about vapes being banned in 2022. But is there any truth to it? Let’s find out… Ever since I started this site, there has been talk of bans – and some actually happened – outright bans of products, and near-constant pressure from the FDA to destroy the market itself, ruin businesses, and…

  • The California Statewide Flavor Ban: Hitting Right Before The PMTA Deadline

    The California Statewide Flavor Ban: Hitting Right Before The PMTA Deadline

    A California flavor ban was announced this past week. California has had a rocky past when it comes to vaping, with many cities already have laws enacted regarding vaping and tobacco use. This week, their Governor has taken it to the absolute limit. The California Flavor Ban California Gov. Gavin Newsom last Friday signed Bill…

  • VapeWild Calls It Quits Before The PMTA

    VapeWild Calls It Quits Before The PMTA

    Vapewild has been a very popular vendor for years with most American vapers. They had their own line of e-juice that comes in just about any flavor you can imagine. But like many companies facing the FDA and the PMTA laws, they have decided to close their doors. VapeWild Closes Its Doors… The story of…

  • AVAIL Vapor: First PMTA Accepted For E-Liquid

    AVAIL Vapor: First PMTA Accepted For E-Liquid

    We have been waiting for quite a while now to hear from American companies on their status regarding the PMTA approval. This past week we have received some good news from Chinese companies about hardware. Today we finally hear some good news about AVAIL Vapor e-liquid. AVAIL Vapor’s Application Is Accepted AVAIL Vapor has become…

  • PMTA Deadline: Vape Companies Are Stepping Up To The Challenge

    PMTA Deadline: Vape Companies Are Stepping Up To The Challenge

    UPDATED: The FDA’s draconian PMTA laws are set to take effect on September 9th 2020. Before this past week, The United States was looking at a doomsday scenario when it came to all vaping products. Luckily, some companies are offering reassurance and vowing to gain legal status in The States. PMTA: Some Good News The…

  • FIRST EVER Long Term E Cig Study PROVES “Vaping Is No Villain”

    FIRST EVER Long Term E Cig Study PROVES “Vaping Is No Villain”

    The first EVER long term E Cig study shows, once again, that vaping is more or less completely safe when compared to smoking… The War on Vaping continues to rage on across the United States with flavor bans popping up left, right, and center, as well as outright, bans in New York and Michigan. More…

  • How One Vaping Activist Took on Facebook Censorship And WON

    How One Vaping Activist Took on Facebook Censorship And WON

    Facebook doesn’t like e-cigarettes… or vaping I should know… I once came into work one morning to find a page with 14,000 likes had been deleted without warning. And it doesn’t seem to matter what you promote, as Aaron Biebert, director of Vape Documentary A Billion Lives, found out. A Billion Lives A Billion Lives…