As its government rolls out its plan for tobacco plain packaging, New Zealand is also eyeing legalizing nicotine-laced e-cigarettes. Currently if the products contain nicotine or claim to help people give up smoking, they are Read More
Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf raising concerns about the agency’s recent e-cigarette regulation.Read More
The Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA), the largest trade association representing and protecting the interests of the vapor industry, announced it has grown to more than 1,000 business members while establishing 27 local chapters in 25 U.S. Read More
It was funny because it was too close to being true. Twitter suspended a spoof account of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products after the account mocked the FDA’s Read More
Lost Art Liquids files suit challenging the FDA's purported authority to deem and regulate e-liquids and other vapor products, and asserts claims against the FDA for violations of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the 1st and 5Read More
New regulations for vapor products across the UK are set to come into force on Friday. The rules will require warnings for e-cigarettes, limit their nicotine levels to 20 grams and restrict advertising and sponsorship by Read More
Florida-based Nicopure Labs, represented by the international law firm of Covington & Burling, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to new FDA regulations that would subject vaping Read More
Local vape shop operators, whether chain or mom and pop, have known for several years that federal regulators wanted their business to go up in smoke — and not in a good way.Read More
Despite a ban on selling electronic cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), several retailers at the Chinese-themed Dragon Mart in Dubai told The National newspaper that they could get the devices.Read More
Vapor industry manufacturers are finding more than a few faults with the FDA regulations, especially the seeming lack of consideration from the industry input the regulatory agency so desperately sought.Read More