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If you are a business consultant specialized in crisis management, there’s no better client to have than the Canadian vaping industry. Which in just the past few years, has been pummeled by the so-called “epidemic” of teen vaping, the so-called “vaping-related lung illness,” and of course the Coronavirus. Whether it’s COVID lockdowns, flavour bans, or nicotine caps the industry is under withering...

June of last year RegWatch brought you the story of a longshot legal challenge against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by Big Time Vapes, a Mississippi vape shop and e-liquid manufacturer, and the United States Vaping Association (USVA). The lawsuit argues Congress ceded too much authority to the executive branch when it passed the Tobacco Control Act of 2009, an authority used by the FDA to...

Did your business receive an FDA enforcement letter regarding operations in the vaping space? If so, the United States Vaping Association wants to hear the details of your case. USVA is planning to file a preliminary injunction in order to halt enforcement action. Get the details in this RegClips by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: February 10, 2021 Produced by  Brent Stafford Supported by DEMAND VAP...

Hear Professor Lynne Dawkins’s take on whether vaping should be considered a social justice issue. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: February 3, 2021 Produced by Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE Make RegWatch happen, go to support(dot)regulatorwatch(dot)com https://youtu.be/DYXKuEZ_7v8 Support RegWatch go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com    

For decades public health and tobacco control have bludgeoned smokers with the message that smoking kills. And, in order to save one’s life you really only have one choice and that is to quit, or you could die. It’s a stark message, often delivered with moral zealotry and a whiff of authoritarianism. But what if there is another choice? A choice that reduces harm by allowing the consumption of nic...

With the door now finally shut on the disastrous year of 2020, it’s time to reflect on how vaping and tobacco harm reduction in general, faired during a year that brought massive upheaval to the lives of so many. At the epicentre of the turmoil is the public health movement and as so often is the case, its intersection with politics. Joining us today on RegWatch is Greg Conley the president of the...

The Canadian federal government announced late last year that it’s moving to restrict nicotine levels in vaping products that are manufactured, imported, or packaged for sale in Canada. The new restrictions that are now up for public consultation are based on the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive, which sets the maximum concentration of nicotine in vaping products at 20-milligrams per mi...

Key clips from our episode GREAT VAPING RESET - Guest: Darryl Tempest, Executive Director at the Canadian Vaping Association RegClips by RegulatorWatch.com Length:                         15:15 Org. Stream:     December 22, 2020 Released:          December 28, 2020 Produced by     Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/b8pj_KMDehg Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com  

Another hammer has dropped on the Canadian vaping industry. The Federal government announced it is moving to restrict nicotine levels to a maximum concentration of 20mg/mL for vaping products manufactured, imported, or packaged for sale in Canada. For many Canadian vapers, the proposed new limit would slash (by half for some) the amount of nicotine consumed when vaping and (by Health Canada’s own...

Key clips from our episode DESTIGMATIZED | Unpacking the Nicotine Controversy - Guest: Dr. Karl Fagerstrom, world-renowned nicotine researcher. RegClips by RegulatorWatch.com Length:   1:55 Org. Stream:  December 13, 2020 Released: December 17, 2020 Produced by  Brent Stafford https://regwat.ch/3gWBQmY Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com  

*Guest: Dr. Karl Fagerstrom, world-renowned nicotine researcher Nicotine, the drug craved for its unique and contradictory ability to increase alertness or sense of relaxation, depending on the circumstance it is used.  Nicotine has been consumed for thousands of years yet over the past half-century it has become reviled as a source of addiction and contributor to the millions of worldwide smoking...

Federal and provincial governments are causing “great harm” to Canadians with unreasonable COVID-19 mask mandates and restrictions says the organizer of this weekend’s Hugs Over Masks protest at the Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: December 5, 2020 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/cjqh_YZNrgs Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support....

The state of Wisconsin gave birth to both the Progressive movement and the Republican Party. So, it’s no wonder the badger state is ground zero of the culture wars consuming the land of the free and home of the brave. RegWatch brings you an exclusive interview with Brian Schimming, former Vice Chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party, shot this past August on location in Milwaukee. Schimming is one...

Submit and give up. This is the demand made by tobacco control officials in their effort to destroy vaping as a viable alternative to smoking. While vapers have been the target of this type of harassment for many years, tobacco harm reduction researchers are increasingly coming under fire. In this episode of RegWatch meet Dr. Marewa Glover, Director at the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous...

Big tobacco is evil. This “truth” serves as the foundation for tobacco control policymaking across most of the world. Public health bureaucrats, politicians and non-profit health advocacy groups believe so strongly in the evil of big tobacco that they ostracize any person or group they deem to be advancing the interests of the tobacco industry. Perhaps big tobacco is evil. Combustible tobacco prod...

Vaping activists are accustomed to fighting a barrage of misleading information about nicotine vaping, pimped by a plethora of anti-vaping non-profit health groups then promulgated by a compliant mainstream news media. But over the past year, a disturbing trend has emerged: vaping activists are being canceled from participating, or simply attending forums and discussions with public health on the...

Key clips from our episode CONTAINING CHAOS - Guest: Jon Glauser, CEO Demandvape RegClips by RegulatorWatch.com Length:   4:30 Org. Stream:  November 6, 2020 Released: November 16, 2020 Produced by  Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/QvJf0mh54JM Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com  

Celebrating 5-Years of Vaping Coverage! Support RegWatch… Go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com https://youtu.be/DLhy4DNUgYo Released: November 12, 2020 Produced by Brent Stafford #RegWatch #VapeNews

Chaos and uncertainty mark the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. As of this writing, we still don’t know if Republican candidate Donald J. Trump will hold onto the presidency or if Democratic candidate Joe Biden will prevail, becoming the 46th President of the United States. What we do know is that no matter the outcome the result will have a dramatic impact on the future of vaping....

Disturbing revelation about the link between smoking and autoimmune disease, plus how the war on vaping may be stifling an open discussion of potential health impacts of vaping. Key clips from our episode MANUFACTURING HARM - Guest: Dr. Annie Kleykamp, Experimental Psychologist, Medical Analyst RegClips by RegulatorWatch.com Length:   5:56 Org. Stream:  October 30, 2020 Released: November 4, 2020...

Follow the science. It’s the exhortation we hear all the time from politicians and bureaucrats to activists and academics. Whether at work or at school or via the mainstream media, we are awash in a reverence to science. But what if science is being used to advance an ideological agenda and great harm is the result? Joining us today to discuss this possibility is Dr. Annie Kleykamp an experimental...

One of the most hotly contested issues with regard to vaping is whether or not e-cigarettes are an effective tool in the battle to stamp out smoking. The very mention of this possibility sends regulators, tobacco enforcement agents, and anti-vaping advocates into a tither. In most regions, the vaping industry is prohibited by law from making direct health claims or even suggest that vaping is a vi...

In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Vaping Association issued a public endorsement in support of the BC New Democratic Party for the 2020 provincial election. Find out why. Key clips from our episode POLITICAL PLAYBOOK - Guest: Darryl Tempest, CVA’s Executive Director and Lead Advocate RegClips by RegulatorWatch.com Length:   6:42 Org. Stream:  October 14, 2020 Released: October 15, 2020 Make R...

It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that the war on vaping is political. No matter the fealty public health swears to science, it is perfectly clear political dogma now rules the day when it comes to vaping.  The prospect of wading into politics in order to save vaping is anathema to many vapers and the associations that represent vaping interests. But the time for trepidation may now be over...

*Guest: Dr. Derek Yach, President of Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Despite touting a desire to change, a new report shows tobacco companies have made little progress in reducing the harm of combustible tobacco.  According to the recently released Tobacco Transformation Index, from 2017 to 2019 the world’s 15 largest tobacco companies achieved only a marginal decline in cigarette sales while co...