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A U.S. federal appeals court issues a scathing rebuke of FDA’s authorization process for flavored nicotine vaping products, reversing marketing denial orders for two mid-sized vape manufacturers and ordering the regulator to take a fresh look at their PMTA applications. Could this ruling upend the FDA’s de facto ban on nicotine vaping products? Find out in this live edition of RegWatch by Regulato...

For many years, the primary goal of tobacco control policy was to achieve what public health called the "tobacco endgame," a goal that tobacco control pursued relentlessly. That is until nicotine vapes upended the "quit or die" narrative and swiftly became the number one tool for smoking cessation, an outcome derided by many within public health, leading to a new endgame: the end of nicotine. Join...

Many critics often accuse the World Health Organization of maintaining an 'obsessive and paranoid secrecy' regarding COP, its Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. However, with the recent postponement of COP10, perhaps it's time to consider adding incompetence to the list of criticisms. Joining us today for a special live edition of RegWatch to discuss the...

Not long ago, many Canadians felt they could trust their governments to protect and promote their physical and mental well-being. It's a promise enshrined in Canada's Health Act and echoed by provincial governments across the land. But this high-minded ideal is proving a farce with the growing number of provincial bans on flavoured nicotine vaping products and crippling sales taxes and excise duty...

Never before has the future of nicotine vaping in Canada looked so perilous. With the province of Quebec now wholly joined with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Northwest Territories in banning or restricting flavours in nicotine vaping products, hundreds of thousands of Canadians now have little or no access to a vital tool for tobacco harm reduction. Taxes are also compo...

What will the U.S. FDA do now? With the release of the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, it’s now not only certain the so-called “epidemic” of teen vaping is over, but it looks like it was mostly hype in the first place. In the last four years, the teen vaping rate crashed to a historic low, dropping over 60% since its 2019 high. Joining us today is Tony Abboud, executive director of the Vapor T...

With Quebec’s flavour ban on nicotine vaping products now in effect, the clock is ticking on what may become a public health disaster for the province. According to a growing body of research on the impact of flavour bans, sales of combustible cigarettes are likely to grow while safer nicotine vaping products crater. Most alarmingly, where sales of flavoured nicotine products are restricted, teens...

When using a nicotine vape to quit smoking or to stay quit, flavors are essential. They provide endless opportunities to tailor the vaping experience to personal taste. Without flavors, vaping becomes less viable as a tool to quit smoking. Yet public health and anti-vaping groups push flavor bans and flavor restrictions in jurisdictions across North America. But at what cost? Joining us in this ep...

Ontario’s no-fault auto insurance system should provide auto accident victims with injuries deemed to be minor direct access to essential healthcare services such as physio, chiropractic, and massage therapy. But the system comes with a catch that caps available treatment, leaving many without the care they need to heal fully. Joining us today to help unpack Ontario’s auto insurance system is Pete...

It's the largest study of its kind in the United States, which shows e-cigarettes are effective in helping smokers to quit—just don't call it "cessation." In many countries, making smoking cessation claims in advertising and marketing is illegal. And, for tobacco control researchers writing funding applications, investigating cessation is a non-starter. Government health agencies say the evidence...

Reporting from the Global Forum on Nicotine 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, RegWatch takes a deep dive into the machinations of tobacco control and its global effort to eradicate nicotine vapes and other safer nicotine products. Featuring part two* of our interview with journalist and global THR consumer activist Samrat Chowdhery, we unpack the misguided assumption that nicotine vaping advocates are pawns...

It's a nightmare for auto accident victims whose injuries refuse to conform to the prescribed structure set by the Ontario provincial government. Known as the Minor Injury Guideline, the MIG defines and categorizes certain types of auto accident injuries as "minor." Streamlining the claims process, constraining healthcare providers, and limiting compensation available to auto accident victims. Joi...

As the decline in adult smoking rates stalls, public health officials in Australia continue to push prohibition as the only solution to stem youth use of nicotine vaping products. But one health expert says the policy is myopic and puts the lives of adult smokers at risk. Reporting from the Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, Poland, RegWatch sits down with Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, Founding Chairman...

It's the number one vape brand by market share globally and the first to receive marketing approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the agency's PMTA pathway. The brand is Vuse, and its owner, BAT, is one of the largest tobacco companies in the world. Join us at the Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, Poland, where RegWatch sits down with Danielle Tower, the Global Head of Scientifi...

Make no mistake, the minions of global public health are coming for your vapes. This November, several thousand unaccountable bureaucrats will meet for COP10, the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. At this meeting, they plan to institute a worldwide ban on open-system devices, create an effective nicotine cap, and redefine smoke to inc...

It’s the greatest threat to confront vaping, and likely you may have missed it. Over the past 18 months, a dangerous misinformation campaign has emerged, falsely linking nicotine vapes to fentanyl. The media calls fentanyl-laced nicotine vapes an alarming trend that may be poisoning kids. A possibility that FDA Commissioner Robert Califf recently told Congress was likely only a matter of time. Joi...

Victims of auto accidents in the province of Ontario are unprepared for the tangled web of regulations that often lead to an overwhelming struggle to secure essential healthcare for their recovery. Each year auto insurance companies spend more money fighting claims and disputing treatment than it spends on healthcare delivery. Joining us today to discuss the challenges facing victims of auto accid...

While the FDA didn’t necessarily create the moral panic over teen vaping, the agency appears to have stoked the fire, doing very little to stop it. There may be no excuses for the FDA’s handling of nicotine vaping products, but regulating in an environment prone to moral panics isn’t easy. In this episode of RegWatch, Dr. Cheryl K. Olson, health and behavior researcher and behavior science advisor...

When tobacco control’s utopian dream of a nicotine-free society finally fades, what should its replacement be? How about a community brimming with tolerance for recreational nicotine? According to tobacco control policy expert Clive Bates, the idea is not far-fetched, considering the chaos created by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s failed attempt to regulate nicotine vaping. Does Bates belie...

Ontario’s system governing insurance coverage for people injured in a motor vehicle accident may be at a breaking point as physiotherapists, chiropractors, and massage therapists struggle to provide care. Challenges are numerous. Patient care fees have been frozen since 2014 with no relief in sight despite wild inflation. Billing for auto insurance claims force health service providers under the p...

What does Dr. Sanjay Agrawal, the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group, think about the “Gateway” theory? Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: May 27, 2023 Produced by Brent Stafford https://regwat.ch/3MGFF08 Part of our “Last Stand” Canada Coverage. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

What does Dr. Sanjay Agrawal, the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group, think about the province of Quebec’s flavour ban? Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: May 27, 2023 Produced by Brent Stafford   https://youtu.be/_ARQcyX2OVo Part of our “Last Stand” Canada Coverage. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

The debate over nicotine vaping polarizes people “even in tobacco control,” says the chief tobacco control expert at the venerable Royal College of Physicians in the UK. Representing over 40,00 doctors across 80 countries in the world, the RCP leads the way in public health’s mission to end the epidemic of tobacco addiction. But the RCP sits at the center of controversy over vaping since taking an...

Could the U.S. vaping industry be on the verge of a breakthrough in its legal battle with the FDA? The prospects are tantalizing. A recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court slammed the FDA over its shifting guidance and moving goalposts. Creating what the court says is a likely unlawful de facto ban on flavored nicotine vaping products. The decision is an eye-popper. Joining us today to talk throu...

FDA’s single-minded focus on protecting youth from nicotine vaping products over the well-being of adult smokers is finally undergoing severe scrutiny. Recently a panel of Fifth Circuit judges, joining other courts across the country, took FDA to task for what it calls an unlawful de facto ban on flavored e-cigarettes. But the courts are not alone in grilling the agency over its shifting criteria...