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This groundbreaking network television investigation was the first to expose how tobacco companies were deliberately increasing nicotine levels to make cigarettes more addictive. The revelations aired on ABC’s ‘DayOne’ news magazine on February 28, 1994, followed by a second episode on March 7, 1994. Now, digitally remastered and presented here for the first time together in an exclusive showing s...

Industry funding taints all science, research, and tobacco harm reduction advocacy, no matter how stringent the firewalls or how far the funding is removed. This criticism is a convenient argument for detractors of safer nicotine products to deny the truth about nicotine and relative risk. Joining us today to unpack the dangers and consequences of dismissing the truth about tobacco harm reduction...

Join Brent Stafford of RegWatch as he hosts an engaging panel with renowned harm reduction advocates from Australia, the UK, and Canada. In this lively discussion, our experts tackle critical issues facing Commonwealth countries. Featuring Fiona Patten, Martin Cullip, and Maria Papaioannoy, this conversation dives deep into the contradictions and complexities of harm reduction strategies in the Co...

It would be a terrible irony if not for the fact that it appears deliberate. FDA’s regulation of the U.S. vaping industry not only delivers big tobacco a de facto monopoly on the legal sale of vaping products, but it also grants them a monopoly on harm reduction. Yet it decries “tobacco harm reduction” as an “industry term.” Joining us today to dissect this disturbing paradox is eminent scientist...

Over the past decade, how many people have been chided, misled, bullied, or driven away from considering reduced-risk nicotine products as a safer alternative to combustible tobacco? It’s a difficult question with a stark answer. Joining us for part two of our special two-part edition of RegWatch is former NJOY exec Jeffrey Weiss. Weiss's tenure at NJOY was significant and consequential, serving o...

NJOY will be the first company to have flavored e-cigarette products legally sold on the U.S. market. The decision came late last week when the U.S. FDA announced it had issued marketing granted orders to NJOY LLC for four menthol-flavored e-cigarette products under the PMTA pathway. It’s the first time the FDA has authorized a non-tobacco flavored e-cigarette product. Joining us today for a speci...

Despite enduring years of attacks by tobacco control, misinformation, and an onslaught of regulations leading to product restrictions and bans, the U.S. vaping industry continues its remarkable growth. In 2024, U.S. vaping is expected to exceed $12 billion in sales—not including the black market—making it a goliath in both size and scope. Joining us today in this episode of RegWatch is Barnaby Pag...

Often, much of the research on e-cigarettes, nicotine, and youth use appears flawed or even outrageous. According to mainstream media, vaping could be responsible for everything from shrinking testicles and plummeting sperm counts to tooth decay and gum disease. However, some research could be downright dangerous, making claims that nicotine vapes cause cancer, heart disease, and stroke, and that...

U.S. President Joe Biden recently awarded the Medal of Freedom to Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul, politician, and philanthropist who’s arguably the most influential anti-vaping advocate in the world. Bloomberg has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to anti-vaping initiatives, fueling widespread misconceptions about vaping and influencing public health policies both in the Un...

As the Federal Liberal Government marches inexorably toward a ban on flavors in nicotine vaping products, pushback is growing, and questions about a potential conflict of interest involving Health Minister Mark Holland are being raised. Joining us today to talk though the nationwide consumer effort to stop the flavour ban is vaping activist Maria Papaioannoy-Duic, founder of Rights 4 Vapers. Hear...

As the longest-serving director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health and founding Dean of Georgia State University’s School of Public Health, Dr. Michael P. Eriksen is a veteran tobacco control warrior and national leader in the fight to end smoking-related disease and death. In this episode of RegWatch, we ask Dr. Eriksen about the crucial years when big tobacco was exposed for deceiving the...

Does the regulator responsible for overseeing tobacco products in the U.S. believe in the practice of tobacco harm reduction? According to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, the answer is a resounding no. Appearing before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Califf repeatedly dismissed THR as an “industry term” and refused to answer questions on the topic. Joining us today to discuss the...

After enduring ten years of frozen fees and grappling with mountains of bureaucratic red tape, Ontario healthcare providers delivering essential rehabilitative care to auto accident victims are finally breathing a sigh of relief. In the 2024 provincial budget, the Doug Ford Progressive Conservative government implemented long-called-for changes to the auto insurance system, aimed at improving pati...

Canadian Federal Health Minister Mark Holland is launching a crusade against safer nicotine products, driven by the uncompromising stance of non-profit health groups vehemently opposed to any form of nicotine consumption. In the minister’s crosshairs, are flavoured nicotine products such as vapes and pouches. Joining us today to talk through the impacts of a nationwide ban on flavours is Sam Tam,...

In the rush to implement a nationwide flavour ban, Health Canada provided just one opportunity to hear from those most affected: consumers of nicotine vaping products. The chance arose during a concise 45-minute webinar held today on Zoom, featuring a fervent presentation by consumer vaping advocate and Rights 4 Vapers founder, Maria Papaioannoy-Duic. Today on RegWatch (Live), Maria and consumer v...

Michael Bloomberg is the big bad wolf of the U.S. vaping industry. Over the past two decades, he's spent nearly one billion dollars on tobacco control initiatives, funneling hundreds of millions towards misinformation and outright lies about vaping. How could the U.S. vaping industry ever hope to fight back? Today, we're joined by Jim McCarthy, president of Counterpoint Strategies, a Washington D....

If the goal is to deny people their rights and to put lives in danger, then flavour bans would be a brilliant strategy. That’s the learned opinion of David Sweanor, a renowned tobacco control policy expert and adjunct professor in the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa. With a growing number of jurisdictions implementing bans on flavours in nicotine vapour products, Health Canada is joinin...

In the war on vaping, it's a brutally effective attack that's unique to the U.S. marketplace. Known as PMTA registry or directory bills, its new legislation or amendments to existing state law that require manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of nicotine vaping products to attest under penalty of perjury that the products are either authorized for sale by the FDA or are still undergoing the age...

Day 5 of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s “Good Cop / Bad Cop” counter-conference to COP10 the World Health Organization’s Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control happening Feb 5 to Feb 10 in Panama City, Panama. Guests: Dr. Riccardo Polosa (Italy), Maria Papaioannoy (Canada) and David Williams, Martin Cullip (TPA) Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Live Str...

Day 4 of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s “Good Cop / Bad Cop” counter-conference to COP10 the World Health Organization’s Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control happening Feb 5 to Feb 10 in Panama City, Panama. Guests: Will Godfrey (USA) and David Williams, Martin Cullip (TPA) Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Live Streamed: Feb 8, 2024 Produced by Brent...

Day 3 of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s “Good Cop / Bad Cop” counter-conference to COP10 the World Health Organization’s Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control happening Feb 5 to Feb 10 in Panama City, Panama. Guests: Jeannie Cameron (Uk), Roberto Sussman (Mexico) and David Williams, Martin Cullip (TPA) Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Live Streamed: Fe...

Day 2 of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s “Good Cop / Bad Cop” counter-conference to COP10 the World Health Organization’s Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control happening Feb 5 to Feb 10 in Panama City, Panama. Guests: Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos (Greece), Mark Oates (Uk) and David Williams, Martin Cullip (TPA) Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Live Strea...

GOOD COP / BAD COP | Day 1 | RegWatch (Live) Day 1 of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s “Good Cop / Bad Cop” counter-conference to COP10 the World Health Organization’s Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control happening Feb 5 to Feb 10 in Panama City, Panama. Guests: Christopher Snowdon, Kurt Yeo, David Williams and Martin Cullip. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatc...

E-liquid manufacturers are on the frontline in the regulatory battle over nicotine vaping. Since they produce and market the very products at the center of the debate over vaping, their perspective is vital to understanding the powerful impact these products have on people's lives and why they are essential to the global effort to end smoking. Joining us today in a special episode of RegWatch is B...

Despite a steady drumbeat of scientific studies showing nicotine vapes help people switch off smoking, including those with no intention to quit. Many within tobacco control continue to devote resources and press policies to restrict or ban e-cigarettes and other safer nicotine products. Even good news about the dramatic drop in teen vaping and a massive decline in youth smoking rates seems to hav...