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What governments get wrong on vaping | RegWatch at GSTHR in London, 2021. Interview with Jeannie Cameron, Fmr V.P. Regulatory Engagement, Juul Labs; Fmr Head of International Advocacy, BAT; CEO/Managing Dir., JCIC International. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: November 6, 2021 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/JtGQs4WT4BA *Support RegWatch - Go to https://support.regulat...

Is COP9 failing? | RegWatch at GSTHR in London, 2021. Interview with Gerry Stimson, Director at Knowledge-Action-Change (KAC), Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: November 4, 2021 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/ltNhAxfP42A *Support RegWatch - Go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com

COP9 threats and challenges | RegWatch at GSTHR in London, 2021. Interview with Derek Yach, Global Leader in Tobacco Control Policy. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: November 3, 2021 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/ufvpwq4l2g0 *Support RegWatch - Go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com

Caught in a state of perpetual motion, the War on Vaping powers on this week with yet another alarming television news report from Canada’s public broadcaster, the CBC. Featured on the flagship newscast “The National,” the CBC report sites new data provided by University of Waterloo professor Dr. David Hammond that purportedly shows teen vaping in Canada has returned to pre-pandemic levels.  True...

Joining us today to unpack the big news in vaping over the past few weeks, including the FDA’s decision to grant its first marketing authorization for a nicotine vaping product, is Charles Gardner, Executive Director of INNCO and one of the most incisive voices in the world of tobacco harm reduction. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: October 14, 2021 Produced by Brent Stafford https...

Joining us today to talk about public health’s incomprehensible reaction to the continued decline in youth vaping rates across North American is Dr. Chris Lalonde, Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria, and harm reduction advocate. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: October 7, 2021 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/5sYpjLQfk4w Part of our “Last Stand” covera...

According to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control, teen vaping fell by over 40% in the U.S. during 2021. However, neither the CDC nor FDA chose to frame the results as a success. Instead, the public health regulators doubled down on the moral panic over vaping. In this episode of RegWatch, Greg Conley, the president of the American Vaping Association, unpacks the youth use dat...

One of our favorite guests on RegWatch delivered an inspiring heartfelt speech extolling the virtues of vaping at the GTNF 2021 London conference. It’s a message everyone should hear. Amanda Wheeler Owner of Jvapes and president of the American Vapor Manufacturers Association Amanda is the president of the American Vapor Manufacturers Association, which she co-founded to represent independent vapo...

It may have been the Canadian vaping industry’s last hope. It’s expected within the next 4 to 6 weeks that Health Canada could pull the trigger on its disastrous flavour ban for nicotine vaping products, which many believe could only be stopped by a change in national government. That change of course did not happen, with the re-election of Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals. Joining us today...

With Canada’s general election now over and the federal Liberals returned to power, the future for nicotine vaping in Canada appears bleak. Without political intervention, it’s likely nothing could stop Health Canada from implementing its proposed flavour ban, which is certain to decimate the industry. Joining us today on RegWatch is Clive Bates, tobacco control policy expert and former Director o...

Join RegWatch for a special live episode to unpack the reckless behaviour of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its decision to delay authorizations of nicotine vaping products for controversial companies such as Juul. While issuing Marketing Denial Orders for millions of products manufactured and sold by thousands of small businesses operating in the U.S. market. *Guests: Amanda Wheeler, Ex...

It is a remarkable development in the contentious debate over nicotine vaping. A group of influential tobacco control experts authored a paper, published in The American Journal of Public Health, calling on the broader health community, policymakers, and the media to re-evaluate and reform their positions on vaping in favor of vaping as a tool for harm reduction Joining us today on RegWatch is Dr....

Since the beginning of this year, RegWatch has reported on the situation concerning the United States Postal Service and a new law that bans the shipment of all nicotine vaping products via U.S. mail.  The “Vape Mail” ban could have a devastating impact on the nicotine vaping industry in the United States. But it also threatens another industry, one more popular and on the rise: the cannabis indus...

When the government of Canada first made nicotine vaping products legal, many top tobacco researchers from around the world lauded the move. But what about today: now that a pending ban on flavours threatens tobacco harm reduction in the country? *Guest: Dr. Raymond Niaura, Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, NYU School of Global Public Hea...

Where we have seen severe restrictions and flavor bans on nicotine vaping products, “the smoking rate is going back up,” says Dr. Raymond Niaura, NYU epidemiologist and long-time tobacco researcher. The return of smoking is a disturbing trend that seems to be an accepted consequence of tobacco control’s war on vaping. What’s driving public health decision-making? Find out. Only on RegWatch by Regu...

*In partnership with Rights4Vapers | It’s not an exaggeration to say Health Canada‘s proposed ban on flavours in nicotine vaping products will push hundreds of thousands of Canadians back to smoking because Health Canada freely admits this fact in the Regulatory Analysis Impact Statement for the proposed new regulations. But if a flavour ban in Canada leads to more people smoking, it also means mo...

As far as inflection points go, the U.S. vaping industry has met its share of turmoil over the past few years. Yet, the industry still manages to hold on. But what’s next for vaping as we approach the court-mandated September 2021 deadline for FDA to review premarket tobacco product applications? Joining us today is regulatory and public policy lawyer Azim Chowdhury from the firm Keller & Heckman....

It’s inexplicable. The Canadian government appears hellbent on destroying the health and wellbeing of over one million citizens in a misguided, ill-conceived effort to eradicate nicotine use in the country. Now the feds are not attempting to eradicate smoking, the habit that kills tens of tens of thousands of Canadians each year. No, it’s nicotine vaping products that the government is poised to b...

The global war against safer nicotine vaping products continues unabated with new flavor bans, nicotine restrictions, and vaping taxes. Tobacco control says these measures are intended to eradicate the youth vaping epidemic, but harm reduction activists fear the result will be to drive millions of people back to smoking.  In this episode of RegWatch we are joined by Charles A. Gardener, executive...

Should Canadian vapers take the blame for Health Canada’s war on vaping? Or is the regulator captured by non-profit health groups operating with political purpose? *Guest: Janine Timmons, former smoker, vaping products consumer Released: July 6, 2021 Produced by  Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DRAGON VAPE - VAPOUR CHOICE - P SQUARED VAPES Part of our “Last Stand” coverage https://yout...

Is Health Canada paying attention to the unintended consequences of its war on vaping? *Guest: Janine Timmons, former smoker, vaping products consumer Released: July 5, 2021 Produced by  Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DRAGON VAPE - VAPOUR CHOICE - P SQUARED VAPES Part of our “Last Stand” coverage https://youtu.be/qStMHrPKTWE Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.c...

Just three years after the legalization of nicotine vaping products in Canada a slate of new regulations, which includes a national flavour ban, nicotine cap, and federal excise tax, promises to punish the industry and destroy any chance of its survival. In this episode of RegWatch Live, we are joined by Thomas Kirsop, vaping advocate, and retail shop owner to discuss the apparent unwinding of the...

With an extraordinary amount of misinformation and vitriol swirling around vaping, it’s hard to believe public perception could change any time soon. Yet, there could be an occasion for hope, and surprisingly, the optimism is grounded in FDA’s premarket tobacco application process. In this episode of RegWatch, we are joined by Alex Norcia, staff writer at Filter and former vaping beat reporter at...

Any day now, Canadian vapers expect Health Canada to announce a nationwide restriction for nicotine levels in vaping products that promise to cut by over half the amount of nicotine available in current devices and e-liquids. It’s also feared the regulator will soon follow with a national ban on e-liquid flavours that is certain to devastate the industry and destroy a vital tool over one million C...

Another Canadian province bans flavours in nicotine vaping products in response to the moral panic over teen vaping. With astonishing speed, the province of New Brunswick tabled and passed new legislation guaranteed to destroy adult access and choice to the products many use as a safer alternative to smoking. Join RegWatch’s same-day coverage with a response to the new flavour ban from Dr. John Oy...