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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...

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...