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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...

The Quebec provincial government’s plan to ban flavours in nicotine vaping products appears out of step with the science on vaping and runs in stark contrast with the UK government’s astonishing new plan to provide 1 million smokers a free vaping starter kit to help smokers in England to quit for good. Joining us today with reaction from the UK on Quebec’s proposed flavour ban is Louise Ross, a cl...

Bureaucratic hurdles and fixed service fees could be forcing healthcare professionals in Ontario to shut practices and leave the industry. Physiotherapists, chiropractors, and massage therapists who treat people injured in car accidents have fallen under the control of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority, an Ontario regulator more concerned with promulgating red tape than with patient care...

The UK’s recently announced “Swap to Stop” program, which provides free vaping starter kits to one million current smokers, is being hailed a massive boon to public health. Tobacco control policy expert Clive Bates says the program is a pragmatic and constructive intervention with the potential to be catalytic, hopefully tying smokers to vaping in a manner that is self-sustaining over the long ter...

Quebec Minister of Health Christian Dubé announced a ban on flavours in nicotine vaping products which could go into effect in only 90 days. Under the proposed regulation, all flavoured vapes, except for tobacco flavoured, will be forbidden in the province. It’s devastating news for the 250,000 nicotine vapers who rely on various flavours to stay smoke-free. And for the hundreds of small business...

In an astonishing announcement, the UK government released details of a new program to cut smoking rates in Britain dramatically. Dubbed ‘Swap to Stop,’ the initiative provides one million current smokers with free vaping starter kits and dedicated behavioral support in what is being called a “world-first.” Joining us today from England to talk through the new plan is Louise Ross, a clinical consu...

No state organization has had more success fending off anti-vaping legislation than the Tennessee Smoke Free Association. Led for years by founder and recently retired president Dimitris Agrafiotis, the group continues to push back on anti-vaping legislation, which, more often than not, is backed by big tobacco. Joining us today are vape shop owners Danny Gillis and Chris Lautz, president and vice...

Last month tobacco control activists and public health professionals from across the country met for the National Conference on Tobacco and Vaping. The conference is the premiere event for tobacco control in Canada. But all are not welcome at this event. According to an Ontario Public Health Association rep, “the conference does not allow those with ties to tobacco or vaping industries to attend.”...

A reckoning awaits nicotine vapers worldwide this November when several thousand unaccountable bureaucrats meet for COP10, the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. COP10 presents a massive threat to vaping as treaty members consider several new regulations, which include: a ban on open systems, an effective nicotine cap, and a redefiniti...