To Protect 'Children' From E-Cigarettes, Congress Imposes New Restrictions on Everything Related to Vaping of Any Kind
The law bans mail delivery of vaping products and requires all vendors to comply with burdensome tax reporting rules.
The law bans mail delivery of vaping products and requires all vendors to comply with burdensome tax reporting rules.
The industry's fate depends on the whims of an agency charged with deciding what is "appropriate for public health."
The study suggests that vaping raises your risk of catching the disease, but only if you stop.
The debate over flavored vapes really is a debate about whether adult smokers will still have access to products that could save their lives.
Feel free to reject the advice of this terrible new book.
If only everybody weren’t stuck in their homes.
The agency's scaremongering about e-cigarettes undermined its credibility on the eve of a true public health crisis.
A study in a state where marijuana is legal confirms the predominant role of cannabis products from illegal sources.
The journal's editors recognized the problem before publication, but the authors failed to address it.
The Journal of the American Heart Association has responded to critics with nothing but boilerplate promises of scientific integrity.
For now, the FDA is targeting the vaping products that are most popular with teenagers. But the industry still faces a potentially devastating regulatory deadline.
In response to intense opposition from vapers and the industry, the Trump administration has recalibrated its plan.
E-cigarettes are under attack, but they are a safer way to consume nicotine than conventional smoking, says Jacob Sullum.
In the panic to ban and regulate electronic cigarettes, media and politicians are ignoring the benefits of vaping.
"There's no question public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched completely to e-cigarettes."
The black-market additive showed up in lung fluid from 48 of 51 patients with "probable or confirmed" diagnoses.
The government and the press focus on newfangled contraptions instead of drug-related harm.
The Science article is a wake-up call for people who claim to be concerned about smoking-related disease and death.
Despite notable progress in policies regarding pot and psychedelics, the war on drugs always finds new targets.
The agency’s indifference between smoking and vaping is scientifically indefensible.
Although the CDC is now emphasizing the potential hazards of vitamin E acetate, it continues to warn the public about e-cigarettes that don't contain it.
The House is simultaneously advancing bills that would legalize marijuana and ban the vast majority of vaping products.
Even if the FDA does not ban flavors, its regulations will soon drive most vaping businesses and products from the market.
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The bill, which the state House passed yesterday, says police may seize vehicles in which they find untaxed vaping products.
The CDC found vitamin E acetate in all 29 samples of lung fluid it analyzed.
The distinction the presidential adviser draws between e-cigarettes and other vaping devices contradicts the FDA's understanding of its authority.
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The ban's supporters falsely claim that "a whole generation of young people" is "addicted to these products."
An analysis of survey data finds that pre-existing differences entirely explain the association between e-cigarette use and current smoking among teenagers.
In cases where the information was known, just 11 percent of patients said they had vaped only nicotine.
Students should avoid e-cigarettes because they "have chemicals in them," a lesson warns.
A new poll suggests it does—and campaign officials agree, leading the administration to consider exempting more flavors.
The company says it will sell only tobacco, mint, and menthol pods unless and until the FDA officially approves other varieties.
Democratic legislators ignore the tremendous harm-reducing potential of smoke-free nicotine delivery.
High taxes and tight restrictions have handed huge chunks of the tobacco market to criminal networks. Why would vaping be any different?
Vague lung disease warnings tar harm-reducing e-cigarettes while obscuring the role of black-market cannabis products.
H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." The rub against vaping, and other smokeless tobacco products, is that people enjoy it.
Mayo Clinic researchers say tissue samples from 17 patients were consistent with toxic exposure rather than lipoid pneumonia.
A new study indicates that heavy vaping remains rare among teenagers who don't smoke.
The latest findings highlight the irrationality of banning legal e-cigarettes that deliver nicotine.
Citing respiratory diseases associated with black-market THC products, the state is banning legal e-cigarettes that are far less hazardous than the conventional kind.
Contrary to the evidence, public health officials and journalists continue to link the recent outbreak of respiratory illnesses with legal e-cigarettes.
"Vaping is a health miracle to me," said ex-smoker Vicki Porter. "Not safe, but less harmful."
Supervisor Shamann Walton thinks he can use restrictions on commercial speech to suppress political speech.
If that confusion drives vapers back to smoking or discourages others from making the switch, it will have deadly consequences.
The real "public health crisis" is not underage vaping but the one that Michigan, New York, and the FDA are about to create.
Banning the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer is a strange way to protect public health.