Incisive coverage of the issues important to vaping. Plus critical debate over the issues and impacts of regulation in both Canada and the U.S.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Hear Professor Lynne Dawkins’s take on whether vaping should be considered a social justice issue.
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Released: February 3, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
For decades public health and tobacco control have bludgeoned smokers with the message that smoking kills. And, in order to save one’s life you really only have one choice and that is to quit, or you could die. It’s a stark message, often delivered with moral zealotry and a whiff of authoritarianism.
But what if there is another choice? A choice that reduces harm by allowing the consumption of nicotine in a manner that is magnitudes safer than smoking: there is such a choice and of course we are talking about vaping.
The potential for vaping to save lives is manifest to those in the harm reduction community who have battled so hard against the ill-fated war on drugs.
Joining us today on RegWatch is one such warrior, Harry Shapiro. For over 40 years he’s fought to eradicate the harm caused by ineffective and intolerant drug policy and for the past half-decade, he’s been a leading voice for tobacco harm reduction.
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Released: January 27, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
With the door now finally shut on the disastrous year of 2020, it’s time to reflect on how vaping and tobacco harm reduction in general, faired during a year that brought massive upheaval to the lives of so many. At the epicentre of the turmoil is the public health movement and as so often is the case, its intersection with politics.
Joining us today on RegWatch is Greg Conley the president of the American Vaping Association. Hear Conley’s take on which disaster caused more damage to the U.S. vaping industry: the scare over the so-called teen vaping epidemic, EVALI, or the response to the pandemic. And hear his detailed warning about the recently passed vape mail law that bans U.S. Mail shipments of vaping products and forces online vape sellers to comply with an unwieldy tax mandate.
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Released: January 16, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
The Canadian federal government announced late last year that it’s moving to restrict nicotine levels in vaping products that are manufactured, imported, or packaged for sale in Canada. The new restrictions that are now up for public consultation are based on the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive, which sets the maximum concentration of nicotine in vaping products at 20-milligrams per millilitre.
Joining us today to talk about the impact and efficacy of nicotine caps is Lynne Dawkins, Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies at London South Bank University. Professor Dawkins is one of the UK’s leading authorities on e-cigarettes, having published numerous papers on the use, acute effects and delivery of nicotine through vaping products.
Do nicotine restrictions do more harm than good?
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Released: January 12, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DVINE LABS, VAPE NATION & FLAVOUR CRAFTERS
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Key clips from our episode GREAT VAPING RESET - Guest: Darryl Tempest, Executive Director at the Canadian Vaping Association
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Length: 15:15
Org. Stream: December 22, 2020
Released: December 28, 2020
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Another hammer has dropped on the Canadian vaping industry. The Federal government announced it is moving to restrict nicotine levels to a maximum concentration of 20mg/mL for vaping products manufactured, imported, or packaged for sale in Canada.
For many Canadian vapers, the proposed new limit would slash (by half for some) the amount of nicotine consumed when vaping and (by Health Canada’s own projections) cause some vapers to return to smoking.
In this episode of RegWatch Darryl Tempest, executive director and lead advocate from the Canadian Vaping Association discusses the impact of the proposed nicotine cap and provides a roundup of the fight against flavour bans and vape taxes sprouting up in provinces across the country.
It’s our last episode of 2020, don’t miss it.
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Live Streamed: December 22, 2020
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Key clips from our episode DESTIGMATIZED | Unpacking the Nicotine Controversy - Guest: Dr. Karl Fagerstrom, world-renowned nicotine researcher.
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Length: 1:55
Org. Stream: December 13, 2020
Released: December 17, 2020
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Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
*Guest: Dr. Karl Fagerstrom, world-renowned nicotine researcher
Nicotine, the drug craved for its unique and contradictory ability to increase alertness or sense of relaxation, depending on the circumstance it is used.
Nicotine has been consumed for thousands of years yet over the past half-century it has become reviled as a source of addiction and contributor to the millions of worldwide smoking deaths each year.
Joining us today on RegWatch is Dr. Karl Fagerstom. Since 1975 he’s been at the forefront of nicotine research. Hear what he has to say about nicotine dependence and learn why he believes some researchers are being pressured to not tell the truth.
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Released: December 13, 2020
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Federal and provincial governments are causing “great harm” to Canadians with unreasonable COVID-19 mask mandates and restrictions says the organizer of this weekend’s Hugs Over Masks protest at the Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver.
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Released: December 5, 2020
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Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
The state of Wisconsin gave birth to both the Progressive movement and the Republican Party. So, it’s no wonder the badger state is ground zero of the culture wars consuming the land of the free and home of the brave.
RegWatch brings you an exclusive interview with Brian Schimming, former Vice Chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party, shot this past August on location in Milwaukee. Schimming is one of the top GOP operatives heading the fight to #StoptheSteal of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Hear his take on the turmoil facing the nation.
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Released: December 4, 2020
Produced by Brent Stafford
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