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
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
It’s astonishing to witness how swift the Canadian vaping industry’s fortunes have changed following the legalization and regulation of vapour products in 2018. After experiencing explosive growth and successfully navigating the complexities of a newly enacted regulatory regime, the Canadian vaping industry now faces destruction.
Turmoil over the so-called youth vaping “epidemic” and reputational damage done by a smear campaign that falsely implicated nicotine vaping as having caused an “outbreak” of a mysterious lung illness is responsible for sowing doubt and mistrust with the regulator and the public.
Joining us today on RegWatch is Saadiq Daya, the CEO of Canadian e-liquid manufacturer VanGo Vapes. Hear his assessment of Health Canada’s regulatory management and what he fears most about the pending restriction on nicotine levels and potential national flavour ban.
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Released: April 10, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
“Show yourself and your conflicts” is the call from Dr. Roberto Sussman, an advocate for consumers of non-combustible nicotine products in Mexico and Latin America, to the billionaire philanthropist, and anti-vaping crusader, Michael Bloomberg.
To an extraordinary extent, Bloomberg influences public health policymaking within numerous countries, at multiple levels of government, via a complex network of non-profit organizations in which he funds.
Dr. Sussman says it’s time to unmask the motivations behind Bloomberg’s abstinence-only, prohibitionist stance on low-risk nicotine products and expose his paternalistic, anti-democratic treatment of low and middle-income countries.
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Released: April 3, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by FLAVOUR CRAFTERS
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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is well-known in America for incessant moralizing over the products he believes government should ban people from consuming, in the name of good public health. But few know the magnitude of Bloomberg’s impact in developing countries around the world.
Over the past decade, Bloomberg-funded organizations have made concerted efforts to eradicate low-risk nicotine products, such as vaping, in low and middle-income countries. They push narrow public health policies that disenfranchise and marginalize local populations.
In part-2 of this RegWatch special series we are joined by Michelle Minton, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Hear why she thinks Bloomberg’s one size fits all policy is “insidious” and a throwback to the “colonialist origins of public health.”
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Released: March 31, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by FLAVOUR CRAFTERS
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Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
In a world filled with grand conspiracy theories, it can be difficult to nail down a proper villain. After all, there’s no shortage of bad actors. But when it comes to the war on vaping there’s really only one, the billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
In this special series of RegWatch, we explore how Bloomberg uses his power and money to backstop a tangled web of philanthropic organizations who cajole, strong-arm or buy-off governments of low and middle-income countries so that they would implement harsh restrictions, taxes, and even bans on low-risk nicotine products, such as vaping.
Is Bloomberg doing more harm than good?
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Released: March 28, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
*Guest: Michelle Minton, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute - The law banning the shipment of nicotine vaping products via the U.S. postal service is set to go into effect at the end of next month, leaving many consumers with limited options to secure the products they rely on to quit smoking.
Joining us today on RegWatch to talk about the impact and politics behind the U.S. vape mail ban, and the overall outlook for vaping, in general, is Michelle Minton, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Released: March 26, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
The U.S. vaping industry faces many unforeseen challenges, but none is more threatening than the challenge posed by underage vaping.
Preventing youth use of vaping products is the number one goal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its onerous Premarket Tobacco Application Process (PMTA.) And while many vaping companies struggle to meet the high bar set by FDA to remain in business, the biggest hurdle could come only after a Marketing Order is approved: Postmarket Reporting.
Joining us today on RegWatch is Taylor Cage, Board Secretary and Communications Chair of SFATA, the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association. Hear Cage discuss SFATA’s new Responsible Industry Network (R.I.N.) program which is a closed-loop system designed to ease the burden of Postmarket Reporting and to help keep vaping products out of the hands of youth.
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Released: March 20, 2021
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Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
It’s a legitimate concern for the Canadian vaping industry, how to redesign refillable vaping devices and vaping parts to meet Health Canada regulations for child-resistant containers, during the middle of a pandemic, and under unbelievably tight timelines.
The new requirements could have been an industry killer, but thanks to global leaders like Innokin Technology Canadian vapers are able to vape on.
Joining us today on RegWatch are legendary vape advocates Dimitris Agrafiotis and Phil Busardo, brand ambassadors and designers on behalf of Innokin. Hear about the company’s new CRC-compliant products and get an update on the challenges facing the Canadian and U.S. vaping industries.
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Live Streamed: March 11, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by INNOKIN
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Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Nicotine vaping devices are a disruptive technology that forever changed the prospects for cigarette smokers who want to quit. But success comes at a price and for the vaping industry that price is the enmity of many tobacco-controllers and public health.
One such vaping opponent is philanthropist Michael Bloomberg. He’s provided hundreds of millions of dollars to groups and governments in support of their anti-vaping efforts. This is why many within the tobacco-harm reduction community, grew concerned when hearing chatter about Bloomberg’s possible financial involvement with a new nicotine vaping device called Hale.
In this episode of RegWatch we are joined by Josh Israel the CEO & Co-Founder of Hava, the company behind Hale. Hear first-hand about the genesis of the device, how it’s being brought to market, who is providing financing, and why its developers believe Hale, is the true smoking cessation alternative.
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Released: March 6, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
In “The Art of War,” the great military strategist and general Sun Tzu says, “Every battle is won before it is ever fought.” Meaning In order to set the stage for victory, you need to manage both your resources and your forces wisely. Now that’s good advice, but what does one do if resources are scarce to begin with and your forces are disparate and hard to unite?
Joining us today to discuss this pressing question is Darryl Tempest, executive director of the Canadian Vaping Association.
Will the Canadian vaping industry survive the coming onslaught?
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Released: February 25, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by FLAVOUR CRAFTERS, VAPE NATION & STINKY CANUCK
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Saturday Feb 20, 2021
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
If you are a business consultant specialized in crisis management, there’s no better client to have than the Canadian vaping industry. Which in just the past few years, has been pummeled by the so-called “epidemic” of teen vaping, the so-called “vaping-related lung illness,” and of course the Coronavirus.
Whether it’s COVID lockdowns, flavour bans, or nicotine caps the industry is under withering assault. But yet, it perseveres. However, 2021 could be the most challenging year yet.
Joining us today on RegWatch to talk about those challenges is Robin Gasnier, district manager of Vape Nation an Ontario-based vaping products retail chain.
Does 2021 pose an existential crisis for the Canadian vaping industry?
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Released: February 20, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by STLTH
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