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
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
*Guest: Dimitris Agrafiotis, Exec. Dir. Tennessee Smoke Free Association, @VapinGreek - It’s only been one day since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s anti-vaping regulation went into effect and already the FDA has informed some stakeholders that their Premarket Tobacco Applications have been received and accepted for review by the regulator.
Is there truly a glimmer of hope for the survival of the U.S. vaping industry or do vapers have a dark future to face?
If there’s anyone who might know the answers, it’s Dimitris Agrafiotis a.k.a. the VapinGreek. He’s a globally known vaping advocate and executive director of the Tennessee Smoke Free Association. If you’re looking for frank talk and piercing analysis, we’ve got it in this episode of RegWatch.
Live Streamed: September 10, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by: DEMAND VAPE
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
*Guest: Guy Bentley, Dir. of Consumer Freedom, Reason Foundation - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s anti-vaping regulation takes effect today Wednesday, September 9, and promises to deliver a lethal blow to the U.S. vaping industry.
Guy Bentley, Dir. of Consumer Freedom at the Reason Foundation joins RegWatch to discuss the impact of the industry killing Premarket Tobacco Application Process; how the FDA’s anti-vaping regulation forces winners and losers; and why “clear the market” is an extraordinary response.
Live Streamed: September 9, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by: DEMAND VAPE
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
*Guests: Tristan Thompson and Sherwin Mena, United Vapers Alliance
For the second time in less than a year, vapers are set to descend on Washington, DC to call on President Trump to intervene and put a stop to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s industry killing Premarket Tobacco Application Process.
The rally is scheduled for September 5th, just 4-days before the PMTA deadline and organizers hope a strong showing by advocates and grassroots vapers will pressure politicians to “do the right thing” and support flavored vaping products as a tool for harm reduction.
In this episode of RegWatch we are joined by Tristan Thompson and Sherwin Mena from the United Vapers Alliance. Hear the plans for the coming rally, learn how you can make a difference, and ask the organizers questions in advance of the big day.
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Live Streamed: August 31, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
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Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Armageddon for the U.S. vaping industry is fast approaching, and all hopes for a reprieve from the Trump administration are all but dashed. What if anything is happening behind the scenes to save the industry? What will become of the 150,000 jobs, the 11,000 small businesses, the thousands of manufactures, and the millions of vapers when the FDA’s PMTA deadline passes on September 9th?
Joining us today on RegWatch is Paul Blair, a policy strategist for the conservative-based advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform and vocal supporter of vaping as a tool for harm reduction.
Are anti-vaping forces sentencing hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people to a painful, premature death by smoking? Find out!
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Live Streamed: August 19, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
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Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
*Get ready to think! (42 mins) - Key clips from our episode SEISMIC SWITCH - Guest: David Sweanor, Ottawa lawyer, renowned tobacco-control policy expert
Hear how a tsunami of misinformation and the peddling of doubt about vaping, led to a comeback in cigarette smoking. Who’s to blame? Find out!
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Length: 41:45
Released: Aug 15, 2020
Org. Stream: Aug 13, 2020
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Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
*Get ready to think! (16mins) - Key clips from our episode PIVOTAL MOMENT | Dr. David Hammond Buries Correction on Teen Smoking Rates, with Dr. Chris Lalonde Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria.
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Length: 15:52
Released: August 6, 2020
Org. Stream: July 23, 2020
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Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
*Guest: Amanda Wheeler, National Vaping advocate
For the U.S. vaping industry, the past 12-months have been horrific. Countless vaping product retailers and many e-liquid manufacturers have shuttered operations in the wake of the so-called epidemic of teen vaping, the CDC’s outright deception over the so-called vaping-related lung illness and following the economic destruction resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Now with just a little over a month left to meet the final deadline for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Premarket Tobacco Product Application process; the U.S. vaping industry is bracing for yet another purge, which could destroy vaping as we know it in America.
In this episode of RegWatch we are joined by Amanda Wheeler, President of the Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance and Executive Director of the Arizona Smoke Free Business Alliance. Advocating on behalf of small manufacturers of non-cartridge ENDS products, Wheeler has been in direct discussion with officials at the United States Department of Health & Human Services, FDA and the Trump White House.
Learn details of the proposed plan to immediately establish an alternative “streamlined” PMTA pathway for small businesses selling non-cartridge ENDS. Hear what the response has been from HHS, FDA and the White House. And find out why Wheeler believes, that while “it’s a shot in the dark,” the industry should still “hope for the best.”
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Live Streamed: August 3, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by: DEMAND VAPE
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
*Guest: Dave Bryans, CEO of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association
Caught between big tobacco and big government is how Dave Bryans, CEO of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, describes the predicament that family-run convenience stores face in Ontario as a result of the upheaval over the so-called youth vaping epidemic.
OCSA’s membership totals over 3,000 independently run C-Stores in Ontario and the association advocates on behalf of the entire sector of 6,000 family-run stores.
In this episode of RegWatch learn about the pressure tactics which Bryans says big tobacco is using to maneuverer around the quickly changing regulatory environment and find out how new restrictions on the sale of vaping products represent a lost opportunity to communicate the virtues of vaping as an alternative to smoking.
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Live Streamed: July 28, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
*Guest: Dr. Chris Lalonde Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria - When University of Waterloo professor David Hammond first shared preliminary results of his teen vaping and smoking study with Health Canada and the media in late 2018, he did so with the “hope” that his findings were just a “blip”; a sentiment he expressed at the time, and then again in June 2019 when the study was finally published in the British Medical Journal.
While the results of the survey showed a 74% increase in teen vaping (measured as used once in the past 30-days,) from 2017 to 2018, the most explosive finding was in regard to youth smoking.
Dr. Hammond’s research purported to find a massive year-over-year increase of 45% in the prevalence of smoking among youth ages 16 to 19 in Canada. The finding fueled national news coverage, hyping the teen vaping “epidemic” and bolstered the claim that vaping is a gateway to smoking.
Now one year later, Dr. Hammond and the British Medical Journal have issued a correction to the controversial study and admit that not only was there no increase in teen smoking; the rate fell by 7%.
Joining us today on RegWatch is Dr. Chris Lalonde, Professor of Psychology and expert in research methodology at the University of Victoria. Hear his assessment of how researchers, media, and regulators leveraged Hammond’s research to justify new restrictions on vaping products; and learn why he believes this is a “pivotal moment.”
Did Dr. Hammond bury the correction to his study?
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Live Streamed: July 23, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
*Guest: Darryl Tempest, Exec. Dir. and Lead Advocate, Canadian Vaping Association
It is said nature abhors a vacuum and in regard to vaping regulations in Canada, this maxim appears to hold true. In the wake of the teen vaping epidemic and concern over the so-called “vaping-related lung illness,” provincial governments across the country have taken matters into their own hands by issuing a patchwork of new vaping restrictions intended to fill regulatory gaps left open by Health Canada.
The B.C. provincial government is the latest to drop a slew of new restrictions that are certain to change the way vaping products are produced, sold, and consumed in the province.
In this episode of RegWatch we are joined by Darryl Tempest, the Canadian Vaping Association’s Executive Director and Lead Advocate, for a detailed walkthrough and analysis of British Columbia’s new regs.
What will be the impact? Are these regs an industry killer?
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Live Streamed: July 22, 2020
Sr. Producer: Cindy Schmidt
Exec. Producer: Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by: FLAVOURART
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