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.
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Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
One of our favorite guests on RegWatch delivered an inspiring heartfelt speech extolling the virtues of vaping at the GTNF 2021 London conference. It’s a message everyone should hear.
Amanda Wheeler
Owner of Jvapes and president of the American Vapor Manufacturers Association
Amanda is the president of the American Vapor Manufacturers Association, which she co-founded to represent independent vapor manufacturers navigating the regulatory landscape. She is also the owner of Jvapes E-liquid, established in 2011. Since then, Wheeler has been a strong advocate for vapor products and also serves as the executive director of the Arizona Smoke-Free Business Alliance and the president of the Rocky Mountain Smoke-Free Alliance. She graduated from Lamar University with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology before pursuing a Master of Arts degree in psychology from Prescott College.
About GTNF 2021
Offers tobacco and nicotine stakeholders the opportunity to reconnect with each other at a time of accelerating change. Together, we can consider and rise to the challenges of balancing innovation and sustainability.
Are you ready to tackle the obstacles and explore the opportunities that the new landscape offers?
Recorded: Sept 23, 2021
Produced by GTNF
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Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
It may have been the Canadian vaping industry’s last hope. It’s expected within the next 4 to 6 weeks that Health Canada could pull the trigger on its disastrous flavour ban for nicotine vaping products, which many believe could only be stopped by a change in national government. That change of course did not happen, with the re-election of Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals.
Joining us today to discuss the impact of the 2021 federal election on the battle to save vaping is Darryl Tempest, executive director of the Canadian Vaping Association. Does the return to power of Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals help or hurt the effort to save vaping in Canada?
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Released: Sept 23, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
Part of our “Last Stand” coverage
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Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
With Canada’s general election now over and the federal Liberals returned to power, the future for nicotine vaping in Canada appears bleak. Without political intervention, it’s likely nothing could stop Health Canada from implementing its proposed flavour ban, which is certain to decimate the industry.
Joining us today on RegWatch is Clive Bates, tobacco control policy expert and former Director of Action on Smoking and Health (UK). He issues a blistering critique of Health Canada’s cost-benefit analysis, which the regulator is using to justify its dangerous new policy.
Why does Bates call anti-vaping efforts in Canada “absolutely reprehensible and unethical?”
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Released: Sept 21, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
Part of our “Last Stand” coverage
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Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Join RegWatch for a special live episode to unpack the reckless behaviour of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its decision to delay authorizations of nicotine vaping products for controversial companies such as Juul. While issuing Marketing Denial Orders for millions of products manufactured and sold by thousands of small businesses operating in the U.S. market.
*Guests: Amanda Wheeler, Exec. Dir., Arizona Smoke Free Business Alliance & President, Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance / Dimitris Agrafiotis, Exec. Dir. Tennessee Smoke Free Association / Phil Busardo, Vape Evangelist
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Streamed Live: September 10, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
It is a remarkable development in the contentious debate over nicotine vaping. A group of influential tobacco control experts authored a paper, published in The American Journal of Public Health, calling on the broader health community, policymakers, and the media to re-evaluate and reform their positions on vaping in favor of vaping as a tool for harm reduction
Joining us today on RegWatch is Dr. Robin J Mermelstein, Distinguished Prof. of Psychology and IHRP Director at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and Chair of FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. Dr. Mermelstein is one of 15 past presidents of the prestigious Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco that coauthored the paper.
Why does this renowned group of anti-tobacco scientists advocate for greater adult access to nicotine vaping products? Find out.
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Released: Sept 2, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Saturday Aug 28, 2021
Saturday Aug 28, 2021
Since the beginning of this year, RegWatch has reported on the situation concerning the United States Postal Service and a new law that bans the shipment of all nicotine vaping products via U.S. mail.
The “Vape Mail” ban could have a devastating impact on the nicotine vaping industry in the United States. But it also threatens another industry, one more popular and on the rise: the cannabis industry. It appears lawmakers intend to sweep cannabis vaping products into the new regulation.
In this episode of RegWatch, we are joined by Tami Wahl, Washington lobbyist for the cannabis industry. She’s leading an effort to fight the Vape Mail ban that includes cannabis vaping and nicotine vaping industries. What brought these unlikely partners together in joint action? Find out!
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Released: August 28, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
When the government of Canada first made nicotine vaping products legal, many top tobacco researchers from around the world lauded the move. But what about today: now that a pending ban on flavours threatens tobacco harm reduction in the country?
*Guest: Dr. Raymond Niaura, Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, NYU School of Global Public Health
Released: August 24, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Where we have seen severe restrictions and flavor bans on nicotine vaping products, “the smoking rate is going back up,” says Dr. Raymond Niaura, NYU epidemiologist and long-time tobacco researcher. The return of smoking is a disturbing trend that seems to be an accepted consequence of tobacco control’s war on vaping.
What’s driving public health decision-making? Find out.
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Released: August 13, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
*Guest: Dr. Raymond Niaura, Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, NYU School of Global Public Health
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
*In partnership with Rights4Vapers | It’s not an exaggeration to say Health Canada‘s proposed ban on flavours in nicotine vaping products will push hundreds of thousands of Canadians back to smoking because Health Canada freely admits this fact in the Regulatory Analysis Impact Statement for the proposed new regulations. But if a flavour ban in Canada leads to more people smoking, it also means more suffering, disease, and death. Does Health Canada admit this troubling fact? Does the health regulator even care?
In this jam-packed special edition of RegWatch, we’ll dig into these questions. Joining us as co-host is national vaping activist Maria Papaioannoy-Duic from Rights4Vapers and guests include Shai Bekman, president of DashVapes Inc.; Luke Marshall, owner of County Vape; and David Levesque, founding partner of Digital Smoke supplies.
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Live Streamed: July 27, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford and Maria Papaioannoy-Duic
This episode is supported by SIR VAPE-A-LOT - LA VAPOTE - CANADA E-CLOUDS
Part of our “Last Stand” coverage
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Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
As far as inflection points go, the U.S. vaping industry has met its share of turmoil over the past few years. Yet, the industry still manages to hold on. But what’s next for vaping as we approach the court-mandated September 2021 deadline for FDA to review premarket tobacco product applications?
Joining us today is regulatory and public policy lawyer Azim Chowdhury from the firm Keller & Heckman. For over a decade, Chowdhury’s been one of the most prominent legal advocates for the U.S. vaping industry.
In this episode of RegWatch, we take a deep dive into the most pressing issues facing the industry. Will FDA provide market authorization to more than just a handful of big vape companies? What’s the status on flavors, taxes, and the vape mail ban? Will the U.S. vaping industry survive?
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Released: July 15, 2021
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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