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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Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Not long ago, many Canadians felt they could trust their governments to protect and promote their physical and mental well-being. It's a promise enshrined in Canada's Health Act and echoed by provincial governments across the land.
But this high-minded ideal is proving a farce with the growing number of provincial bans on flavoured nicotine vaping products and crippling sales taxes and excise duty.
Darryl Tempest, executive director of the Canadian Vaping Association, is joining us today to discuss the impact of Quebec's new flavour ban and the worrying news that Ontario plans to join the federal vaping excise tax program.
Is the Canadian vaping industry at its breaking point?
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Released: November 21, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is part of our “Last Stand” coverage
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Never before has the future of nicotine vaping in Canada looked so perilous. With the province of Quebec now wholly joined with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Northwest Territories in banning or restricting flavours in nicotine vaping products, hundreds of thousands of Canadians now have little or no access to a vital tool for tobacco harm reduction.
Taxes are also compounding the difficulties for Canadian vapers, first with the federal government and its recently levied excise tax. Now, with the news that Ontario intends to join the federal tax program, thus doubling the excise duty on nicotine vaping products sold in Canada's largest market.
Joining us today to discuss these troubling developments is Ian Irvine, professor of economics at the Department of Economics at Concordia University in Montreal.
Is Canada now hostile territory for nicotine vapers? Find Out!
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Released: November 16, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
What will the U.S. FDA do now? With the release of the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, it’s now not only certain the so-called “epidemic” of teen vaping is over, but it looks like it was mostly hype in the first place. In the last four years, the teen vaping rate crashed to a historic low, dropping over 60% since its 2019 high.
Joining us today is Tony Abboud, executive director of the Vapor Technology Association. He says the 2023 NYTS data fundamentally undercuts the FDA’s teen vaping narrative, which it has gripped onto for years while pushing the myth that flavors drive youth vaping.
Will the FDA reverse course? Find out!
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Released: November 13, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
With Quebec’s flavour ban on nicotine vaping products now in effect, the clock is ticking on what may become a public health disaster for the province. According to a growing body of research on the impact of flavour bans, sales of combustible cigarettes are likely to grow while safer nicotine vaping products crater. Most alarmingly, where sales of flavoured nicotine products are restricted, teens tend to turn to smoking—destroying the very reason for implementing flavour bans in the first place.
Joining today to discuss Canada’s flavour ban fever is Dr. Michael Pesko, the J. Rhoads Foster Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri. He’s a co-author of new research examining the effects of flavor restrictions on tobacco product sales. The results are troubling, indicating a rise in combustible cigarette sales where flavor bans are implemented.
Do flavour bans cause more harm than good? Find out!
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Released: November 1, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
When using a nicotine vape to quit smoking or to stay quit, flavors are essential. They provide endless opportunities to tailor the vaping experience to personal taste. Without flavors, vaping becomes less viable as a tool to quit smoking. Yet public health and anti-vaping groups push flavor bans and flavor restrictions in jurisdictions across North America. But at what cost?
Joining us in this episode of RegWatch is Dr. Michael Pesko, the J. Rhoads Foster Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri. He’s a co-author of new research examining the effects of flavor restrictions on tobacco product sales. The results are troubling, indicating a rise in combustible cigarette sales where flavor bans are implemented.
Are there unintended consequences of vape taxes and flavor bans? Find out.
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Released: October 27, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Ontario’s no-fault auto insurance system should provide auto accident victims with injuries deemed to be minor direct access to essential healthcare services such as physio, chiropractic, and massage therapy. But the system comes with a catch that caps available treatment, leaving many without the care they need to heal fully.
Joining us today to help unpack Ontario’s auto insurance system is Peter Lawriw-Bahan, the director of medical-legal services at Pace Law, an Ontario law firm with over with over 40 years of experience representing auto accident victims in the province.
Is the system broken? Find out!
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Released: October 20, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
It's the largest study of its kind in the United States, which shows e-cigarettes are effective in helping smokers to quit—just don't call it "cessation." In many countries, making smoking cessation claims in advertising and marketing is illegal. And, for tobacco control researchers writing funding applications, investigating cessation is a non-starter.
Government health agencies say the evidence to recommend e-cigarettes for smoking cessation is insufficient. But is this truly the case?
Joining us today is the lead author of this ground-breaking study, tobacco control researcher Dr. Matthew Carpenter, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and co-leader of the cancer control program at Hollings Cancer Center.
Carpenter says, "No matter how we looked at it, those who got the e-cigarette product demonstrated greater abstinence and reduced harm compared to those who didn't."
Is the U.S. primed for a 180 on nicotine vaping? Find out!
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Released: October 7, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Reporting from the Global Forum on Nicotine 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, RegWatch takes a deep dive into the machinations of tobacco control and its global effort to eradicate nicotine vapes and other safer nicotine products.
Featuring part two* of our interview with journalist and global THR consumer activist Samrat Chowdhery, we unpack the misguided assumption that nicotine vaping advocates are pawns of big tobacco, and we discuss how the United States and other western countries have a responsibility to correct the record on vaping.
Released: September 30, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
It's a nightmare for auto accident victims whose injuries refuse to conform to the prescribed structure set by the Ontario provincial government. Known as the Minor Injury Guideline, the MIG defines and categorizes certain types of auto accident injuries as "minor." Streamlining the claims process, constraining healthcare providers, and limiting compensation available to auto accident victims.
Joining us today to talk about the MIG and the struggle to provide healthcare to auto accident victims is Leslie Tempest, registered physiotherapist and owner of ProActive Rehab in Huntsville, Ontario.
Does Ontario’s auto insurance system treat the injured as square pegs?
Find out!
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Released: September 13, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
As the decline in adult smoking rates stalls, public health officials in Australia continue to push prohibition as the only solution to stem youth use of nicotine vaping products. But one health expert says the policy is myopic and puts the lives of adult smokers at risk.
Reporting from the Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, Poland, RegWatch sits down with Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, Founding Chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association and unwavering advocate for nicotine vapes.
Is tobacco control out of control? Find out!
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Released: August 10, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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