California is an important state for vaping. Many of the large flavoring, nicotine, and E-Liquid companies are based there. Voters of California showed up to express their opposition to SB 140 so Senator Leno had no choice but to save face and drop the bill. However, seven days later, the governor called for a special session to revisit the bill behind closed doors. Fingers […]

The California Committee on Governmental Organization met to hear proponents and opponents of SB 140. SB 140 would Define vapor products as “tobacco products” Prohibit vaping where smoking is currently banned Prohibit vaping in some private residences, group homes, and transitional housing In part because of the large group of opponents from the vaping community showing up to the hearing, this bill is not […]

In April of 2014, the FDA proposed regulations that would force anyone in the vaping industry to go through an economically crippling approval process before bringing products to market. This would eliminate 99 percent of the products you currently see on the market. Healthnewsdigest.com reported that Greg Conley “praised House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Related Agencies […]

Dimitris Agrafiotis (representing Mountain Oak), Vapor Shark, Space Jam, Boiler Maker, POET, Good Life Vapor, NJOY, Ben Jonsons, and Five Pawns, had the opportunity to meet with the FDA’s Mitch Zeller and his staff at their headquarters. Details aren’t known to the public yet, but Dimitris posted on Facebook; “More information next week. One thing I can say, the marketing perspective relative to kids […]

Indiana lawmakers could be smoking something other than cigarettes. Earlier this month, Indiana passed some rather extreme legislation that would regulate people selling vaping products within and to the state of Indiana. A couple of the lowlights are: Eliquid manufacturers must obtain a permit from the alcohol and tobacco commission before bottling e-liquid or selling e-liquid to retailers or distributors. Manufacturing permit requires plans […]

CASAA has issued a call to action for us to comment on the FDA’s 2nd workshop. Of course no real experts were allowed at the workshop, but we were able to view it. CASAA gives a quick summary of the workshop on their website, but it was basically hand picked people that know very little about electronic cigarettes. These experts also expressed their concern […]

Why does the government not like vaping? Here’s is a short video illustration done by the movement called ‘notblowingsmoke.org’

The FDA has extended the comment period to July 15, 2015. You can comment here about the safety of e-cigarettes with facts and citations. So far, there are less than 900 comments submitted by the 20 million American Vapers. There is also a workshop where your voice can be heard in Maryland on June 1st and 2nd. The public workshop will be held at […]

from CASAA.org ATTENTION PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT ECIGS. It’s time to tell the FDA how ecigs work. They can’t seem to figure it out on their own. FDA Call to Action: Submit comments on FDA’s “workshop” regarding e-cigarettes. http://blog.casaa.org/2015/03/call-to-action-submit-comments-on-fdas.html In December 2014, the FDA held the first of a series of “workshops” in which “experts” are invited to inform them about the physical characteristics […]

from CASAA.org Two identical bills, SB 539 and HB 1432, have been introduced in the Indiana Legislature that threaten to overregulate the manufacturing of e-liquid products. These bills would prohibit the sale of any e-liquid product — including those manufactured outside the state — unless it is produced by a company that has procured a manufacturer’s license from the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission […]