Fighting the EU Tobacco Directive

Lots of people in the vaping and e-cigarette industry have been discouraged by recent announcements on the European Union Tobacco Directive, a piece of regulation that goes well beyond what the European Parliament originally voted to approve in October of last year. It seems like the European regulators have done an about-face and look toward … Read more

CDC Reports: Smoking Rates Down in 2015

As new and better vaping and e-cigarette products continue to come on the market, experts, safety advocates, consumers and others are asking how this is affecting smoking rates. Now, there’s evidence that traditional tobacco smoking is at new lows. A 2015 National Health Interview Survey shows that about 15% of American adults smoked during the … Read more

UK Study: E-cigarettes Much Safer Than Traditional Tobacco

Recent studies in the UK are showing that there’s really no comparison between traditional tobacco products, which have killed millions of people, and new vaping and e-cigarette products that have the potential to save lives. Independent reviews from Public Health England are now coming out that show e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes. … Read more

Why Are Australian Rules On E-Cigarettes So Hard?

As more smokers try to reduce or eliminate traditional tobacco by using products like vaping materials and e-cigarettes, and these products continue to get more popular on the market, Australians are wondering just what it is about this type of product that has invoked so much ire from regulatory agencies. Experts in the industry are … Read more

Italians Protest “Supertax” on Vaping

Recently, many Italians have taken to the streets to defend their right to affordable vaping and e-cigarette products. Source reports from Italy — Letrera 43 — Il Secolo XIX What’s behind a lot of this activity is something referred to as a European ‘supertax’ that charges Italian vaping and e-cigarette customers the equivalent of about five … Read more

FDA Activity on E-cigarettes — Ahead On Their Skis?

As new notices come out of Washington, DC about plans by the Food and Drug Administration to make retroactive regulations on e-cigarette and vaping products, the industry’s fighting back and questioning the regulator’s timeline on its notifications, based on the established process for making changes to industry rules. Some of the issue is that new … Read more

A Vaping Mobile Phone! – The Vaporcade by Zeus

It’s been a long running joke that our smartphones can do almost anything these days, that, whatever you need to do, “there’s an app for that.” — now, a Los Angeles company has unveiled a system where you can smoke e-cigarettes on your mobile. The idea of IP connectivity systems started with early additions to … Read more