There’s a company in the U.K. marketing a vape device called the Slissie as a method to curb snacking habits by using it as an aid for losing weight.
The company’s website specifically says that the Slissie is “vapour-free.” Instead of vapor, they say users receive a “mist” of appetite-suppressing flavor.
I’ve mentioned this a couple of times before but if you don’t know, I was a vegan. Not one of those PETA nutcases, but I was a devoted vegan for nearly 3 years. It was entirely for ethical reasons, not health reasons. I’m not going to go into why I’m not vegan anymore, but I still care a lot for animals.
One thing that being vegan taught me was to have a deep respect for all life. Life is a precious thing, for all living things, and we shouldn’t take it for granted. Even today, I still practice some vegan philosophies, for example, I try to buy most products from companies that don’t test on animals.
And that’s why this latest announcement from the FDA makes me happy.
David Goerlitz, the former Winston Man, and producer Jean-Philippe Boutin partnered to make a short 15 minute documentary about Bill 44 and Bill S-5 in Quebec, Canada.
I don’t know how big of a role David Goerlitz played in advocating for vaping before he was featured in the popular documentary “A Billion Lives,” but since then, we’ve seen a lot of him. He’s been a really big advocate for promoting the benefits of vaping, which is great.
Goerlitz traveled to Quebec and talked with several vape shop owners.
The UK-based battery company Next Day Batteries has confirmed that they have been unintentionally selling fake battery chargers since as far back as July. July is when they started receiving complaints but it wasn’t until just recently when someone posted a forum thread on PlanetOfTheVapes.co.uk that the news really broke. According to the original author … Read more
I talked about this in-depth when the draft guidance came out in January 2017, and not much has changed as far as I can tell. But this new guidance is finalized and out of draft form, so I wanted to cover it again for anyone who missed me talking about it before. This is still … Read more
New York politicians are at it again. A state lawmaker in Manhattan wants to ban flavored e-juices. This person is Linda Rosenthal a Democrat assemblywoman. She introduced a bill last month in September to ban the sale of flavored e-juice throughout the entire state of New York.
Here are just some short tidbits of what’s happening around the world. First, the U.S. territory of Guam has introduced a new bill seeking to expand their current public smoking ban to also include vaping. Benjamin Cruz, The Speaker of Gaum Legislature was quoted as saying “Vaping is a choice,” and that “Breathing isn’t. No … Read more
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Back in June 2017, San Francisco’s board of supervisors passed a ban on flavored tobacco products, and since electronic cigarettes are technically considered tobacco products, this basically translates to a full ban on selling e-juices in San Francisco, which will take effect on April 1st, 2018. San Fransisco residents will still be able to buy e-juice online from stores outside of the city, but no local vape shops will be allowed to sell e-juice. This will most likely put most, if not all, brick and mortar shops in San Francisco out of business.
Last week on Sept. 6th, Mitch Zeller published a blog post on the FDA Voice blog, encouraging tobacco companies, including e-juice manufacturers, to submit documents that contain trade secrets.
This document is called the tobacco product master file (TPMF). This is a voluntary file that would benefit the industry as a whole, or at least that’s the idea behind it.
As you might have heard, on July 21st, judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in favor of the FDA in the Nicopure vs FDA lawsuit, leaving the FDA in full control of regulating vapor products as tobacco products.
It was already expected that Nicopure would appeal the decision and now that’s what they’ve done.