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The Biden administration considers reducing cigarette addiction
On April 19, Eastern Time, media reported that the Biden administration is considering a new policy requiring tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine content of all cigarettes sold in the United States to a level that no longer makes consumers addicted. In addition, the Biden administration is still considering whether…
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US legislator considers lifting the ban on e-cigarette flavors
The ban on e-cigarette flavors that many states in the United States are considering has recently shown signs of reversal. The consideration behind the e-cigarette flavor ban is to protect minors from being attracted. At present, only a handful of states have successively passed bills related to flavor bans and…
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Why The USPS, Fed-Ex and DHL Won’t Ship Vaping Products?
Fed-Ex and UPS are following suit after the PACT Act was passed by Congress. Late in December 2020, Congress gave the go-signal to an appropriations bill called the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act (PACT), which prohibits the US Postal Service (UPS) from shipping both tobacco and cannabis vapor products.…
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USA customs seizes $1.5 million shipment of counterfeit ‘Rick and Morty’ vape pens at O’Hare
Customs agents at O’Hare Airport on Tuesday seized a large shipment of counterfeit vape pens worth more than a million dollars. The shipment, on its way from China to a distribution company in Georgia, contained 258 boxes of vape pens depicting images of the popular cartoon “Rick and Morty,” according…
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Half of young people in the United States quit e-cigarettes because of their health
According to a new study published in “Addictive Behaviors“, more than 50% of young e-cigarette users want to stop and quit e-cigarettes. 2,000 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 participated in this study. All of them participated in the newsletter cessation aid program in 2019 and wanted…
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Disposable E-Cigarette Sales Take Off in USA
CHICAGO — Customers gave little to no attention to the disposable e-cigarette category before a year ago, said Nik DiMambro, category manager for Nouria Energy Corp. That’s when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) guidance banning flavored vapor cartridges took effect. And while flavored disposables have been popular for…
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Congress Amends the PACT Act to Apply to All Vaping Products
Background on the PACT Act As part of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” in the most recent COVID-19 relief bill signed into law on December 27, 2020, Congress amended the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (“PACT”) Act to apply to e-cigarettes and all vaping products. Originally passed in 2009, the PACT…
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Recreational marijuana sales kick off in Arizona
Recreational marijuana sales have started in Arizona, with many of the state’s medical-marijuana dispensaries getting the OK on Friday to open sales to anyone 21 or older. A Harvest Health and Recreation dispensary in Scottsdale got approval at about noon. The staff quickly broke out signs showing where recreational customers would check…
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FDA Seizes $720,000 of Counterfeit and Unauthorised Vapes
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in conjunction with the FDA, have recently seized a shipment of over 33,000 counterfeit and unauthorised e-cigarettes while in transit from China to Texas. Upwards of 40 separate shipments, valued at an estimated $720,000, were found to contain replicas of Puff Bar products –…
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Bend vape shop reacts to hefty new e-cigarette tax
Effective Friday, Oregon Measure 108 increases the tax on cigarettes and imposes a sizable new tax on e-cigarette vaping products. We talked with a Bend vape shop owner about the impact on his business. Videos
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