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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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Vape shop to open in former city centre Greenwoods store
Another vape shop is set to open in the city centre – after the old Greenwoods unit was snapped up. A sign in the window of the Hanley shop reveals E-Cig International is ‘coming soon’. Any immediate plans have been put on hold due to the second national lockdown which is due…
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State moves ahead with M. 101 tobacco tax hike, new e-cigarette/vaping tax
To fund health care for low-income families, public health programs SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –With the approval of Measure 108 by Oregon voters earlier this week, the Department of Revenue said Thursday it is moving ahead with the implementation of increases in cigarette and tobacco taxes along with a new tax…
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Major Anti-Vaping Scientific Study Retracted
Vaping is supposed to be a form of harm reduction, that is, allow nicotine addicts to have access to the drug without the harmful tars and chemicals in cigarettes that cause cancer, heart disease, and other maladies. Last year, the Journal of the American Heart Association published a study finding that vaping…
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Electronic cigarettes sales continue to rise in USA
E-cigarettes and vaping products are facing headwinds from all sides — from regulatory challenges to competition from nicotine replacement products to disruption amid COVID-19, which has nudged some vapers back to combustible tobacco products. Still, demand for e-cigs and vape products continues to grow. C-store dollar sales of electronic cigarettes…
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Proposition EE: Experts weigh in on impact of tobacco, vaping tax measure
COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado voters will have a tough decision to make when it comes to one ballot measure. Proposition EE, which if approved in November, would hike taxes on tobacco products and levy the first-ever tax on vaping. HOUSE BILL 20-1427 Cigarette taxes would gradually increase over the next…
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Teen e-cigarette use declined in 2020
The number of high school and middle school students using e-cigarettes dropped off this year, declining from last year’s record high. Just under 20 percent of high schoolers and about 5 percent of middle schoolers said that they currently used the products, according to the 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey, which…
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