Category: Recent News
Lost Art Liquids, LLC Files Lawsuit Against FDA
Here’s the second one (that I know of). Click it to get more information:
Lost Art Liquids, LLC Files Lawsuit Against FDA
NEW IN THE QUEUE – THE KANGER DRIPBOX 160 – 5/19/16
The Kanger Dripbox 160 has arrived. Very impressed with the battery door on this one. It’s similar to the Cuboid door, but has a better spring loaded feel. The magnetic bottle door is also well done and uses stronger magnets than before.
For the shape on this one, as I mentioned in the announcement post, think the Reuleaux with the center battery replaced by a liquid bottle for squonking.
This one is regulated and does temperature control, features not found in the original Dripbox.
It looks like they’ve added a small air hole on the Subdrip 160 and have labeled it MTL. Not sure how well that’s going to work but we’ll see.
Here’s some additional information from Kanger:
Features:
- Easy DIY RBA base
- MTL and DL drip tip
- Juice capacity 7.0mL
- Disposal Dripping coil
- Replaceable dual 18650
- Squeeze to adjust your E-liquid
- Easy Juice filling, no more dropper
- 160W output with TC
In the box:
- Subdrip 160
- Dripbox 160
- DIY Drip base & clapton coil
- Replacement Drip coil(Kanthal)
- Extra juice tank
- Accessory pack
- USB cable
- Manual
NEW ADDITIONS TO SEVIA USA!
SEVIA USA welcomes it’s newest members: Heaven Gifts, Ijoy, and Sense! An official announcement will follow.
From CASAA – PLEASE TAKE ACTION AND SHARE!
CASAA’s May 2016 Newsletter is coming soon, but, we wanted to make sure our members had some important information and engagement opportunities at their fingertips while we work out the finishing touches.
Here’s what you need to know for Thursday, May 19th, 2016:
A real petition that needs your participation:
Del. Larry Faircloth (R-WV) has proven himself as a valuable and effective advocate for vapor products in West Virginia. Now, in the wake of the FDA deeming regulations, he is taking his talent and legislative experience to lawmakers in D.C.
Please take action NOW by signing Del. Faircloth’s petition — which will be hand delivered to specific lawmakers — and support his effort to stand up to the FDA’s overreaching and disastrous regulations on vapor products.
Take Action – Sign the Petition
Survey – Centre for Substance Use Research
Last month, we alerted members to a survey produced by Dr. Christopher Russell, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Substance Use Research. The information gathered will help present to regulators, academics, and medical professionals a more accurate picture about how people are using vapor products and contribute to the conversation about how vaping can benefit public health. Dr. Russell is still collecting data and hopes to make this the largest survey of its kind — the more data the better!
Take Action – Complete the Survey
Change the predicate date for vapor products!
This week, CASAA updated our engagement in support of a change to the predicate date for products newly deemed to be tobacco by the FDA. We have made a slight adjustment to the letter we are asking members to send lawmakers to include support for both HR 2058 and the Cole-Bishop amendment. Please see our updated post here for more details. If you have not already taken action on this issue, please take a moment today to send a message to your lawmakers urging them to update the predicate date for vapor products.
Take Action – Send an Email
Update on the Deeming Regulations
Since the FDA deeming regulations were published for public inspection on May 5th, we’ve been reviewing multiple legislative and legal challenges to the rules. CASAA has joined with other groups in a coalition to explore all of these options as well as PR strategies. We are committed to combining our efforts to fight this battle on multiple fronts. This is an intensive process and, given the high stakes, we are thoroughly considering all viable pathways to challenging the FDA’s deeming regulations.
We are all aware of the desire for quick and decisive action in this matter. However, one hasty decision or poorly worded statement can create problems down the line. It is vital that any action is fully considered before being executed. A well-crafted and focused effort has the best chance for success. It is time to act with purpose, not react emotionally.
Some Good News
On Wednesday, May 18th, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf raising concerns about the agency’s recent e-cigarette regulation, which could create undue burdens on small businesses and lead to negative unintended health consequences. We will continue to update you as this effort progresses. You can view the letter here.
If you are on Twitter, please also take a moment to retweet Sen. Johnson’s message to the FDA. Feel free to ask the @US_FDA and @FDAtobacco to respond in your own words — politely — and use the hashtag #AnswerRonJohnson
An Important Message From Gregory Conley, President of the American Vaping Association (AVA)
Over the next 27 months, there are going to be a lot of well-meaning (but ultimately dangerous) people that are going to try to promote events asking vapers to protest at the FDA, White House, Congress, etc.
Unless it is an effort that major advocacy groups are involved with, I strongly encourage you to not to participate in these events (and urge others to focus their efforts in more productive places). There are numerous potential problems with such an event, especially one that is hastily thrown together with no real plan.
Additionally,I want to even more strongly urge vapers not to fall for PR traps, like the FDA saying they’ll allow you to “interview” them. It will not turn out good. At all.
When such an event is proposed, please look into the person hosting the event. Is he or she really a positive representative of the vaping community?
Sincerely,
Gregory Conley
President — American Vaping Association
SMOKE FREE RADIO REPLAY – 5/17/16 – “Legislation, Litigation”
As promised, here’s the replay.
Strongly suggest you listen and share. Especially if you’re confused over the HR2058 Bill and Cole-Bishop Amendment.
*Ashley Davis, partner at West Front Strategies analyzes the HR2058 Bill & Cole/Bishop amendment, what they mean and what the industry and community need to do.
*Also Scott Eley joins us to discuss the industry led litigation against the overreaching onerous FDA deeming regulations.
JOYETECH JOINS SEVIA USA!
Very happy and proud to announce that Joyetech has joined the fight to save vaping as we know it and has become a member of SEVIA USA!
Following up on our most recent post, we have identified a few associations that we believe will have a positive influence, especially in helping us combat the FDA’s regulations.
Joyetech is proud to announce membership in SEVIA USA (a part of VTA, Vapor Technology Association) In addition to partnering with the Law Firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw and Pittman, Joyetech will be joining more organizations to support our cause.
Joyetech Group 18 May 2016
NEW IN THE QUEUE – THE HOTCIG DX75 – 5/17/16
Here come the DNA-75s! This is the second one that has arrived. Looks good and it’s a bit smaller than the Hcigr VT75 (see photos below).
Here’s a little more from Hotcig:
Colors：
- Red, black & grey
Main profiles:
- SIZE:87*42*30mm
- Thread Type: 510 thread
- Battery:18650/26650
- Output Mode: Ni200, Ti, SS316, VW
- Output Wattage: 75W
- Temperature Range: 100-300℃, 200-600℉
- Flashing LED fire button.
- Can be set up on EScribe software
TASTE YOUR JUICE WELCOMES BATTERY MOOCH!!
I would like to personally welcome Battery Mooch to TasteYourJuice.com.
“Mooch” is well known and respected in the industry as the “battery guy” and is quite popular on the ECF. I’ve worked with Mooch several times in the background and he’s always been quite helpful and knowledgeable in answering my questions.
Although I have some experience with battery testing, Mooch has all the experience I lack so I though it a good fit to offer him his own page here on TasteYourJuice.com.
If you look to the left, you’ll see the new Battery Mooch page under Information/Resources. His first article can be found there as well.
WELCOME MY FRIEND!
Who is Battery Mooch?
My name is John Muchow, some of you may know me as Mooch on ECF and FB and Mooch315
on ECR. I have been vaping since April, 2015 and haven’t smoked once since I
started!I was born and raised in New York City and still live there now. Since 1992 I have
been designing and building electronic devices for a large number of clients. My
first products were camera remote-control systems for sports photographers. As these
systems, and other devices, transitioned from wired to wireless the performance of
the batteries they used was very important as there was no way to replace them
during use. This led to me doing more and more battery testing and developing the
electronics to charge, test, and protect them.As battery technology advanced, from NiCd to NiMH to Li-Ion and now
ultracapacitor/Li-Ion hybrids, the devices I built and the battery testing I did
advanced along with them. I started specializing in power management electronics;
battery chargers, energy harvesters (for charging from heat, light, or
vibration/movement), power supplies, battery analyzers, electronic loads for battery
discharging, and battery management/protection systems. This is the work I still do
today.My clients have included the US Army, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated,
Eastman Kodak Company, and hundreds of other companies from large to small. Part of
the work I’ve done for a lot of my clients has been battery testing. Sometimes they
want to recommend a good battery to their customers. Other times they’re batteries I
have chosen to combine with my electronics to form a complete, protected power
source for them to incorporate into their products.Depending on my client’s requirements this testing can take up to several weeks to
complete. I use a subset of these tests when evaluating the batteries we use when
vaping. This includes continuous-current tests to establish the battery’s true (and
safe) ratings. They also help to determine if there’s any risk of venting if one of
our mods autofires or a mechanical mod’s button is accidentally pressed. The
pulse-current tests measure the degree of voltage sag we would see when vaping at
different current levels. Both types of tests are done the same way for every set of
batteries I test.This consistency in the testing allows for direct comparison of the performance of
different batteries even if the pulse discharging I do doesn’t match the way you
vape.Safety is my number one priority. While I often test at discharge current levels
that can result in unsafe battery temperatures, this is the only way to figure out
what a battery’s true and safe ratings are. No battery is totally safe but we can
certainly avoid taking unnecessary risks.My blog at ECF has the results of all my testing and a few articles on batteries,
battery safety, etc.:https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/mooch.256958/
I have also listed the equipment I use and the steps I follow when testing. This
allows anyone to replicate my tests if they want to:https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/my-cell-testing-equipment-and-setup.7431/
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/whats-done-for-each-cell-test.7433/
My battery test results offer you a resource you can use when choosing a battery
that will not only be safer for the way you vape but will also give you great
performance.I’m looking forward to contributing to TasteYourJuice.com and I want to thank
PBusardo for the opportunity to help spread the word on exaggerated battery ratings
and battery safety!Mooch
SMOKE FREE RADIO NETWORK
With the importance of what is going on right now, I’ll be posting Dimitris’ show information as well as the replays here on TasteYourJuice.com.
What is Smoke Free Radio?
The Smoke Free Radio Network is dedicated to promoting tobacco harm reduction via use of personal vaporizers also known as ecigs!
Tonight on the show:
Legislation, Litigation
Ashley Davis, partner at West Front Strategies analyzes the HR2058 Bill & Cole/Bishop amendment, what they mean and what the industry and community need to do. Also Scott Eley joins us to discuss the industry led litigation against the overreaching onerous FDA deeming regulations.
Click the image to be taken to the site. You can listen to this show tonight live at 9:00 EDT.
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