VAPING NEWS: EU [Vaping Is A Gateway Out Of Smoking]
“Aside from targeting the harm-reduction nature of vaping, some of the recent criticism has also sought to frame vaping as a gateway to conventional smoking. However, that couldn’t be farther from the truth, and the longer the European Union continues to demonise vaping, the fewer smokers get a chance to switch to a safer and healthier alternative. Moreover, countries that adopt harm reduction policies see better results in reducing smoking compared to more restrictive countries. It is important to keep in mind that demand for cigarettes per se is inelastic, and measures such as advertising bans, plain packaging, and taxes have not proved to be effective in reducing smoking rates. Vaping, on the contrary, serves as a viable alternative that provides smokers with an opportunity to reduce health-associated risks and eventually quit smoking. The effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool is undeniable as it targets smokers as opposed to non-smokers. E-cigarettes are a gateway out of smoking. E-cigarettes are a gateway out of smoking.”
ARTICLE LINK: Vaping is the gateway out of smoking
VAPING NEWS: BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT [Flavor Ban]
“In 2019 Connecticut’s largest city raised the age limit for smoking from 18 to 21, and the entire state followed a few months later. Now local officials and activists are hoping history repeats itself as they pursue banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Bridgeport while also lobbying the General Assembly in Hartford to pass similar legislation. On Friday at 11 a.m. Nieves, state Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, Greater Bridgeport NAACP President Rev. Stanley Lord and representatives from Bridgeport Hospital and the American Cancer Society will host an 11 a.m. teleconference to promote the effort. Then Nieves will introduce the local ban at Monday’s regular council meeting and ask her colleagues to vote to forward it to the ordinance committee for consideration and a public hearing. Should it pass, supporters said, Bridgeport would be the first Connecticut municipality to enact such a restriction.”
ARTICLE LINK: Bridgeport pursues flavored tobacco ba
VAPING NEWS: NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA [Judge Upholds Vaping Restrictions]
“A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has denied a resident’s application for an injunction against the provincial government’s tough-on-vaping rules. William MacEachern, co-owner of the Cloud Factory Vape Shop in Dartmouth, alleged that increased taxes on vaping products and devices, a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes and vape juice, and a prohibition on sampling such items in stores unduly restricted his access to a critical harm reduction tool. He has challenged the constitutionality of the province’s restrictions, which came into effect between April and September of 2020, on the basis that they violate his right to security of the person, outlined in Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The judge also said he did not adequately prove that the public good would be better served by lifting the vaping rules, than by keeping them in place.”
ARTICLE LINK: Judge upholds Nova Scotia’s vaping restrictions
THE GEEKVAPE WENAX K1!
A PBusardo Review – The GeekVape Wenax K1
In this video we take a look at the new Geekvape Wenax K1, the baby brother of the original Wenax Stylus. We also kick off a new contest to give one away!
The Links:
Geekvape
The #1 Best Selling Flavor in the Unsalted Line… The Delicious Watermelon Peach (and the other flavors too) @ Dash Vapes (Canada)
The #1 Best Selling Flavor in the Unsalted Line… The Delicious Watermelon Peach (and the other flavors too) @ Rocky Top Vapor (US)
The Post Review Follow-up:
1/29/21: In the video I said the 5-click didn’t work all the time and I thought it may be a child safety thing. This is incorrect. There are actually 3 different modes (not levels) you can cycle through: #1 off, #2 auto and button firing, #3 auto only firing.
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A GOLF CART REVIEW! 4 FROM VERMILLION RIVER E-LIQUID
A PBusardo Golf Cart Review! – 4 From Vermillion River E-Liquid
It’s been a while since we’ve been on the golf cart together so let’s go for a ride! We take a look at 4 flavors from an OG vape company, Vermillion River!
Are you a US based e-liquid manufacture of know of one that offers 12mg freebase? Get a hold of me for a review!
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FROM REGULATOR WATCH – Danger & Delusion Is Tobacco Control Out of Control?
Here’s the latest from Brent Stafford at Regulator Watch:
For decades public health and tobacco control have bludgeoned smokers with the message that smoking kills. And, in order to save one’s life you really only have one choice and that is to quit, or you could die. It’s a stark message, often delivered with moral zealotry and a whiff of authoritarianism.
But what if there is another choice? A choice that reduces harm by allowing the consumption of nicotine in a manner that is magnitudes safer than smoking: there is such a choice and of course we are talking about vaping.
The potential for vaping to save lives is manifest to those in the harm reduction community who have battled so hard against the ill-fated war on drugs.
Joining us today on RegWatch is one such warrior, Harry Shapiro. For over 40 years he’s fought to eradicate the harm caused by ineffective and intolerant drug policy and for the past half-decade, he’s been a leading voice for tobacco harm reduction.
Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.
Released: January 28, 2020
Produced by Brent StaffordThis episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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VAPING NEWS: MASSACHUSETTS [Consequences of Bans and Vape Tax]
“If tax collections are any indication, menthol smokers not only haven’t quit, they’ve skipped across the border to New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York and other states to satisfy their habit, taking other convenience-store related business with them. That’s what a new report from the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association indicates. That group, which opposed the legislation that also placed a 75% excise tax on vaping products, said the menthol ban has cost Massachusetts more than $62 million in lost tax revenue. Massachusetts collected about $550 million in cigarette excise-tax revenue during fiscal 2019, Boesen said, and lawmakers predict a loss of $93 million in fiscal 2021 revenue due to the flavored-tobacco ban. Meanwhile, New Hampshire has gained more than $28 million in tobacco excise taxes since the ban took effect on June 1. Overall, New Hampshire cigarette sales are up 46%, while in Massachusetts they’re down almost 24%. It didn’t work with a nationwide prohibition on the manufacture and consumption of alcohol, and a century later, Massachusetts has experienced the same result on a far smaller scale.”
ARTICLE LINK: Menthol-tobacco prohibition: Ban or just Band-Aid?
THE SMOKER’S SHOW REPLAY – S03E06 – COILS!
The Smoker’s Show! – S03E05 – Guest Gregory Conley
On tonight’s show we take a bunch of really nice phone calls, show and talk about “VapeFellas“, find out who won the “Silo Juice” naming contest, and talk coils. Lots and lots of coils! We also hear some “Advice From The Helmet”!
Bring a friend!
Convert a smoker!
Save a life!
#SmokersWanted
The Links:
The #1 Best Selling Flavor in the Unsalted Line… The Delicious Watermelon Peach (and the other flavors too) @ Dash Vapes (Canada)
The #1 Best Selling Flavor in the Unsalted Line… The Delicious Watermelon Peach (and the other flavors too) @ Rocky Top Vapor (US)
The Smoker’s Show is a vape show not for vapers, but for smokers.
A show to get information about vaping, to debunk vaping myths, to discuss vaping terminology & technology, and to look, review, & provide starter kits for the transitioning smoker.
We urge all vapers to invite those they know who still smoke to watch the show!
#SMOKERSWANTED
#VAPINGSAVESLIVES
#WEVAPEWEVOTE
Thank you all for your support and let’s convert more smokers together!
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THE SHOW
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VAPING NEWS: WHITE HOUSE FREEZES PMTA RULES
The new U.S. administration has frozen all new and pending rules introduced in the last days of the Trump administration. Included in the freeze are the new finalized rules for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTA) and substantial equivalence (SE) that were announced on Jan. 19, the last full day of the Trump administration. What this means for the nicotine business is unclear. It does not change the rules concerning the Sept. 9 deadline to submit a PMTA to be eligible to stay on the market for year. Because the rule was not formally published in the Federal Register by the U.S. FDA before the end of Trump’s presidency, the Biden administration could move forward with the rule as is, make changes to the rule or scrap the rules entirely. An note on the Federal Register website reads,” The Food and Drug Administration withdrew this document while it was on public inspection. It will remain on public inspection until the close of business on January 27, 2021. A copy of the withdrawal request is available at the Office of the Federal Register.”
ARTICLE LINK: PMTA Included in White House Rules Freeze
VAPING NEWS:
“Legislation allowing county governments to prohibit smoking on publicly owned beaches(SB334) moved forward in the Senate Community Affairs Committee. Sen. Joe Gruters, the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation won’t issue a blanket ban, but would allow local governments to decide what works best in their own jurisdiction. Some senators raised concerns that as written now, the legislation prohibits smoking in state parks as well.”
SB 334: “386.209 Regulation of smoking preempted to state.—This part expressly preempts regulation of smoking to the state and supersedes any municipal or county ordinance on the subject; however, counties and municipalities may further restrict smoking within the boundaries of any public beaches and public parks that they own. Municipalities may further restrict smoking within the boundaries of public beaches and public parks that are within their jurisdiction but are owned by the county if doing so would not conflict with a county ordinance. School districts may further restrict smoking by persons on school district property. This section does not preclude the adoption of municipal or county ordinances that impose more restrictive regulation on the use of vapor-generating devices than is provided in this part“
ARTICLE LINK: Bill opens way for smoking bans at Florida parks, beaches
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