Every 11.5 minutes in Canada a bell tolls. It’s not ringing in celebration. It tolls to announce another Canadian has died. Over 45000 a year, at an estimated 6.5 billion dollars a year in direct health costs.
More than the Opioid Crisis. More than auto accidents. In fact, more Canadians die from smoking-related causes every year than the number of...
I have been following FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Twitter and was alarmed at the threat he issued to vapers and the vaping industry in response to recent trends in US adolescent vaping.
https://twitter.com/Clive_Bates/status/1084285528361656320
I disagree with the FDA’s analysis of what is happening with adolescent vaping and also what should be done about it. So I need to put some...
FDA finalizes guidance for certain activities conducted by vape shops that...
Today, FDA has posted a notice in the Federal Register announcing the publication of the final guidance, "Interpretation of and Compliance...
Smokeless Sales Soften
In 2017, the smokeless tobacco category sustained a substantial hit when Altria Group issued a nationwide recall for some of its...
Australian Study Links Availability of E-Cigs to Public Health Gains
A study by the University of Melbourne, has indicated that easier access to nicotine containing vaping products, would lead to health...
Recreational cannabis isn’t the cash cow the government hoped for
Opinion: B.C. — the only province so far to disclose its excise tax revenues — had expected $50M this year. It...
Slow pot-tax revenues down to slow rollout of retail operations: Suppliers
Retailers are doing booming business, but, with few of them, understand how the first tax take could be so low.
Legal pot...
Daily Marijuana Use And Highly Potent Weed Linked To Psychosis
Weed use is taking off as more states move to legalize it. And with all the buzz over medical marijuana, it's...
Zuckerberg Admits Facebook ‘Subjective in Manipulation of Algorithms’ to Censor Conservatives
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before a House committee on Wednesday will be “the first of many.” Blackburn described...
Senate Democrats Are Circulating Plans for Government Takeover of the Internet
All your base are belong to us. A leaked memo circulating among Senate Democrats contains a host of bonkers authoritarian proposals for regulating...
Facebook Did Not Securely Store Passwords. Here’s What You Need to...
Facebook said on Thursday that millions of user account passwords had been stored insecurely, potentially allowing employees to gain access to...
