The U.S. nicotine vaping industry continues to stall as the FDA maintains its de facto ban on flavored vaping products despite recent authorizations while a booming illicit market chokes oxygen from legal trade.
With millions of Americans still smoking and millions more relying on safer nicotine alternatives, many observers are left wondering: Where’s the outrage?
In this episode of RegWatch, Dr. Mark Tyndall shares his candid observations after attending two of the most influential nicotine conferences in the United States—the American Tobacco and Nicotine Forum and the Nicotine Summit. While regulators struggle to contain a massive illicit market and safer nicotine products remain trapped in regulatory limbo, Tyndall says what struck him most was the lack of urgency among those best positioned to drive change.
Has the U.S. nicotine industry become too comfortable with the status quo?
Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.
Released: June 23, 2026
Produced by: Brent Stafford
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It has been obvious for years that the black market was going to cash in, especially in countries with draconian laws about vaping, Their should be outrage when vaping is proven to be so much safer than smoking and an effective way to quit smoking. Smokers find it extremely difficult to quit smoking, I know I did, nicotine is my way to deal with stress and day to day life which is never easy. Vaping should be de-regulated with the flavours more generally available as they are what makes the difference in how successful a quit attempt is
Totally agree Bill, thanks for the comment!