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Health regulator confirms e-cigarette ban

Australia's health regulator has formalised a ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, rejecting suggestions they present a safer alternative for smokers and people...

Keller and Heckman LLP Files Citizen Petition Requesting 180-day Extension of PMTA Deadline for Small Open-System Vape Companies Due to COVID-19

On August 24, 2020, Keller and Heckman LLP filed a citizen petition (here) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on behalf of...

Cigarette Sales Increase as Vaping Bans Push People Back to Smoking

Many public health experts warned that banning vaping flavors would result in more adults smoking cigarettes. In news that seems to fit with the 2020...

Flavored cigarettes and e-cigs will soon be banned in California

Starting January 1, it will be illegal to sell most flavored tobacco products in California. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the flavored tobacco ban bill...

California Researchers Make Dramatic Claims About E-Cigarettes & Covid-19, But Fail to Disclose Minuscule Case Numbers

The Journal of Adolescent Health published a study on August 11, by faculty from Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco, with senior author Bonnie Halpern-Felsher....