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In addition to our original coverage, RegWatch curates top stories on issues and impacts arising from the regulation of economic, social and environmental activity in Canada and the U.S.

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Facebook’s new oversight board: Supreme Court or fig leaf?

Two years ago Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, first raised the idea of an independent “Supreme Court” that might help regulate content on...

ITC Youth Tobacco and Vaping Survey | Technical Report – Wave 2 (2018)

The global nicotine market is rapidly evolving due to the emergence of vaporized nicotine products (VNPs), such as ecigarettes. Regulators are considering a broad...

48 states have ordered or recommended that schools don’t reopen this academic year

Most governors in the United States have ordered or recommended that statewide school closures continue for the rest of the academic year to help...

The Coronavirus and Project Fear 3.0

We’ve seen these scare tactics before, in both the campaigns against Brexit and against Trump. Project Fear is back, alas, and it threatens to ruin...

Smoking Study Adds Fuel to Parkinson’s Debate

Could a nasty habit have one actual benefit? Male British physicians who smoked tobacco in 1951 had a 30% lower risk of death from Parkinson's...