Tag: USA
USA: California raises to 21 legal age for tobacco products
California is the second state, half a year after Hawai'i in January 2016, to sign for a raise of legal age to prevent the...
FDA’s deeming regulations: Public health in jeopardy
Smoking kills a bit less than half a million Americans each year, equivalent to the total amount US GIs dead during WWII, a truth that cannot be ignored by...
FDA’s finalized deeming rule: A low blow for vapor products
The finalized version of FDA's Deeming Rule has been released in a 499-page document.
Two years, it is the time industry and advocacy groups had to wait...
USA: CASAA files a lawsuit against vaping ban on aircrafts
"Congress never gave regulators the power to prohibit e-cigarette use aboard aircraft"
The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free alternatives Association (CASAA) and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI, Washington,...
USA: An amendment protects vapor industry from FDA’s provisions
First step towards a sensible regulation of the electronic cigarette
It's a relief for the North American vape industry: A committee of the House of...
USA: Vapers first victory in the grandfather date fight
The Smoke-Free Alternative Trade Association (SFATA) announced that the House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment, last Tuesday, that could save 99 percent of e-cigarette...
PATH Study: A survey of Ecig use in the US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institute of Health's Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a large, national, representative...
US study: Smoking is more affordable than vaping
The first study to investigate the costs of tobacco and electronic cigarettes reveals that over the 45 countries where the prices were compared, 44...
