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With the 8th November US midterm elections getting closer by the day, it looks like Republicans will seize control of Capitol Hill – overall good news for the tobacco and vaping industries
About 1,200 vape stores in Florida will have to apply every year for a business permit after governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that also preempts local governments from applying stricter rules to nicotine sales
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has bucked a US national trend by vetoing regulations that would have banned flavoured vaping products in the state
World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products
Wyoming and Florida are the two latest US jurisdictions to adopt new e-cigarette regulations that will increase the legal age to purchase tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – while other states such Alaska are moving ahead with new Tobacco 21 proposals
Less than a year after launching in the country, Juul Labs is stopping selling all its products in Indonesia while it puts new measures in place to combat under-age purchases. Juul also faces further legal action in the US
News that an unexplained lung condition affecting more than 100 Americans is being linked to vaping could hardly have come at a worse time for the beleaguered e-cig sector
Lawmakers in Florida are at the end of the state’s annual legislative session. During this year’s session, members of both chambers and political parties supported several measures that would restrict the sale and use of e-cigarettes across the state.
Florida appears to be on the road towards joining the Tobacco 21 movement, while another bill also moving through the state legislature would ban indoor vaping at work
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking no tobacco sale orders (NTSO) against Walgreens and Circle K for selling combustibles and cigars to minors
A legal row over how to interpret the US Constitution and its First Amendment has deepened in the on-going wrangle over attempts to ban workplace vaping in Florida
Florida’s Supreme court is being asked to rule on six proposed constitutional amendments, including one banning vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces, which are set to be on the ballot in November’s elections
A proposed revision of the Florida constitution that would ban vaping in indoor workplaces could be subject to a legal challenge even before voters see it on the referendum ballot in November
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a memo in opposition to a motion for a summary judgment in US District Court in Maryland for a lawsuit against the tobacco deeming extensions. The lawsuit arose from the FDA s defence of its extension of the initial deeming rule compliance deadlines.
Commissioner Gottlieb seemingly wants to streamline the premarket approval process
A proposed ban on indoor vaping in Florida would currently fail – not because harm reduction arguments are winning, but merely because of voter fatigue, according to observers
A few Native American tribes are moving into the e-cig business, some buoyed by tax advantages – while others remain sceptical at best. Among those moving into the vapour trade are the Meskwaki tribe of Iowa and Nebraska’s Winnebago tribe
Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission has unanimously approved a proposal by a former state senator to ban vaping in enclosed workplaces across the state
Totally Wicked has decided to not close its business in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to postpone important compliance deadlines.
The first in a series of regular reports from ECigIntelligence on the progress of vapour-related regulation in the U.S, focusing on the current sessions of state legislatures.
The gravest threat to the U.S. vapour industry comes from local government. While state-level attempts to regulate the industry have been largely unsuccessful, hundreds of local laws have come into force.
Four e-cigarette firms have filed a lawsuit challenging strict manufacturing regulations that are proposed for e-cigarettes in the state of Indiana – and their success or failure could have repercussions across the U.S.
A Florida cancer research centre has been given $3.6m (€3.3m) for a long-running study of how e-cigarettes are used by consumers and whether they help vapers quit tobacco.
Florida’s Rex Vapor hopes to offer vapers the chance to design their own e-cigarettes, which it would then manufacture using 3D printing technology.
TV and radio advertising has a strong effect on consumers’ perceptions of e-cigarette safety, new research suggests.
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