From: Fortune
by ltarkan
If proposed FDA rules are finalized, as expected, most vaping shops will not survive, many say.
When Randy Freer was trying to quit smoking, he wanted to try vaping — battery-operated devices that deliver nicotine by vaporizing liquids. (Some ex-smokers find the combo of the flavors and the ability to dial down the nicotine helps them quit.) But Freer found he couldn’t keep a supply of the vaporizers he liked — they were always out of stock.
From: Vaper Soul
by Mr. Cloud
The on-going e-cigarette regulations have thrown vaping into a confusing state and its future seems bleak. Many people predict that proposed FDA e-cigarette regulation could lead to the death of vaping all together. But is this the case? Are the unanimously-grim predictions for the future of the industry going to come to pass, or is there a way to change things? Can we save vaping?
With help from seven prominent advocates and vapers, Black Note delved into the issues that are responsible for this dark cloud hanging over the future of vaping, aiming to determine whether the predictions will really come to pass.
Editor’s Note: The complete report GAO-15-771 is available here. Below is an excerpt.
From: GAO
From: Winston-Salem Journal
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The thick fog — reaching from floor to ceiling at VapeMania 15 — was a clear sign of those consumers’ preference for vaporizers over electronic cigarettes at a time when just 15.2 percent of adult Americans smoke combustible cigarettes.
Traditional e-cigs are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution in a self-contained disposable cartridge and create a vapor that is inhaled. The manufacturers have provided few flavor choices, in part in expectations that the Food and Drug Administration eventually may limit flavorings as it does with combustible cigarettes.
From: The Hill
E-cigarette manufacturers and public health groups are sparing over a new study that claims the non-tobacco products are 95 percent safer than regular cigarettes.
The report commissioned by Public Health England (PHE), an independent panel of experts in the United Kingdom also found that of 2.6 million adult e-cigarettes users in that country, almost all are using a vapor device to help them quit smoking.