RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com

Despite extensive regulatory barriers and massive misinformation on relative risk, consumers are transitioning from cigarettes to safer nicotine products at an extraordinary pace. In today’s episode tobacco control policy expert David Sweanor guides us through the remarkable growth of the U.S. vaping market and issues a warning to those who seek to stand in the way.

Guest: David Sweanor, Adj. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa / Tobacco Control Policy Expert

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

https://youtu.be/1DuiYRQL1fY
Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: March 22, 2024

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

The FDA recently issued new draft guidance clarifying how the agency evaluates whether a flavored nicotine vaping product is appropriate for the protection of public health. But while the agency says it’s providing clarity, the new framework may do little to change the outcome for the U.S. vaping industry.

In this episode of RegWatch, regulatory attorney Azim Chowdhury breaks down how FDA’s new guidance formalizes a system that places the highest evidentiary burden on flavored nicotine vapes—the very products most favored by adult smokers trying to quit.

Should flavored vapes be forced to outperform tobacco-flavored vapes? Or should the baseline be combustible tobacco?

Find out! Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.

Released: March 27, 2026
Produced by: Brent Stafford

https://youtu.be/XNyj8Chhlis

This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE.

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatch #VapeNews

The UK’s ban on disposable nicotine vapes demonstrates the many misbeliefs surrounding the “gateway” theory are thriving. But isn’t the theory that youth e-cig use is a gateway to smoking de-bunked? According to Dr. Arielle Selya it is and there’s no room for doubt.

Guest: Dr. Arielle Selya, Behavioural Scientist, PinneyAssociates

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: March 8, 2024

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

Tobacco control promised bans and restrictions on e-cigarettes and other novel nicotine products for COP10, the Conference of the Parties to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. But instead, frustrated by a handful of countries calling for a harm reduction approach to tobacco use, the global health regulator punted.

Guests: Lindsey Stroud, Dir. Consumer Center, Taxpayers Protection Alliance & Martin Cullip, Intl. Fellow, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

https://youtu.be/i3rR3X9U2AU

Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: February 23, 2024

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

Nicotine regulation in the United States has entered a strange phase. The FDA says it’s protecting public health. But in practice, it’s blocking safer nicotine products while leaving deadly cigarettes on the market.

In Part 1 of this RegWatch special, independent scientist Dr. Ian Fearon breaks down the mechanics behind that contradiction. From the overwhelming volume of PMTA applications to the agency’s shifting standards and mass denials, Fearon exposes a regulatory system struggling to keep pace with innovation.

*Watch Part 2 | Friday March 20 | Only on GFN.TV

We examine the so-called “fatal flaw” that blindsided manufacturers, the rise of a massive illicit market, and the irrefutable collapse in youth vaping, even as vaping product availability exploded. So why hasn’t the FDA adjusted course?

Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.

Released: March 17, 2026
Produced by: Brent Stafford

https://youtu.be/hdGmo1FBCGU

This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE.

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatch #VapeNews

With an estimated 7 million smokers out of a population of 19 million, the Eastern European country of Romania has a lot of work to do to help its citizens quit the deadly habit. Instead, Romania plans to enact a new excise tax that would double the cost of safer nicotine products, like vaping.

Guest: Alex Gogoana, President, ACPAN, Consumer Assoc. of Nicotine Products, Romania

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

https://youtu.be/gWfPKZdIcwo
Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: February 9, 2024

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

What happens when ideology meets science? Look at the debate over nicotine vaping products for the answer. Just a decade ago tobacco control made great strides towards eliminating cigarette smoking. But in a bizarre effort to undermine nicotine vapes, public health is now contorting science and pushing people back to smoking.

Guest: Dr. Ian Fearon, Director, Independent Research Scientist

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

https://youtu.be/TFM8eU_LRC8
Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: January 26, 2024

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

Where’s the parade for all the people who quit smoking thanks to nicotine vapes? This is the question Janine Timmons wants tobacco control bureaucrats to answer when they gather next month in Panama for the World health Organization’s COP10 conference. She’s afraid attendees will continue to dig for the worst possible excuse to ban vaping, when they should be celebrating its success in helping smokers to quit.

Guest: Janine Timmons, Consumer, Nicotine Vaping Products

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

https://youtu.be/UImJM7GmBd0

Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: January 12, 2024

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

Mexico’s ban on nicotine vaping leaves consumers caught in the crossfire. While the “tobacco wars” narrative is obsolete, it continues to cause damage, says physicist and tobacco harm reduction advocate Dr. Roberto Sussman. While the tobacco industry today is no longer the villain it once was, public health campaigners continue to wage war, striking disruptive technologies like nicotine vapes that provide safe and effective alternatives to combustible tobacco.

Guest: Dr. Roberto Sussman, Sr. Researcher in Theoretical Physics,National University of Mexico / Vaping Advocate, Member of Pro Vapeo Mexico

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: December 8, 2023

https://youtu.be/3IaBEXpAbNU

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

A spike in U.S. youth vaping rates back in 2018 sparked a worldwide moral panic over teen vaping. But the so-called “epidemic” was short-lived. In just 4-years, U.S. teen vaping fell over 60% to a historic low in 2023. It’s good news for everyone except those campaigners who profit from panic.

Guest: Michelle Minton, Senior Analyst, Reason Foundation

RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)

Produced by Brent Stafford
Original Airdate: November 24, 2023

https://youtu.be/_RfOTvHb8ac

Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV

CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser

#RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews