Incisive coverage of the issues important to vaping. Plus critical debate over the issues and impacts of regulation in both Canada and the U.S.
Episodes
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
It’s the greatest threat to confront vaping, and likely you may have missed it. Over the past 18 months, a dangerous misinformation campaign has emerged, falsely linking nicotine vapes to fentanyl. The media calls fentanyl-laced nicotine vapes an alarming trend that may be poisoning kids. A possibility that FDA Commissioner Robert Califf recently told Congress was likely only a matter of time.
Joining us today to talk through the details of this threat is Tony Abboud, Executive Director of the Vapor Technology Association.
Could this be another EVALI?
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Released: July 14, 2023
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Victims of auto accidents in the province of Ontario are unprepared for the tangled web of regulations that often lead to an overwhelming struggle to secure essential healthcare for their recovery. Each year auto insurance companies spend more money fighting claims and disputing treatment than it spends on healthcare delivery.
Joining us today to discuss the challenges facing victims of auto accidents is Rhona DesRoches from FAIR, the Fair Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform. FAIR is a grassroots non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of victims who have been injured in a motor vehicle accident and have struggled to deal with the auto insurance system in Ontario
Are accident victims more traumatized by the system than the accident itself?
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Released: July 11, 2023
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Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
While the FDA didn’t necessarily create the moral panic over teen vaping, the agency appears to have stoked the fire, doing very little to stop it. There may be no excuses for the FDA’s handling of nicotine vaping products, but regulating in an environment prone to moral panics isn’t easy.
In this episode of RegWatch, Dr. Cheryl K. Olson, health and behavior researcher and behavior science advisor at McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors, discusses FDA’s struggle to follow the science and the parallels she sees between the moral panic over teen vaping and the long-simmering moral panic over violent video games.
Is there reason to be optimistic about FDA regulation?
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Released: June 14, 2023
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Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
When tobacco control’s utopian dream of a nicotine-free society finally fades, what should its replacement be? How about a community brimming with tolerance for recreational nicotine?
According to tobacco control policy expert Clive Bates, the idea is not far-fetched, considering the chaos created by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s failed attempt to regulate nicotine vaping.
Does Bates believe there’s a future for vaping in the United States? Find out!
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Released: June 9, 2023
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Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Ontario’s system governing insurance coverage for people injured in a motor vehicle accident may be at a breaking point as physiotherapists, chiropractors, and massage therapists struggle to provide care.
Challenges are numerous. Patient care fees have been frozen since 2014 with no relief in sight despite wild inflation. Billing for auto insurance claims force health service providers under the purview of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority or FSRA, the agency also responsible for the insurance industry, where many top FSRA officials come from. And provincial mandates require health service providers to exhaust a patient’s employer-provided extended health care benefits before billing the auto insurance company, leaving many patients surprised and angered.
Joining us today to discuss these challenges is Dr. Scott Wilson, a Doctor of Chiropractic and founder and chairman of Physiomed one of Canada’s largest chains of healthcare clinics.
Who benefits from this overcomplicated and punitive system?
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Released: June 5, 2023
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Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
What does Dr. Sanjay Agrawal, the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group, think about the “Gateway” theory?
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Released: May 27, 2023
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Part of our “Last Stand” Canada Coverage.
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Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
What does Dr. Sanjay Agrawal, the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group, think about the province of Quebec’s flavour ban?
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Released: May 27, 2023
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Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
The debate over nicotine vaping polarizes people “even in tobacco control,” says the chief tobacco control expert at the venerable Royal College of Physicians in the UK.
Representing over 40,00 doctors across 80 countries in the world, the RCP leads the way in public health’s mission to end the epidemic of tobacco addiction. But the RCP sits at the center of controversy over vaping since taking an early stand in support of nicotine vapes as a tool for harm reduction.
Joining us today is Dr. Sanjay Agrawal, the National Specialty Adviser for Tobacco Dependency at NHS England, Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group, and Consultant in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine.
Hear our frank discussion about the recently announced “Swap the Stop” program, the rationale behind RCP’s support for vaping, Dr. Agrawal’s response to flavour bans, and the gateway theory.
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Released: May 27, 2023
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Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Could the U.S. vaping industry be on the verge of a breakthrough in its legal battle with the FDA? The prospects are tantalizing. A recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court slammed the FDA over its shifting guidance and moving goalposts. Creating what the court says is a likely unlawful de facto ban on flavored nicotine vaping products. The decision is an eye-popper.
Joining us today to talk through developments in the Fifth Circuit and to outline a potential path to the Supreme Court, is attorney and well-known vaping advocate Greg Troutman.
Is the tide turning for vaping? Find out!
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Released: May 12, 2023
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Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
FDA’s single-minded focus on protecting youth from nicotine vaping products over the well-being of adult smokers is finally undergoing severe scrutiny. Recently a panel of Fifth Circuit judges, joining other courts across the country, took FDA to task for what it calls an unlawful de facto ban on flavored e-cigarettes. But the courts are not alone in grilling the agency over its shifting criteria and moving the goalposts for approval of vaping products in the U.S.
Joining us today is Allison Boughner, vice president at American Vapor Manufacturers. This non-profit organization recently hosted a frustrating yet revealing live interview with Dr. Brian King, the new director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.
How did the Dr. King cross-examination go? Find out!
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Released: May 11, 2023
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