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
Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
11 min
According to tobacco control policy expert Clive Bates, Canada’s new excise tax on nicotine vaping products will lead to more smoking, illness, and death. What’s driving Canada’s inexplicable about-turn on vaping?
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Released: November 12, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
Part of our “Last Stand” Canada coverage
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Nov 7, 2022
Nov 7, 2022
21 min
Hard-hitting columnist and public health analyst reveals motivations and tactics behind the most egregious efforts to destroy vaping.
*Guest: Michelle Minton, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Original Airdate: May 12, 2022
Posted: November 7, 2022
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Oct 22, 2022
Oct 22, 2022
34 min
The American public health establishment continues its war on vaping while the rest of the world suffers an onslaught of misinformation about potential health risks and benefits.
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In part two of our interview with Dr. Alex Wodak, physician and harm reduction pioneer, we dig deep into public health’s strident opposition to tobacco harm reduction and discuss whether it may change.
Will the war on vaping end?
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Released: October 23, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE
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Oct 20, 2022
Oct 20, 2022
44 min
The War on Vaping continues unabated, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control states in a group call with anti-vaping lobbyists that the teen vaping “epidemic” is NOT over. And the FDA digs in, refusing to set the record straight with the American public over the perceived risks and harms of vaping.
Regulators and government have created a “chaotic hot mess” in the U.S., says Clive Bates, tobacco control policy expert and former Director of Action on Smoking and Health (UK), in today’s episode of RegWatch. Hear Bates break down the 2022 NYTS youth vaping stats, his call for the CDC to stop its dishonest spin of youth vaping data, and his assessment of the FDA’s failed “authorization regime.”
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Released: October 20, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
21 min
Medical community must become ‘nicotine literate’ says top UK medical professional
*Guest: Dr. Sudhanshu Patwardhan, Founder, Medical Director, Centre for Health Research and Education
Original Airdate: April 28, 2022
Posted: October 18, 2022
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Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
20 min
While combustible tobacco use in the West continues to fall, catastrophe looms in Africa with exploding smoking rates and growing resistance to safer nicotine products.
*Guest: Chimwemwe Ngoma, Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocate, Africa, Assistant Program Manager, Knowledge-Action-Change
Original Airdate: April 14, 2022
Posted: October 3, 2022
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Oct 13, 2022
Oct 13, 2022
35 min
It’s hard to imagine how Canada’s new excise tax on nicotine vaping products won’t drive scores of people back to smoking. When combined with the sales tax, the effective federal tax rate on most vaping products bloats to more than 50 percent over retail.
This massive increase in price pushes vaping products precariously close to the cost of smoking. Smokers lose a prime incentive to quit, and new vapers may abandon their effort and return to smoking.
Ian Irvine, Professor of Economics at Concordia University and Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, is joining us today to discuss the economic and social consequences of the new excise tax. Hear about the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue Canadian vapers are sending to Ottawa and the colossal damage facing the Canadian vaping industry after a half-billion-dollar revenue loss.
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Released: October 14, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
Part of our “Last Stand” Canada coverage
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Oct 7, 2022
Oct 7, 2022
27 min
Is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration intentionally trying to wreck the U.S. nicotine vaping industry? It's a fair question to ask, considering every regulatory action the FDA has taken toward nicotine vaping products appears myopic and prohibitionist. And these actions are causing significant damage to the lives of people who vape and smoke.
Amanda Wheeler and Greg Conley from the American Vapor Manufacturers Association are joining us to discuss the never-ending saga of the FDA's war on vaping. We take a deep dive into FDA's dysfunctional PMTA process, the damage caused by years of misinformation, the continuing destruction of U.S. vape businesses, and the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey on youth vaping.
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Released: October 8, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
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Oct 5, 2022
Oct 5, 2022
30 min
Consumers of nicotine vaping products in Canada are grappling with another rise in the cost of living, and this time, increasing costs are not a result of inflation but a new federal excise tax that went into effect on October 1st.
Poor planning and government delays affecting the availability of excise tax stamps and a lack of access to secure warehousing for the importation and stamping of vaping products mark the introduction of the tax, which could lead to massive shortages of nicotine vaping products across the country.
In this episode of RegWatch, the Canadian Vaping Association’s executive director and lead advocate Darryl Tempest provides a complete update on the implementation of the new excise tax. We discuss specific challenges facing Canadian manufacturers, distributors, and retail shop owners as they struggle to keep their businesses open, and nicotine vapes in the hands of adult consumers.
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Released: October 5, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
Part of our “Last Stand” Canada coverage
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Sep 24, 2022
Sep 24, 2022
16 min
Canada’s new excise tax on nicotine vaping products is days away from implementation, and the ramifications could be disastrous. Excise taxes are known as “sin taxes,” which governments apply to products perceived as either morally suspect, harmful, or costly to society. The goal of a sin tax, after revenue generation, is to reduce use. But regarding vaping, reducing use could mean a return to smoking.
In this episode of RegWatch eminent tobacco control scholars Dr. Kenneth Warner and Cliff Douglas discuss recent research on e-cigarette taxes and why Canada’s new excise tax on vaping could be a public health blunder.
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Released: September 25, 2022
Produced by Brent Stafford
Part of our “Last Stand” Canada coverage
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