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
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
**Guest: John Xydous with special appearance by Tristan Thompson
As the jackboots of authoritarian government stomp across North America, it would do well for vapers to note that in at least one jurisdiction, the province of Quebec there is life after a brutal vape crackdown. The Quebec vaping industry is surviving after almost 4-years of operating under an oppressive anti-vaping regime that strips individuals of the right to speak freely and forces companies to comply with arcane regulations that routinely deliver obscene fines i.e. $8000 for a sticker out of place.
In this episode of RegWatch, John Xydous a vape chain-store owner and advocate in Quebec, provides tips for survival and talks about how a major victory in Quebec Superior Court is the game-changer that every vaping activist in the world should know about.
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Streamed: November 20, 2019
Produced by: Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by: STLTH
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Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading progressive newspaper, published a 5,000-word attack on the Canadian vaping industry at the end of last week and then followed up with a searing editorial on Sunday. As it appears, the purpose of the exposé is to reveal scandalous and potentially criminal marketing practices of numerous Canadian vape companies. In what the Globe and Mail deem is an effort to hook a new generation of young people on nicotine.
Joining us today on RegWatch is ShY Bekman, he’s a board member of the Canadian vaping association and founder and CEO of DashVapes, the largest independently owned e-cigarette retailer and e-liquid manufacturer in Canada addresses the litany of charges leveled by the Globe and Mail.
Is this simply a hit job or is there merit to the claims?
Find out, only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.
Streamed: November 18, 2019
Produced by: Brent Stafford
This episode is supported by: STLTH
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Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
The B.C. provincial government is taking what it calls “bold action” in an effort to stem the rise in youth vaping the province. The new vaping regulations include increasing the provincial sales tax on vaping products, restricting the amount of nicotine in e-liquid to 20 milligrams per milliliter and forcing plain packaging with health warnings on all vapour products.
The new rules stop short of a ban on flavoured vaping products. Instead, B.C. proposes that flavours be restricted to shops that enforce age restrictions on sales. There are approximately 150 such stores in the province that would be able to sell additional flavours.
Many of the proposed changes to vaping in B.C. mirror the policy suggestions made by the Canadian Vaping Association and in this episode of RegWatch hear from Shaun Casey, past President and current board member of the CVA, and the architect of the CVA policy position on vaping.
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Streamed: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Produced by: Brent Stafford
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Inarguably, if President Trump decides to dial-back his proposed national ban on flavored vaping products, then millions of American vapers will have only one person to thank and his name is Paul Blair. Blair is a policy strategist for the conservative-based advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform; for many, he’s the hero who crunched Trump’s 2016 state-by-state vote totals and loudly warned the president would lose the 2020 election if he abandons the vaper vote.
In this special edition of RegWatch, shot on location in Washington D.C., we talk with Blair about the still-pending national flavor ban and hear why he thinks CDC misinformation on nicotine-vaping is a “smack in the face.”
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Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
RegWatch special coverage supported by:
Demandvape, Juno Vapor, FlavourArt, UTA
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Reason Foundation’s Guy Bentley pulls no punches in assessing the role U.S. Centers for Disease Control played in stoking moral panic over nicotine-vaping. Did the CDC know they were wrong about the so-called vaping-related lung illness and did the federal agency purposefully mislead the public?
Find out, in this special edition of RegWatch shot on location in Washington D.C.
Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
RegWatch special coverage supported by:
Demandvape, Juno Vapor, FlavourArt, UTA
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
#8 - Message to President Trump - Vapers Rally (United Vapers Alliance)
Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
#7 - Message to President Trump - Vapers Rally (Marissa & James Howard)
Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
#6 - Message to President Trump - Vapers Rally (Carl Risk)
Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
#5 - Message to President Trump - Vapers Rally (Tiffany Rubello)
Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
#4 - Message to President Trump - Vapers Rally (Greg Conley)
American Vaping Association
Released: November 11, 2019.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
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