New Study Refutes Concerns About Fine Particles in E-Cig Vapor
A new study has found that vaping in your home has essentially no impact on the average amount of particles in your indoor air. Unlike cigarette smoking, marijuana smoking, cigars, using gas heating or lighting incense, vaping in the home did not appear to affect the particulate matter counts in a selection of low-income homes. The authors chose not to make a big deal about this result – whereas the opposite result would have probably become headline for the press release– but the implication
Five Awesome Coil Builds for Cloud-Chasing Vapers
Many vapers are on a constant quest for the biggest clouds. Putting out huge amounts of vapor isn’t important to everybody, but whether you’re hoping to enter a cloud competition or you just want a more substantial amount of vapor, there are many reasons for wanting to boost your vapor production. We’ve covered some general tips before, but the rabbit hole gets a lot deeper than that. If you build your own coils, you might be wondering what the best coils for cloud chasing are.
FDA E-Cig Regulation: First Steps for Manufacturers Explained
Although there’s still hope for changing the situation for vaping, the FDA e-cig regulations will start to impact the industry very soon. Vaping product manufacturers have until June 30th to register with the FDA, and you’ll also have to submit a list of products, including their labeling and a sampling of marketing materials. It may be nothing compared to submitting the premarket application (estimated to cost between $300,000 and $2 million per product), but it still means a lot of work. So what do
FDA E-Cig Regulations: Democrats Have Killed a Key Amendment (Cole-Bishop), But it Isn’t Over Yet
An amendment to a government funding bill that could have saved the vaping industry from it’s imminent destruction was shot down by democrat leaders last week. The Cole-Bishop amendment would have changed the all-important “predicate date” on the FDA e-cig regulations, and in the process, would have meant all vaping devices on the market as of August 8th 2016 would have been “grandfathered” in and allowed to remain on the market. The death of the amendment is bad news for the industry, but there
FDA Vaping Rules vs. Europe Vaping Laws
One of the many ongoing discussions around e-cigarettes is how vaping devices and liquids should be regulated. This varies a lot around the world, from outright bans in some countries through to partial bans (like in Australia, where only nicotine-free e-cigs can be legally sold) and more permissive attitudes. The US and countries throughout Europe are great examples of places where lawmakers trying to exercise some control without outright banning vaping or nicotine-containing e-liquid. So what do the FDA vaping regulations mean for the