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How to Vape CBD Oil and Get the Most Benefits

CBD is a household term now. Most are familiar with tinctures and the popular choice of edibles like CBD gummies. If you’re new to vaping CBD, it can seem intimidating and overwhelming at first. You should understand that when people say “vaping CBD oil” they are referring to CBD vape juice or CBD vape carts, which are designed for […]

Vaping Taxes in the United States and Around the World

As vaping grows in popularity, it becomes a natural target for governments in need of tax revenue. Because vapor products are usually bought by smokers and ex-smokers, tax authorities correctly assume that money spent on e-cigarettes is money not being spent on traditional tobacco products. Governments have depended upon cigarettes and other tobacco products as […]

6 Tips for a Better Experience with a Vape Bong

What is a vape bong? A bong is a bong. Even if you’ve heard the term “vape bong,” it’s mostly to describe glassware as an attachment to a desktop vape or portable dry herb vaporizer.  Cannabis bud and vape pen users also have the option to vape weed through a bong. Is that excessive and unnecessary? Maybe. But there are a number of […]

Why Did Cigarette Sales Rise in 2020 After Falling for 20 Years?

For the first time in 20 years, cigarette sales increased in 2020. That’s the conclusion of a new Federal Trade Commission report published yesterday. Americans bought 203.7 billion cigarettes (about 10.2 billion packs) last year—an increase of 800 million cigarettes, or 0.4 percent. That breaks down to an average of about 300 packs a year for each […]

7 Easy Ways to Make Good Use of Vape Bands

Ah, the humble vape band. If you’ve ordered any e-cig products online in the last few years, chances are your vape mail came with some company-branded rubber rings in the box. They’re like miniature versions of those “charitable” silicon rubber wristbands that Lance Armstrong popularized almost twenty years ago. But getting those things randomly in […]

PMTA News: FDA Authorizes Zombie Nicotine Product

The FDA today added a nicotine chew to its short list of authorized consumer nicotine products. It becomes the second product authorized in the last seven days, after RJ Reynolds’ Vuse Solo earned a go-ahead last week. The agency has granted marketing authorization to four variations of Altria’s VERVE—a small three-sided oral product coated with nicotine. […]

At Least 28 Vape Companies Have Challenged MDOs in Court

Although news about vaping industry legal actions against the FDA has focused mostly on Turning Point Brands’ successful challenge, at least 27 other manufacturers and distributors have also filed petitions asking federal circuit courts to review their Marketing Denial Orders (MDOs). None of the companies on the list of MDO recipients received their denials after Sept. 17, which […]