I have witnessed the death of a close friend, caused by second and third degree burns sustained in a house fire. Wrapped in bandages from head to toe I was in the hospital room shortly before she died. Although this death had nothing to do with Vaping, it forever changed my outlook on safety. I think about her almost… Read More »

Our fight to save Vaping is not over. I implore you to continue to fight and support “the FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015 (HR 2058), introduced by Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, would save the U.S. vapor industry from being destroyed by improper regulations by the FDA. This bill would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics… Read More »

Five Pawns is back in the news. I previously covered their morally and ethically repugnant behavior in the following posts which you may wish to read: Vapors: Five Pawns Speaks on ECF. Part 2, Vapors: Five Pawns Speaks on ECF. Part 1, The Five Pawns Vaping Tragedy Continues, and Vapers: Are ejuice vendors properly disclosing the contents of… Read More »

The FDA’s Final Rule is on the desk of OMB. This is a critical step before the Final Rule is published in the Federal Registry. The industry’s last opportunity to voice their views with a regulatory agency. Our goal should ideally be that OMB rejects the FDA’s Final rule but that’s unlikely to happen. Vape shop owners, manufacturers, trade groups,… Read More »

During the last few days the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) has released two leaked “draft” documents which they claim are recent drafts of the Final Rule. The Deeming is currently in the final two stages before it becomes the law of the land. The Final Rule is on the desk of the OMB and this may take up… Read More »

I have always maintained that the FDA is a corrupt bureaucracy. It’s systemic and can be traced back for decades. The previous Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Margaret Hamburg resigned in March of 2015 and since this time, myself and many others have correctly predicted that Dr. Califf would be next in line. I was so sure of… Read More »

This will be my final post on the Cloud 9 Vaping verses Five Pawns issues. I covered this issue in great detail in three previous posts titled: Vapors: Five Pawns Speaks on ECF. Part 1,  Vapers: Are ejuice vendors properly disclosing the contents of their ejuice?  and The Five Pawns Vaping Tragedy Continues. I suggest you read my previous posts on… Read More »

Five Pawns and Cloud 9 Vaping locked horns about a month ago over lab results which showed very high levels of Diketones in Five Pawns juice. I covered this issue in great detail in two previous posts titled Vapers: Are ejuice vendors properly disclosing the contents of their ejuice?  and The Five Pawns Vaping Tragedy Continues.  If your… Read More »

This is a follow up post to my previous post titled Vapers: Are ejuice vendors properly disclosing the contents of their ejuice? Their is more to this story. Other sites have published great articles which I think you should read and I also want to try and correct any ambiguity in my previous post. Oliver Kershaw, the founder… Read More »

I’ve always been passionate about transparency and providing you with content which permits you to make an informed decision. A few weeks ago a series of events began to garner some publicity and continues today. All of these events concerned the possibility that some of the components in the ejuice that you and I vape may impose serious… Read More »