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Opinion, analysis, and industry commentary from the Spinfuel Lab team. Covering FDA regulation, industry trends, harm reduction policy, and the future of vaping since 2012.
QUICK TAKE In May 2026 the FDA blessed its first fruit-flavored product, a phone-locked pod from one small company, while a $200 million federal task force kept seizing…
QUICK TAKE In sixty days the FDA went from a careful “youth risk” framework that buried fruit flavors at the back of the line to signing off on…
QUICK TAKE Low nicotine vaping at 3mg and 6mg freebase is where most serious flavor chasers eventually land, and not because they are trying to quit. It is…
QUICK TAKE How to choose the right vape mod comes down to three decisions, in this order: how you vape (mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung), whether you want a built-in…
QUICK TAKE How long do vape pods last under real conditions? Refillable pod coils typically deliver one to two weeks under moderate use, though the single biggest variable…
QUICK TAKE For long-term cigarette smokers, switching to disposable vapes is widely supported by current research as a meaningful harm-reduction step. The combustion byproducts that make cigarettes so…
QUICK TAKE The Foger OMG B-Burst is a blow-pop tribute: tropical fruit on the inhale, a sour candy snap on the exhale. The twist is that it is…
QUICK TAKE Vaping in 2026 looks nothing like it did ten years ago. The gear is smarter, the options are wider, and the learning curve is shorter than…
QUICK TAKE On May 5, 2026, the FDA crossed a line it had held for years: it authorized mango and blueberry flavored vape pods for legal sale to…
QUICK TAKE Nicotine pouches are exploding across retail shelves under a harm reduction banner, but most of the top brands are owned by Philip Morris International and Altria,…
For years, the disposable vs. refillable debate felt like a settled argument. Disposables were the training wheels of vaping: grab-and-go devices that got the job done but couldn’t…
QUICK TAKE In the span of a few weeks, the political and regulatory landscape around vaping in America shifted more dramatically than it has in years. RFK Jr.…
Editorial | Spinfuel Lab | April 2026 By John Manzione — Founder & Lab Director, Spinfuel eMagazine In April, I published the Disposable Vapers’ Bill of Rights. I…
A Eulogy Nobody Asked For There’s a drawer in a lot of vapers’ homes — maybe yours — that tells the whole story. Open it up and you’ll…