The Great Vape Hoax of 2016 As the majority of people realized only minutes after reading Julia’s spectacular post yesterday on the China ban of e-cigarette exports, the post was, of course, a “prank”, a “gag”, a “shenanigan”. The Great Vape Hoax of 2016. It was not malicious in any way, or at least it was [...]
The Vaping Advocate – A Commentary During the past 4 years of publishing Spinfuel eMagazine, we have been asked hundreds of times about where we stand as far as regulations on vaping as well as taxes and vaping. We are also asked what we are doing to help keep vaping free of governmental interference and excessive [...]
On Vaping: United We Stand My vaping friends, there is something you must know. You are part of a minority. And you are under attack. Although it’s hard to know anything for sure, research and polling has indicated that approximately 10% of US Citizens are vaping. You can probably figure out from that number that that would [...]
Ecigs, Michael Bloomberg and the London mayoral election To many people Michael Bloomberg may be a name which sounds familiar but who is he, what has he done and what are his plans for the future. There are very strong rumours today that Michael Rubens Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City, has been approached by [...]
Mark Benson And The Battle For Ohio All over the US there seem to be battles breaking out between local authorities and the vaping industry with regards to regulations and taxes. The latest battle, and one which the vaping community needs to win, is the battle for Ohio with the authorities looking to introduce a tax [...]
Smokenjoey Talks With Greg Conley About E Liquid Taxes Gregory Conley the President of the American Vaping Association (AVA) tells some horrifying stories about proposed taxes on electronic cigarettes and e liquid in several states- Like $33 tax on a 30ml bottle of e Liquid in Ohio? New York, New Mexico and more. This is a [...]
The Vaping Militia, eCigarette Taxes and the VCC Tampa Find out the latest on ecigarette taxes, bans and restrictions of electronic cigarettes and eliquid straight from the Vaping Militia. this short video will surprise you. What can you do to help fight these proposals? Should the US FDA and the lawmakers in the capital manage to severely [...]
Who do you trust to tell you whether vaping is safe? The vaping industry has grown from a relative niche market at the turn of the century to one which will turnover in excess of $2 billion in the US alone during 2015. Initially ignored, ridiculed and then overrun by politicians and those with a vested [...]
95% eCigarette Tax? What is the Greg Conley & AVA is doing to stop these ridiculous state taxes. Recorded at the VCCTN in Chattanooga Greg Conley, President of the American Vaping Association, Talks about what they have done to protect vaping. I was surprised of the taxes they beat down at a state level--everyone and especialling eCig and [...]
...On National Regulators While European, US and Canadian regulators continue to tread water with regards to their future plans for the electronic cigarette industry, it seems that provincial authorities have different plans. In what is becoming a more common pattern as time goes on, the provincial authorities of British Columbia in Canada have turned up the [...]
Is the electronic cigarette market being milked by the US authorities? As the number of US state authorities looking to introduce electronic cigarette taxes continues to grow, many people are now starting to ask the question, is the electronic cigarette market being milked by the US authorities? This is a valid question when you bear in mind [...]
New Jersey authorities want ecig tax to pay for no smoking policies, eh? Yes, you did read the headline right, the authorities of New Jersey have confirmed that they are looking to introduce a specific electronic cigarette tax in the short to medium term. This tax would see electronic cigarettes costing the equivalent of their tobacco [...]
The E Cigarette War Can Be Lost If you pay any attention to news concerning electronic cigarettes then you know that every single day we are facing new attacks, bans, attempts to ban, taxes, attempts to tax, and so on and so forth from the federal level all the way down to the city and town [...]
State House For HB2593 Taxing e-Cigarettes Is A Never Ending Battle - The latest CASAA Urgent Call To Action involves the state of Massachusetts wanting to impose a 45% tax on e-Cigarettes. On June 25th, a few short days from now, there will be a hearing on HB 2593. I plan to be there and speak to the [...]
Electronic Cigarettes are sitting ducks for the taxman. And the taxman does cometh. By the end of this week or next, perhaps today or tomorrow, the Utah State Legislature may destroy the vital, economically important electronic cigarette industry by having eCigarettes officially labeled as “tobacco products” and taxing them at the same rate as analog cigarettes. [...]
Sin Taxes and Electronic Cigarettes The new 7% “sin tax” being considered for Electronic Cigarettes by the City of Omaha in Nebraska, is causing quite a ruckus in the vaping community. CASAA (The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association) has even placed a “Call To Action” alert and has responded via letter to the City Council pointing [...]