Vaping

This article was originally published on Tvape and appears here with permission. Last year we conducted a survey with the goal of gathering consumer perceptions on issues surrounding smoking vs vaporizing. The survey had a good turnout with around 700 responses which you can find here so we...

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This article by Kevin O was originally published on TVape, and appears here with permission. On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, a spending bill to provide stimulus to the American people during Covid. But it sneakily applied a vape mail ban as...

The hot IPO market continues with four more additions in the shortened four-day trading week ahead. Here's a preview of what's coming. Dream Finders Homes: One of the nation’s fastest growing homebuilders is set to go public this week under the Nasdaq ticker symbol DFH with...

Juul's valuation took a big hit Thursday. Since tobacco company Altria Group acquired a large stake in Juul Labs, the vape manufacturer has struggled with regulatory issues and has seen its valuation fall several times. What Happened: Juul Labs cut its valuation from $12 billion to $10 billion...

Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE: CGC) hosted a virtual investor meeting Monday to discuss the COVID-19 impact and business strategies. Canopy Growth's share price has shown stable growth over the last three months. In April, the stock was trading around $13; it's now trading at the $17 level...

The United States Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said that it had filed an administrative complaint against the $12.8 billion investment of Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. What Happened The investment, along with the associated agreements, violated the...

As the U.S. tallies more coronavirus cases than any other country, nearly every industry has been brought to a halt. The cannabis sector, meanwhile, will trudge along, according to Jim Makoso, co-founder of Lucid Lab Group. U.S. cannabis sales in 2020 will "pare back from previous...

A six-bill bipartisan package that includes treating vaping like a tobacco product and taxing it at 24% was introduced this week in the Michigan Senate. The flagship bill is SB 781, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint), that would place vaping products under Michigan’s...

Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) investment in Juul is up in the air a year after the deal was made, as U.S. federal antitrust officials are probing the tobacco company's reach in the sector, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. In December 2018...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced there has been a third death associated with the outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries in the state. MDHHS was notified about the death of an adult male on Dec. 19. No other information about the individual will be released due to...

Recent data from BDS Analytics suggests that the market fallout from the e-cigarette/vaping-associated illness (EVALI) crisis has peaked.  The news coincides with a late December report from the Centers for Disease Control that found new cases of EVALI were on the decline. In November, the...

On Nov. 15, Apple Inc. (NYSE: AAPL) removed all vape apps from the iOS App Store. This shift is one of the latest developments in corporate and government efforts to mitigate the negative public health consequences from vaping both nicotine and cannabis.  The CDC and FDA are investigating...

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to ban fruit-flavored e-cigarettes this week, according to the The Wall Street Journal. The update in policy, which the Journal said could come as soon as Friday, is intended to curb a surge in underage vaping and will be applied to pod-based...

The age for buying tobacco and e-cigarettes will rise from 18 to 21 in the United States under a budget measure passed by Congress Thursday. Trump Plans To Sign Bill  The measure, the most dramatic change in the tobacco product law in more than a decade, is part of a $1.4-trillion...