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RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com
by Brent Stafford
Incisive coverage of the issues important to vaping. Plus critical debate over the issues and impacts of regulation in both Canada and the U.S.
Episodes
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RULE RESET | FDA Signals Major Overhaul of PMTA Process | RegWatch
The U.S. vaping industry is on the cusp of monumental change. Following detailed reports by the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, FDA has formally announced its intention to evaluate a possible overhaul of the PMTA framework, including new rulemaking to replace the existing system. In this episode...
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DECISIVE MOVE | Haypp Goes All-In on U.S. Nicotine Pouch Market | RegWatch
America’s nicotine pouch market is booming. With millions of adults already using lower-risk nicotine products and tens of millions more still smoking, Haypp Group is going all-in on the United States. In Part 3 of our RegWatch special series on nicotine pouches in America, Gabriel De Prado,...
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SCIENCE INSIDE | NicoLeaks Supercharges Nicotine Pouch Testing | RegWatch
Nicotine pouches are among the fastest-growing nicotine products in the U.S. and UK, yet most people know little about what they contain, how they are tested, or how their risks compare with smoking. That knowledge gap leaves the door wide open to the same misinformation and moral panic that’s...
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YES, IT IS A WAR | Health Economist Rebukes FDA’s Campaign Against Vaping | RegWatch
For nearly a decade, the U.S. vaping community has called the FDA’s campaign against nicotine vapes a war on vaping. Beginning with the deeming rule, the agency’s aggressive action against Juul, the so-called teen-vaping epidemic, the “Real Cost” campaign, the denial of millions of PMTA...
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MAJOR WIN | Court Ruling Could Dismantle FDA’s De Facto Flavor Ban | RegWatch
After years of bruising court battles, the U.S. vaping industry has finally scored a major win against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The Fifth Circuit ruled this week that FDA violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it imposed its comparative-efficacy standard without...
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PLAYING OFFENSE | U.S. Vape Industry Rejects All-or-Nothing Regulation | RegWatch
For years, the U.S. vaping industry played defense against fear-driven headlines, political pressure campaigns, flavor bans, and state registry bills designed to eliminate nearly every nicotine vaping product from the legal market. But now, some industry leaders say it’s time to play offense. In...
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LUMPED IN | Nicotine-Free Vapes, Guilt by Association? | RegWatch
Nicotine-free vapes. At first glance, they sound like the answer to many of public health’s concerns over vaping. No tobacco. No nicotine. One would think that after all the harping, shaming, and demonization of nicotine, tobacco control and public health would embrace nicotine-free vapes. But...
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STRIKING CONTRAST | Science, Politics & the Battle Over Nicotine Pouches | RegWatch
The deadliest nicotine products in America remain the easiest to buy, while lower-risk alternatives face the toughest fight for regulatory approval and political acceptance. It’s a striking contrast. Despite recent progress at the FDA, nicotine pouches remain caught in vaping’s regulatory and...
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UNTETHERED | FDA’s Flavor Policy Defies Reality | RegWatch
The FDA says its policy restricting flavors in nicotine vaping products is for the protection of public health. But is it? With a singular focus on youth, the agency ignores tens of millions of adult Americans who still smoke tobacco or have already switched to safer nicotine—while protecting the...
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BATTLEGROUND VAPE | U.S. Vaping Industry Continues Court Fight | RegWatch
After years of lawsuits, court rulings, and regulatory setbacks, the U.S. vaping industry remains locked in battle with the FDA. In this episode of RegWatch, attorney Greg Troutman breaks down the latest legal fights over FDA’s PMTA process, including the Supreme Court’s Wages & White Lion...
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WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE? | Lack of Urgency Mires U.S. Nicotine Industry | RegWatch
The U.S. nicotine vaping industry continues to stall as the FDA maintains its de facto ban on flavored vaping products despite recent authorizations while a booming illicit market chokes oxygen from legal trade. With millions of Americans still smoking and millions more relying on safer nicotine...
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HEALTH HAZARD | Cliff Douglas Interview | Part 2 | RegWatch
For decades, public health framed nicotine as the enemy. It was addictive, dangerous, and likened to heroin or cocaine. But what if that framing, once useful in the fight against smoking, became one of the biggest obstacles to tobacco harm reduction today? In Part 2 of our special interview with...
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RegWatch Briefs | David J. Ettinger | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Gabriel Barnard | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Charlene Liu | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Katie Skaggs | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Rick Avila & Willie McKinney | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Chris Allen | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Jessica Zdinak | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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RegWatch Briefs | Azim Chowdhury | E-Vapor Law Symposium 2026
Recorded on location at Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, RegWatch Briefs features short-form conversations with scientists, regulatory experts, and industry leaders discussing nicotine regulation, tobacco harm reduction, PMTAs, behavioral science, age-gating...
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BLIND SPOTS | Cliff Douglas on Makary Flavor Denials | RegWatch
The FDA’s mandate is to follow the science, but in practice that’s now in question. According to a Wall Street Journal exclusive, flavored vape products approved by the FDA’s Office of Science were ultimately blocked by the office of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. Today on RegWatch, Cliff…
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RENEGADE REGULATOR | FDA Chief Blocks White House Push for Flavors | RegWatch
A Wall Street Journal exclusive has raised serious questions about whether the White House and FDA are truly aligned on flavored vape approvals. The White House is reportedly pushing to allow more flavored vaping products on the market, yet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary blocked the move…
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TAXED TO FAIL | Canada’s Vape Policies Fuel Smoking & Crime | RegWatch
Canada’s approach to vaping regulation is showing signs of strain. Excise taxes meant to curb smoking are now being applied to nicotine vaping products, driving up prices, shrinking the legal market, and opening the door to illicit trade. Today on RegWatch, Canadian Vaping Association President…
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INCONVENIENT KNOWLEDGE | Drugs Policy Iconoclast Slams Safer Nicotine Prohibitionists
Actions by anti-tobacco harm reduction advocates and organizations are “outrageous” and “disgusting,” says Ethan Nadelmann, legendary drugs harm reduction campaigner. Why are the lessons learned in the fight to end the war on drugs ignored in the battle to end the war on vaping? Guest: Ethan...
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EXTRAORDINARY PACE | Consumers Move to Vaping Products at Dramatic Rate | RegWatch Rewind
Despite extensive regulatory barriers and massive misinformation on relative risk, consumers are transitioning from cigarettes to safer nicotine products at an extraordinary pace. In today’s episode tobacco control policy expert David Sweanor guides us through the remarkable growth of the U.S....
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FLAWED BASELINE | FDA Formalizes De Facto Flavor Ban | RegWatch
The FDA recently issued new draft guidance clarifying how the agency evaluates whether a flavored nicotine vaping product is appropriate for the protection of public health. But while the agency says it’s providing clarity, the new framework may do little to change the outcome for the U.S. vaping...
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DÉJÀ VU | Insights on Youth Use from JUUL Researcher | RegWatch Rewind
The UK’s ban on disposable nicotine vapes demonstrates the many misbeliefs surrounding the “gateway” theory are thriving. But isn’t the theory that youth e-cig use is a gateway to smoking de-bunked? According to Dr. Arielle Selya it is and there’s no room for doubt. Guest: Dr. Arielle Selya,...
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COP-OUT | Who FCTC Punts On E-Cig Regulation | RegWatch Rewind
Tobacco control promised bans and restrictions on e-cigarettes and other novel nicotine products for COP10, the Conference of the Parties to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. But instead, frustrated by a handful of countries calling for a harm reduction approach to tobacco use…
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PLANNED DENIAL | FDA’s Shifting Standards for Vape Authorization | RegWatch
Nicotine regulation in the United States has entered a strange phase. The FDA says it’s protecting public health. But in practice, it’s blocking safer nicotine products while leaving deadly cigarettes on the market. In Part 1 of this RegWatch special, independent scientist Dr. Ian Fearon breaks...
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TPD STRUGGLES | Romania Braces for Oppressive Excise Tax | RegWatch Rewind
With an estimated 7 million smokers out of a population of 19 million, the Eastern European country of Romania has a lot of work to do to help its citizens quit the deadly habit. Instead, Romania plans to enact a new excise tax that would double the cost of safer nicotine products, like vaping....
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SOUND SCIENCE | Tobacco Researcher Says ‘Trust the Data’ | RegWatch Rewind
What happens when ideology meets science? Look at the debate over nicotine vaping products for the answer. Just a decade ago tobacco control made great strides towards eliminating cigarette smoking. But in a bizarre effort to undermine nicotine vapes, public health is now contorting science and...
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KEEP DIGGING | Consumer Concerns Over WHO’s Upcoming COP10 | RegWatch Rewind
Where’s the parade for all the people who quit smoking thanks to nicotine vapes? This is the question Janine Timmons wants tobacco control bureaucrats to answer when they gather next month in Panama for the World health Organization’s COP10 conference. She’s afraid attendees will continue to dig...
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BANNED IN MEXICO | Physicist Reacts to Draconian Vape Laws | RegWatch Rewind
Mexico’s ban on nicotine vaping leaves consumers caught in the crossfire. While the “tobacco wars” narrative is obsolete, it continues to cause damage, says physicist and tobacco harm reduction advocate Dr. Roberto Sussman. While the tobacco industry today is no longer the villain it once was,...
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PANIC OVER | Teen Vaping Decline Spells Trouble for Tobacco Control | RegWatch Rewind
A spike in U.S. youth vaping rates back in 2018 sparked a worldwide moral panic over teen vaping. But the so-called “epidemic” was short-lived. In just 4-years, U.S. teen vaping fell over 60% to a historic low in 2023. It’s good news for everyone except those campaigners who profit from panic....
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SHAME ON YOU | Vaping Activist Responds to Critics | RegWatch Rewind
Canadian tobacco harm reduction advocate and nicotine vape retailer takes a stand against anti-vaping critics at home while preparing to take on the WHO at the upcoming FCTC COP10, the Conference of the Parties in Panama, this November. Guest: Maria Papaioannoy-Duic, Vaping Activist, Canada...
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SUBSTITUTION EFFECT | Canadian Flavour Bans Increase Smoking | RegWatch
Canadian flavour bans were sold as a public health win, but the data says otherwise. In this episode of RegWatch, economist Dr. Michael Pesko breaks down new research examining the real-world impact of provincial bans on flavoured nicotine vaping products. Using retail sales data from across...
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HARDLY FREE | U.S. Vape Advocacy in Post “Epidemic” Era | RegWatch Rewind
While the United States of America is ground zero for the anti-vaping propaganda and misinformation that poisoned worldwide public perception of vaping, it’s also home to a solid and relentless vaping advocacy community pushing back against the anti-vaping hordes. How are they doing? Find out in...
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DE-DEMONIZING NICOTINE | Ending Fear to Promote Benefits | RegWatch Rewind
There is a particular piece of information you are not supposed to talk about. You certainly can't promote it. And never depend on public health to acknowledge it. What is it? Nicotine is not carcinogenic; when consumed outside of a cigarette, it is benign. Likely no more harmful than caffeine....
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ENDGAME DELUSIONS | FDA Rejects Reality of Safer Nicotine | RegWatch
For decades, tobacco control lectured smokers to quit or die. But when smokers quit using safer nicotine, they were chastised and demonized for doing it the “wrong” way. That contradiction now defines U.S. nicotine policy. In this episode, tobacco harm reduction advocate Skip Murray responds...
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DISPARATE SCIENCE | Top Researcher Says E-Cigs Are Game Changer | RegWatch Rewind
There is too much emotion driving public policy on e-cigarettes, says leading tobacco control researcher Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia. A physician, public health scientist, and professor at Brown University’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Dr. Ahluwalia has deep experience researching health...
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MYTH OVER METRICS | FDA Commissioner Rejects CDC Data on Teen Vaping | RegWatch
“Shoddy” and “flawed.” That’s how Trump’s FDA Commissioner, Marty Makary, describes the National Youth Tobacco Survey, the CDC’s flagship youth surveillance system and the very dataset the FDA has relied on for more than a decade to justify vaping crackdowns, public panic, and sweeping...
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NO SYMPATHY | How Tobacco Control Ignores People They Purport to Help | RegWatch Rewind
Tobacco control has no sympathy for the smoker, says Samrat Chowdhery tobacco harm reduction expert and consumer activist. He says there has to be a more humane way to tackle the tobacco problem and tobacco control needs to start thinking more like drugs control. Guest: Samrat Chowdhery,...
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SAVING CHALO | THR Education on The Big Screen | RegWatch Rewind
Tobacco harm reduction activist and award-winning African filmmaker discusses unheard narratives around safer nicotine products, smoking cessation, and tobacco control. Guest: Emmanuel Mwape, Award Winning Filmmaker, THR Activist / K•A•C Global THR Scholar, Zambia RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind)...
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BASELINE | Discovering the Similarities Between Tobacco and Drug Harm Reduction | RegWatch Rewind
Editor and co-founder of Drink and Drugs News discusses the difficulties of tackling smoking and how many people working in the drug harm reduction field don’t see it as a problem. Guest: Claire Brown, Editor & Co-founder, Drink and Drugs News Magazine RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by…
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IMPERVIOUS TO EVIDENCE | Tobacco Control Blocks Vaping Debate in Australia | RegWatch Rewind
There’s no debate allowed on vaping in Australia, says Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, founding chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association and practicing tobacco treatment specialist. Tobacco control is “impervious to evidence” and quick to cancel anyone who speaks to the positives of...
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SUICIDAL POLICY | Michelle Minton & America’s War on Safer Nicotine (Part 2) | RegWatch
America’s tobacco policy has turned self-destructive. Safer nicotine products are demonized and restricted while combustible cigarettes remain widely available. Watch Part 1 (only on GFN.TV). In Part 2 of this RegWatch interview, Michelle Minton of the Reason Foundation moves past diagnosis and...
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PROGRESS & PERIL | A.G. Miller Scores Smoking, Vaping & Public Health | RegWatch
Tom Miller has shaped American tobacco policy for more than 40 years. As the longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history and a principal architect of the Master Settlement Agreement, Miller has spent decades fighting Big Tobacco and advancing public health. Now, in Part 2 of a two-part...
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GOOD COP 2.0 | Day 5 of 5 | RegWatch (LIVE)
DAY #5 | Live from Geneva, Switzerland - RegWatch special coverage of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Good COP 2.0, the tobacco harm reduction counter-conference to the World Health Organization’s COP 11. Good COP 2.0 unites 37 experts from 22 countries to separate fact from fiction and...
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GOOD COP 2.0 | Day 4 of 5 | RegWatch (LIVE)
DAY #4 | Live from Geneva, Switzerland - RegWatch special coverage of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Good COP 2.0, the tobacco harm reduction counter-conference to the World Health Organization’s COP 11. Good COP 2.0 unites 37 experts from 22 countries to separate fact from fiction and...
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GOOD COP 2.0 | Day 3 of 5 | RegWatch (Live)
DAY #3 | Live from Geneva, Switzerland - RegWatch special coverage of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Good COP 2.0, the tobacco harm reduction counter-conference to the World Health Organization’s COP 11. Live Streamed: November 19, 2025 Produced by Brent Stafford https://bit.ly/3LKWI4l…
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