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***Guest: Jacob Grier author of the just-published book, The Rediscovery of Tobacco: Smoking, Vaping, and the Creative Destruction of the Cigarette***

RegWatch is excited to have Jacob Grier join us for an in-depth conversation about the war on vaping. Grier writes about tobacco, public policy, and other vices; viewers are certain to have read his work in Slate, Reason, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Daily Beast, and many other publications. His latest book, The Rediscovery of Tobacco: Smoking, Vaping, and the Creative Destruction of the Cigarette is an incisive read that is strikingly up to date (published Sept 18, 2019.)

From the historical motivations behind the anti-smoking crusade to the moral impulse driving the current panic over vaping; Grier’s new book covers it all.

How did things get so bad for vaping, so quickly?

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Streamed: October 2, 2019

Produced by: Brent Stafford

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Hysteria over vaping-related lung illness appeared out of nowhere and in a flash consumed the entire North American vaping industry. It began on August 16 with a short media statement issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and by September 11, it had metastasized into a Presidential vaping ban.

Canada was not immune. The following week Dr. Christopher Mackie, medical officer for the Middlesex-London region in Ontario, held a gripping news conference to announce the first confirmed case of vaping-related lung illness in Canada. As was the case in the U.S., although, with more bravo, Dr. Mackie slow-walked the release of critical information regarding the suspect substance i.e. THC or nicotine and then refused to disclose the brand name of the product involved.

Did U.S. and Canadian health officials withhold information that could have protected the public from further exposure, illness or even death?

Find out, in this RegWatch exclusive interview with Dr. Mark Tyndall, North American expert on infectious disease and Professor of Medicine, UBC School of Population and Public Health.

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Released: October 1, 2019

Produced by: Brent Stafford

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The war on vaping escalates with each passing day. On Tuesday the war widened when Massachusetts officially became the first U.S. state to ban the sale of all electronic cigarettes, going further than other states, that have up until now, only restricted flavored vaping products. The ban is effective immediately and will run until January 25. Also, this week, the assault on vaping set its sights on the past, in a new attack on the science—by Public Health England and the Royal College of Physicians—that underpins the harm reduction argument, which drives the support for vaping.

And, with Trump’s national ban on vaping threatening to wipe out what is the fastest growing and most successful small business sector of the past decade, RegWatch talks with two firebrand vapers; women who feel their hearts have been ripped out and stomped on by the President and the ceaseless attacks on vaping.

Hear what they have to say!

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Produced by: Brent Stafford

Streamed Live: September 26, 2019

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It was shocking news to learn just one week ago of the first reported case of illness linked to vaping products in Canada. In a gripping news conference, which we covered here on RegWatch, officials from the Middlesex-London Health Unit in Ontario released details, albeit limited of an Ontario teenager who was put on life-support after using a vaping device.

Dr. Chris Mackie, the region’s medical officer and CEO of health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit didn’t pull any punches regarding his assessment of the cause of the illness, which he says is simply vaping. He makes no distinction between traditional nicotine vaping and the vaping of illicit THC products which have been identified as the likely cause of the outbreak of illness and death in the United States.

During Wednesday's news conference, Dr. Mackie was asked if he could identify the substance in question that was vaped and while acknowledging that he knew the answer he refused to make that information public. He also indicated that he knew the brand of the product, but Mackie again refused to release that information.

In this edition of RegWatch Live industry insiders Maria Papaioannoy-Duic and Jonathan Marshall discuss the controversy and their concerns over the lack of information being provided, and the incessant campaign to demonize vaping.

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Released: September 25, 2019

Produced by: Brent Stafford

***Special Guest: Dimitris Agrafiotis @VapinGreek***

It’s been four weeks since news of vaping-related illnesses first made international headlines and during this short time the prospects for the future of nicotine vaping, as a tool for harm reduction, have been shattered. As a mountain of misinformation promulgated by public health agencies and anti-vaping pressure groups stoked a feverish mainstream media, all too happy to vilify vaping.

Joining RegWatch today for this “end of week round-up” is Dimitris Agrafiotis a.k.a. the VapinGreek. He’s a globally known vaping advocate and executive director of the Tennessee Smoke Free Association.

If you’re looking for frank talk and piercing analysis, you’ve got it!

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Released: September 20, 2019

Without question, the system is failing. The very people and institutions we rely upon to provide accurate information about health-related matters are captured by rhetoric and slavishly denying science. If the system is failing, is it time for the people to crash it?

Today RegWatch is doing a series of crash tests on our pesky live stream gear. While doing so we provide a blow-by-blow of Canada’s first case of pulmonary lung-illness. Joining us is a national vaping advocate, Thomas Kirsop.

In this totally unscripted episode of RegWatch Live…if we do this right…WE WILL CRASH the live stream!! But don’t worry we will also fix it.

Produced by: Brent Stafford

Released: September 18, 2019

Not too long ago the question on everyone’s mind was: Could Trump save vaping? Today the question is: How to save vaping from Trump? In this upcoming episode of RegWatch Live Schell Hammel, national vaping advocate and Texas retail chain owner, tackles the Trump administration’s misguided plan to ban flavored vaping products. While providing frank Texas advice to the President, and to those in vaping, who hope to survive the epic propaganda nightmare that has engulfed the U.S. vaping industry.

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Streamed: September 16, 2019

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In an extraordinarily prescient interview with RegWatch mid-summer Martin Dockrell, the head of tobacco issues at Public Health England feared if vaping products are pulled off the U.S. market “a whole bunch of smokers who might otherwise have quit never will. And they'll die and that will be a tragedy.”

In this full-length edition of our exclusive interview, hear Dockrell outline his concerns over the future of vaping and why the UK approach to the war on smoking has been an enormous success.

Does vaping save lives? Find out!

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Released: September 14, 2019

President Trump said the U.S. plans to pull most vaping products from the market, citing growing concerns about health hazards and rising use by teenagers of the trendy alternative to traditional cigarettes.

Michelle Minton, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute joins RegWatch to discuss Trump’s War on Vaping and the progressive underpinnings of the battle to ban the vape.

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Released September 11, 2019

*** with Dr. Michael Siegel *** The past few weeks have been horrific for the approximately 400 victims (and families) poisoned by illicit THC-vaping products—some fatally. It’s a real tragedy and certainly a public health emergency. But these are not the only victims; tens of millions of people who rely on traditional nicotine-vaping products as a lifeline to quit smoking (or to stay quit) now find access to these products threatened, or in the case of the state of Michigan, revoked, restricted, denied.

In this edition of RegWatch Dr. Siegel evaluates FDA, CDC and non-profit health groups’ lack of clarity regarding the nature of the emergency; an emergency which should have first, and only, been described as a product tampering or tainted product crisis. Instead, health officials warned the public to stop using e-cigarettes; maligning traditional nicotine-vaping and obscuring the truth.

What caused these illnesses? And, why does it appear the CDC is doing everything in its power to protect the illicit THC-vape trade while deflecting blame onto the legal, retail vaping industry?

Find out. Only on RegWatch, by RegulatorWatch.com.

***FULL INTERVIEW***

Produced by: Brent Stafford

Released: September 10, 2019