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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 technology, and next-generation products. Guest: Gabriel Barnard, Co-Director, CSUR Research & Consultancy. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/kwQ0I6nPpuM Released: May 21, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 technology, and next-generation products. Guest: Dr. Charlene Liu, President and Chief Scientist, Riskwise Solution LLC. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/WTdhy2jEnKE Released: May 21, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 technology, and next-generation products. Guest: Katie Skaggs, Regulatory, Food Policy Lawyer, Keller and Heckman LLP. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/PDoynEIuAdI Released: May 20, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 technology, and next-generation products. Guests: Rick Avila, CEO, Bonguard Naturals, LLC and Dr. Willie McKinney, CEO, Regulatory Science Advisors, LLC. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/YepDFlm-Y7I Released: May 20, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 technology, and next-generation products. Guest: Chris Allen, CEO, Broughton Life Sciences. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/xCJwXNjPlTQ Released: May 19, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 technology, and next-generation products. Guest: Dr. Jessica Zdinak, CEO & Chief Research Officer, Applied Research and Analysis Company LLC. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/VlhNNqAOBFA Released: May 19, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 technology, and next-generation products. Guest: Azim Chowdhury, Regulatory, Public Policy Lawyer, Keller and Heckman LLP. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/65WD8O_E0AI Released: May 18, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 Douglas, a veteran of America's tobacco wars, breaks down the conflict, the role of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, and whether science is driving outcomes. Are blind spots inside the FDA distorting nicotine policy? Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com https://youtu.be/1RXBIij4UpE Released: April 29, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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, preventing the authorization of menthol, mango, and blueberry flavored products from Los Angeles-based vape maker Glas. All this despite the FDA's own tobacco scientists at the Center for Tobacco Products recommending authorization. The conflict is hardly surprising. As we've reported here on RegWatch, Makary has used derisive language about nicotine vaping, repeating many recycled anti-vaping myths. Today on RegWatch, Tony Abboud of the Vapor Technology Association breaks down the controversy, the broken PMTA process, and why vague FDA guidance continues to shut American companies out of the legal market. Is the FDA chief a renegade regulator? https://youtu.be/GWJa97cZPtc Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: April 26, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 Sam Tam breaks down how flavour bans and punitive excise taxes are driving down legal sales, forcing retail closures, increasing cigarette sales, and fueling a rapidly expanding illicit market—even linked to targeted arson attacks on vape shops. Is this failed policy or a predictable outcome? Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/2xZdR4MGM3A Released: April 15, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 Nadelmann, Founder & Former Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance / Podcast Host, PSYCHOACTIVE RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: April 5, 2024 https://youtu.be/GUWbr1HoJGs Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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. vaping market and issues a warning to those who seek to stand in the way. Guest: David Sweanor, Adj. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa / Tobacco Control Policy Expert RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) https://youtu.be/1DuiYRQL1fY Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: March 22, 2024 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 industry. In this episode of RegWatch, regulatory attorney Azim Chowdhury breaks down how FDA's new guidance formalizes a system that places the highest evidentiary burden on flavored nicotine vapes—the very products most favored by adult smokers trying to quit. Should flavored vapes be forced to outperform tobacco-flavored vapes? Or should the baseline be combustible tobacco? Find out! Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: March 27, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/XNyj8Chhlis This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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, Behavioural Scientist, PinneyAssociates RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: March 8, 2024 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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, the global health regulator punted. Guests: Lindsey Stroud, Dir. Consumer Center, Taxpayers Protection Alliance & Martin Cullip, Intl. Fellow, Taxpayers Protection Alliance RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) https://youtu.be/i3rR3X9U2AU Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: February 23, 2024 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 down the mechanics behind that contradiction. From the overwhelming volume of PMTA applications to the agency's shifting standards and mass denials, Fearon exposes a regulatory system struggling to keep pace with innovation. *Watch Part 2 | Friday March 20 | Only on GFN.TV We examine the so-called “fatal flaw” that blindsided manufacturers, the rise of a massive illicit market, and the irrefutable collapse in youth vaping, even as vaping product availability exploded. So why hasn't the FDA adjusted course? Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: March 17, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/hdGmo1FBCGU This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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. Guest: Alex Gogoana, President, ACPAN, Consumer Assoc. of Nicotine Products, Romania RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) https://youtu.be/gWfPKZdIcwo Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: February 9, 2024 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 pushing people back to smoking. Guest: Dr. Ian Fearon, Director, Independent Research Scientist RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) https://youtu.be/TFM8eU_LRC8 Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: January 26, 2024 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 for the worst possible excuse to ban vaping, when they should be celebrating its success in helping smokers to quit. Guest: Janine Timmons, Consumer, Nicotine Vaping Products RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) https://youtu.be/UImJM7GmBd0 Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: January 12, 2024 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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, public health campaigners continue to wage war, striking disruptive technologies like nicotine vapes that provide safe and effective alternatives to combustible tobacco. Guest: Dr. Roberto Sussman, Sr. Researcher in Theoretical Physics,National University of Mexico / Vaping Advocate, Member of Pro Vapeo Mexico RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: December 8, 2023 https://youtu.be/3IaBEXpAbNU Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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. Guest: Michelle Minton, Senior Analyst, Reason Foundation RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: November 24, 2023   https://youtu.be/_RfOTvHb8ac Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: November 10, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 Canada, Pesko and his co-authors found that nicotine vape sales fell by roughly 30 percent after provincial flavour bans took effect, while cigarette sales rose by nearly 10 percent. It's evidence of a substitution effect in action—cutting directly against public health goals. We also examine Canada's escalating excise taxes, the growth of illicit markets, and prohibition-style violence targeting vape retailers, reminiscent of dynamics long associated with organized crime. Is this policy failure, or exactly the outcome economic theory predicts? Find out, only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/_TpCw3qrqbs Released: February 26, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 this episode of GFN Interviews. Guest: Allison Boughner, Vice President, American Vapor Manufacturers / Marketing & Communications Director, ECIG Charleston RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: October 27, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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. According to harm reduction consultant and developmental neurobiologist Charles Gardner, nicotine could have significant health benefits. Charles A. Gardner, PhD, Consultant, Harm Reduction Strategies / Developmental Neurobiologist RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: October 10, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 directly to comments from FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, whose rhetoric dismisses data, elevates anecdote, and recycles long-debunked myths about vaping. As smoking declines and safer alternatives reshape behavior, tobacco control is digging in. The result is an endgame untethered from evidence, denying the reality of safer nicotine. What happens when the FDA refuses to acknowledge what we already know? Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: February 20, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/ACKls-4CPSs This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 disparities and smoking cessation and nicotine addiction in African-American smokers. He has been continuously funded by the NIH for 25 years and has published over 400 manuscripts. Hear his assessment on the efficacy and relative safety of e-cigarettes and other safer nicotine products. Guest: Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia, Physician, Public Health Scientist, Prof. Behavioral and Social Sciences & Internal Medicine Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: September 29, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

“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 prohibitionist policy. The problem? The NYTS no longer shows an epidemic of teen vaping. It shows a collapse. Teen vaping has fallen by more than 60 percent since 2019. And instead of grappling with that reality, the FDA Commissioner has chosen to discard the data entirely, replacing it with anecdote, rumor, and recycled anti-vaping myths. In this episode of RegWatch, behavioral scientist Dr. Arielle Selya unpacks the Commissioner's claims. From “popcorn lung,” to the conflation of nicotine vaping with illicit THC products, to the astonishing assertion that principals and doctors “know better” than national surveillance data, the episode exposes a regulator who has fallen prey to the anti-vaping narrative he was supposed to evaluate objectively. What happens when America's top health regulator rejects his own evidence base? And what does it mean for tobacco harm reduction, public trust, and the future of nicotine policy? Find out, only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: February 14, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/9foL-FScLWs This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser #RegWatch #VapeNews

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, Journalist, THR Consumer Activist RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: September 15, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV Support RegWatch Today - https://support.regulatorwatch.com/ #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: September 1, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV Support RegWatch Today - https://support.regulatorwatch.com/ #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 Brent Stafford Original Airdate: August 18, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV Support RegWatch Today - https://support.regulatorwatch.com/ #RegWatchOnGFN #RegWatchOnGFN @GFNicotine #GFN26 #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 vaping. Guest: Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, Fnd. Chair. Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Assoc. / Academic, Researcher and Vaping Advocate RegWatch on GFN.TV (Rewind) Produced by Brent Stafford Original Airdate: August 4, 2023 Watch GFN Interviews every second Friday at GFN.TV Support RegWatch Today - https://support.regulatorwatch.com/  

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 into consequences. Minton explains how the FDA's PMTA regime didn't merely regulate vaping—it wiped out independent innovation, locked the market in favor of Big Tobacco, and pushed most consumers into a vast illicit supply chain. She breaks down the absurdity of fast-tracking nicotine pouches while leaving vapes in regulatory purgatory, and why a standards-based system was never seriously considered. From fear-driven decision-making to the refusal to acknowledge historic declines in youth smoking, the outcome is no longer about reducing harm, it's about expanding control. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: Jan 13, 2026 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/xfH8dlcrg5w This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE.   CELEBRATE WITH US | RegWatch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/regwatch-10th-anniversary-fundraiser   #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 RegWatch and GFN.TV special, he brings his unmatched authority to the most contentious issues in U.S. nicotine regulation. In this episode, Miller offers a candid, unflinching evaluation of the FDA and the Center for Tobacco Products, scoring their performance on vaping regulation, PMTAs, flavors, enforcement, and the unintended rise of an illicit market. He describes how a broken regulatory framework has left adult consumers underserved, legal businesses at a disadvantage, and policymakers blind to the real-world consequences of their decisions. Miller also confronts the deep divide inside public health, explaining how tobacco control fractured into prohibitionists and harm reduction advocates. Is misinformation strengthening the prohibitionist cause? Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. Released: Dec 9, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/o_uTPQD1sf0 This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 confront the misinformation shaping global health policy. Live Streamed: November 21, 2025 Produced by Brent Stafford  https://youtu.be/AqejBDlLgO0 Episode supported by DEMAND VAPE Make RegWatch happen: https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 confront the misinformation shaping global health policy. Live Streamed: November 20, 2025 Time: 8:00 AM CET Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/zLCdFEAJwXI Episode supported by DEMAND VAPE Make RegWatch happen: https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews  

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 Episode supported by DEMAND VAPE Make RegWatch happen: https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews  

DAY #2 | 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 18, 2025 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/qhE-U5CxXS4 Episode supported by DEMAND VAPE Make RegWatch happen: https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

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 confront the misinformation shaping global health policy. Live Streamed: November 17, 2025 Produced by Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/au6o_7nEyOw Episode supported by DEMAND VAPE Make RegWatch happen: https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

As the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) prepares for COP11 in Geneva, its track record of silencing dissent and bending evidence to demonize safer nicotine products stands exposed. Through tortured data, selective science, and an absolutist anti-nicotine agenda bankrolled by billionaire donors, the FCTC has shifted from a treaty against smoking to a template for exclusionary global health governance—one that ignores evidence, excludes dissenting experts, and punishes nations that embrace harm reduction. Joining RegWatch to dissect this threat is Dr. Roger Bate, PhD economist, international health policy researcher, and nonresident scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics. Dr. Bate explains how WHO's hostility to market-driven alternatives isn't just misguided—it's dangerous. The organization's stance fuels illicit markets and cartels, undermines cessation science, emboldens prohibitionists, and replaces public-health pragmatism with billionaire-funded paternalism. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/qF2XkYhHFLs Released: November 13, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews  

The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control convenes COP11 in Geneva this November 17-22—a secretive summit of nearly 200 nations dictating global nicotine policy. But with agenda items fixated on banning vapes and pouches while sidelining combustible tobacco's deadly harms, is the WHO fueling a "nicotine-free" crusade that's dooming millions to smoke? Joining RegWatch to expose the treaty's radical overreach and preview the Taxpayers Protection Alliance's Good Cop 2.0 is Martin Cullip, International Fellow at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. We unpack the FCTC's anti-industry echo chamber, the push to smear tobacco harm reduction as an industry plot, and why tobacco control's job-security obsession could shatter public trust forever. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/WCcvhFjQr_k Released: November 12, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

The World Health Organization is waging war on safer nicotine and “the people” are fighting back. As WHO F.C.T.C. delegates meet behind closed doors in Geneva for COP 11, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance is hosting GOOD COP 2.0—the Conference of the People—a public, science-based counter-conference defending tobacco harm reduction and consumer choice. Joining RegWatch is David Williams, TPA President and founder of GOOD COP, who shares the personal story behind his mission, his critique of the WHO's “phony science,” and his warning that Bloomberg-funded prohibitionism is costing lives. Will bureaucratic fear and moral arrogance win the day? Or can the people fightback? Find out, only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com https://youtu.be/g5n1Xs4_yP8 Released: November 10, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

Déjà vu in Washington. With Donald J. Trump back in the White House, public health officials, regulators, and anti-vaping activists have renewed their war on vaping — and this time, they may succeed. The FDA's crackdown on nicotine vapes is intensifying, thousands of vape shops have closed, and vaping advocacy is struggling to survive. But déjà vu cuts both ways. The movement that once shook Washington with the “We Vape, We Vote” uprising is surging back with one mission: freedom from FDA control. At the center of this renewed fight is a familiar warrior: Tristan Thompson, Board President of the United Vapers Alliance and Head of The Vaping Legion. Thompson returns to RegWatch to lay out “The Ask” — the clear, direct demand he believes can unite the movement and force change in Washington. Catch the full interview — only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/mhi2-dPUC_U Live Streamed: October 23, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

In the largest vaping crackdown in U.S. history, the Department of Justice—working with the FDA and ATF—raided distributors and retailers across the country, seizing 4.7 million products worth $86 million. Officials called them “illegal Chinese vapes,” but most were American-made e-liquids from legitimate small businesses—many with PMTAs pending at FDA. So why the deception? And who's really being protected? In this episode of RegWatch, Allison Boughner, President of the American Vapor Manufacturers and Content Manager at Mi-Pod, joins Brent Stafford to expose how political optics, media misinformation, and Big Tobacco privilege are crushing independent vapor companies. They also unpack FDA's fast-track for nicotine pouches, the collapse of legitimate vape retail, and new court challenges that could shape the future of vaping in America. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com https://youtu.be/zn6vTbcp_Bo Live Streamed: October 16, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

Public health has crossed the line. In a stunning display of moral inversion, officials and mainstream media now endorse teen smoking as an acceptable way to “quit” vaping. In this searing RegWatch public statement, Brent Stafford dissects how a decade of fearmongering and misinformation brought us to this moment—where moral panic replaces science and a jihad against nicotine takes precedence over saving lives. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Produced by: Brent Stafford Released: October 10, 2025 https://youtu.be/piLoP5AQXyQ This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

Donald Trump campaigned on saving vaping. But under his watch, the FDA has seized more products than any previous administration and doubled down on the very anti-nicotine crusade he once promised to stop. In our ten years covering the U.S. Vaping industry never has the future looked so bleak. Joining us today to unpack the mounting contradictions of Trump's FDA is Lindsey Stroud, THR policy expert and founder of Tobacco Harm Reduction 101 at thr101.org. Live Streamed: October 3, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/Av-6vcAkQJU This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

Youth smoking in the United States has collapsed to historic lows, yet public health remains silent. At the same time, adult smokers are moving in record numbers to safer nicotine products, signaling a profound market shift that regulators struggle to keep pace with. In this episode of RegWatch, Dr. Chris Junker, Group Head of Life Sciences at British American Tobacco and former VP of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs at Reynolds American, discusses the FDA's slow-moving PMTA process, the collapse of youth smoking, and the importance of scientific transparency in tobacco harm reduction. From the unprecedented decline in youth smoking to the missed opportunities in public health, Junker provides a rare insider's perspective on how science, regulation, and consumer behavior collide in America's smokeless transition. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/Nw9WETlQQuQ Released: September 27, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

Donald Trump promised to save vaping. Twice. Once during his first term and again before winning the 2024 election. But in 2025, America's vapers are feeling burned. Instead of delivering on his promise, Trump's FDA staged the largest vape seizure in U.S. history while fast-tracking Big Tobacco's nicotine pouches. Flavored vapes remain locked out and independent vaping shut out. It's betrayal, and it stings. Joining RegWatch to cut through the smoke is Martin Cullip, International Fellow at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and longtime harm-reduction advocate. Cullip dissects FDA's contradictions, the politics behind the crackdown, and why vapers in the U.S. feel abandoned. Globally, the World Health Organization is sharpening its knife. Having failed to kill vaping outright, WHO is now going after all nicotine — elevating “nicotine addiction” above combustible harm, a sly corruption of science that effectively declares vapes and pouches more dangerous than smoking itself. Is there hope? Find out. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/Bg0LydzqPA4 Released: September 18, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews  

Vaping has long been under attack, smeared by myths and fear-driven campaigns. But now, one of North America's leading public health physicians has stepped forward with a powerful rebuttal. In his newly released book Vaping Behind the Smoke and Fear, Dr. Mark Tyndall delivers a rare and authoritative critique of public health's war on vaping. A veteran of HIV prevention and harm reduction, Tyndall argues vaping is a safer, faster, more effective path away from cigarettes. Shot on location in Warsaw at the 12th Global Forum on Nicotine, this wide-ranging conversation explores the book's central themes: how fear-based messaging distorts the science on vaping; how myths like “popcorn lung” and “nicotine harms the developing brain” persist despite the lack of evidence; and how public health agencies and the media weaponized the so-called vaping-related lung illness (EVALI) to mislead the public. Tyndall warns that with millions of people still smoking, refusing to recommend vaping as a first-line alternative is nothing short of neglect and squanders a historic opportunity to reduce disease and death. For smokers, policymakers, and health professionals alike, Tyndall's message is clear—the truth about vaping has been buried under fear, and it's time to set the record straight. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Released: September 7, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford https://youtu.be/w4H_FfN-hzY This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

Tobacco control is all virtue, no restraint. And when it deploys power, it does so as if it holds absolute moral authority: unquestionable, unforgiving, and unshakably certain of its final destination. It doesn't ask “Does this reduce harm?” In this RegWatch public statement, we expose the divide between tobacco harm reduction and the ideology driving tobacco control. Moral absolutism rooted in resentment, not science, has shaped a global war on safer nicotine products that smears vaping, discredits researchers, and marginalizes anyone who refuses to walk the path of abstinence. It was never about tobacco. It was always about control. In the tobacco control movement, there's no grace. No nuance. No end in sight. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/tSB82ITsNGI Released: July 28, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

We're entering a period of significant risk in the European Union, warns Peter Beckett. He's the Brussels-based publisher behind Clearing the Air, a flagship news outlet covering tobacco harm reduction with deep reporting across Europe and growing impact in the UK, North America, and beyond. In this spontaneous episode of RegWatch, filmed on location at the 2025 Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, we explore media disinformation, Europe's looming crackdown, and the war on safer nicotine products—from Bloomberg to Brussels. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com. https://youtu.be/t_0kaP185N8 Released: July 15, 2025 Produced by: Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE. Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews