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EXCLUSIVE: Biden failed to stop China's toxic nicotine invasion — and your kids paid the price, expert warns
Fox News — Chinese-made nicotine and electronic cigarette products illegally flooded U.S. markets under former President Joe Biden,...
Aug 8, 20251 min read
PRESS RELEASE: Burr-Led Coalition Urges Immediate FDA Action To Stem Illegal Nicotine Crisis
Regulate Smarter applauds Commissioner Makary for recent commitment to address illicit nicotine products & outlines five concrete reforms...
Aug 5, 20253 min read


FDA Is Looking for Expanded Power to Crack Down on Illegal Vape
Bloomberg News — The Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at kratom extracts and preparing to ask Congress for expanded...
Jul 23, 20251 min read
PRESS RELEASE: New Coalition Chaired By Richard Burr Formed to Respond to Illegal Vape Market Crisis
Representing regulated manufacturers, retailers and distributors, Regulate Smarter seeks to address the emergence of the large-scale...
May 23, 20253 min read


The Hard Truth About Nicotine
New York Times — Nearly 29 million Americans regularly smoke cigarettes, a drastic decline from 1964, when more than 40 percent of...
Feb 14, 20251 min read


The Government Is Shooting at the Wrong Vaping Target
National Review — A ruling by the International Trade Commission blocks the importation of FDA-approved e-cigarettes while ignoring the...
Feb 14, 20251 min read


Trump, RFK Jr. and the case for revolutionizing tobacco regulation
Washington Times — Trump and RFK Jr. must reform the FDA's regulatory process to make safer alternatives accessible This Aug. 2, 2018,...
Feb 4, 20251 min read


The FDA’s Proposed Ban On Cigarettes Will Fail Just As Prohibition Did
Forbes — Steve Forbes warns that a proposed FDA rule that, in effect, would ban cigarettes will do about as much good to end smoking as...
Jan 28, 20251 min read


Youth vaping on the decline, federal survey shows
Washington Post — Nearly 6 percent of U.S. middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes this year compared to last year’s...
Sep 25, 20241 min read


Law enforcement experts sound alarm over illegal Chinese vapes flooding US schools
The National Desk — New data shows illegal vapes originating from China account for the majority of e-cigarettes used by U.S. middle...
Sep 12, 20241 min read


US High Schoolers’ E-Cigarette Use Plummets With FDA Crackdown
Bloomberg — US teenagers’ e-cigarette use dropped by two-thirds over the past five years as health regulators cracked down on illegal...
Sep 5, 20242 min read


Youth e-cig use drops to lowest level in a decade
Axios — Half a million fewer teens said they used e-cigarettes this year compared to last, according to an annual federal survey that...
Sep 5, 20241 min read


Teenage E-Cigarette Use Drops to a 10-Year Low
New York Times — The percentage of middle and high school students reporting that they vaped tobacco products declined to about a third...
Sep 5, 20241 min read


Are teens finally ditching vaping? New data show lowest levels in a decade
NBC News — Youth vaping levels fell to the lowest in a decade this year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Sep 5, 20241 min read


E-cigarette use among youth in the US declined to the lowest level in a decade
CNN — Teens in the United States are far less likely to use e-cigarettes than they were a few years ago, but experts warn that any...
Sep 5, 20241 min read


Youth e-cigarette use drops to lowest in a decade
Washington Examiner — The number of teenagers reporting to use electronic cigarettes has dramatically decreased this year, according to...
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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