Tag: Vaping

Opinion: Vaping Madness at the FDA

June 5, 2025 Adam Dick

“For the children.” That is a go-to justification for politicians and bureaucrats seeking to infringe on individual rights. It was on display last week in the final minutes of the testimony of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary before a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Makary was exaggerating the extent of vaping among high … Read more

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Is CBD Vaping Good After A Workout?

August 5, 2021 Guest Contributor

(Image: pixabay.com/photos/jogging-run-sport-jog-sporty-race-2343558/) CBD vaping is immensely popular right now. It seems like everyone we know is trying to get their hands on some CBD vape juice. If you are yet to try CBD vape juice, you miss out on plenty of benefits. If you are an avid workout enthusiast, then this is something that you … Read more

Mass Flavored Cigarette Ban Continues to Flood NH With New Revenue

January 27, 2021 Steve MacDonald

On June 1st of 2020, the busy-bodies in the Bay State banned menthol-flavored cigarettes. Here in the Granite State, we said thank you. Before summer was over, NH had added over 16 million in new revenue as a result. The latest figures push that to over 28 million in six months.

Smokers, Mass. lawmakers may have saved N.H. businesses from tax hike

July 18, 2020 Op-Ed

Cigarette smokers and flavored tobacco scavengers from Massachusetts produced a surge of New Hampshire tobacco tax revenue that almost single-handedly prevented a business tax increase, preliminary, unaudited state figures suggest.

Paper that Started Vaping Panic Pulled For ‘Misleading Data’ and “Unreliable Conclusions”

February 20, 2020 Steve MacDonald

A major study published last year before the nationwide vaping panic has been retracted. The research was pulled by the American Heart Association’s Scientific Journal over concerns that the data was misleading and the conclusions unreliable.

Vaping Accessories: Your best guide

February 12, 2020 Third Party Content

Vaping: the change of role It is difficult to call vape culture a novelty in this world, but still vaping remains quite a popular hobby nowadays. Throughout its history (for the United States this means since about 2006) devices for vaping have undergone a number of modifications and changes in attitude both from the side … Read more

Trump Administration Put the FDA Screws to Flavored Vaping Juice Manufacturers

January 3, 2020 Steve MacDonald

I’ve been harping on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker for his knee-jerk vaping ban. Virtue signaling that has proven to be an economic win for New Hampshire. It was an overreach in my opinion so what of this? The Trump administration is putting the screws to Vape Juice makers.

Kate Frey and Dr. Daniel Philbin: Making the Case For Raising the Voting Age to 26

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Skip

Well, not exactly. Kate Frey, vice president of advocacy at New Futures, and Dr. Daniel Philbin, Northern New England Chapter of American College of Cardiology, are members of the New Hampshire-Tobacco 21 Coalition and just wrote an Op-Ed about the dangers of smoking and vaping.

NH Vape Sales up 76% Since Massachusetts Banned Vaping in the Bay State

January 6, 2020December 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Charlie Baker is a registered Republican in Massachusetts. Even real Republicans know what that means (Democrat) – and Democrats surround him. So the knee-jerk 4-month vaping ban in the Bay State was not surprising. Nor was the massive uptick in sales in New Hampshire.

It’s Time to Vaporize the War on E-Cigarettes

January 6, 2020November 26, 2019 Op-Ed

In what feels like the beginning of a twenty-first-century relapse into the ill-famed days of Prohibition, more and more politicians across the country have flocked to one of the most misguided, counterproductive and reactionary measures in decades.

Judge Says Massachusetts Vape Ban on Nicotine Could End Next Monday If State Fails to Act

October 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Massachusetts banned all vaping products last month in a knee-jerk response to a small number of health issues and fatalities related to vaping. Small business owners caught off guard, as well as vape companies, challenged the ban in court.

NH has E-Cig Sales Windfall After Massachusetts Bans Vaping, But Some are Buying into Danger

October 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Aftermarket vaping cartridges have been making people ill. Some have died. Massachusetts responded by banning the sale of vaping products in the State for four months. While some are filing lawsuits and staging protests cross border sales in New Hampshire are up. Way up.

Mass Gov. Announces State-Wide Vaping Ban – Wait, Anti-Gun Laws Have Killed More People!

September 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has done what we expect a liberal to do. Use a handful of harm to destroy an entire sector of an industry for which the progressives already had it out. He banned vaping state-wide. My response? Shop in New Hampshire.

Do All Democrats Want a Complete Ban on E-Cigarettes and Vaping?

October 21, 2019June 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats introduced a tax on vaping products this session. For the children. They don’t want anyone getting addicted to nicotine (which does not cause cancer) because they might switch to cigarettes (which do). The logical conclusion of this is the total ban implemented in San Francisco.

Was the Democrats New Vaping Tax Supposed to Help Big Tobacco?

March 5, 2019March 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Would it surprise New Hampshire Democrats to discover that taxing vaping products is a bad idea? That the marketing by the FDA and CDC is disingenuous. Or, that vaping is lowering cancer rates and that their tax might benefit Big Tobacco?