Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed Tuesday a bill that would have banned the sale of flavored nicotine vapor products in the state. The bill originally passed in March, but due to coronavirus-related delays, it only reached his desk on Thursday, Sept 4th. The bill,...
On Saturday, September 5th, hundreds of small business owners, harm reduction advocates, and consumers gathered under the Washington Monument’s shadow to stand on a stage pointed directly at the White House and deliver a clear message to President Trump –...
When you see the word “vaper,” what do you think? In the latest VIDA News SPOTLIGHT, Senior Correspondent Dom Garrett travels across the northern United States to speak with the consumers and small business owners to gain a deeper understanding of how...
On June 25th when the rest of the tobacco harm reduction world was focused on fighting against an importation ban on safer nicotine in Australia, the California State Senate approved SB 793, a ‘flavor ban’ which would prohibit anyone in the state from...
In this clip from VIDA News Live, Senior Correspondent Dom Garrett sits down with Michelle Minton, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. In this non-profit public policy organization, she specializes in consumer policy, covering regulatory issues...
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that flavors are indeed associated with increased smoking cessation yet not with increased youth smoking initiation. The study’s author, Dr. Abigail Friedman of the Yale School of...
Tobacco Harm Reduction is at the center of everything that we do at VIDA News but it is just a piece of a much larger picture of human rights. Those human rights include the right to health (which we speak to) but it also includes the right to life. Recent events have...
Ray Yeates is a father and a grandfather. He is a retired mechanic but still defines himself as a guy who likes to tinker around and fix things. For the last five years, Ray has lived with his partner Ruthie. Ray describes Ruthie as a partner, friend, and soul-mate....
