Apple is pulling all 181 vaping-related apps currently available on its App Store as health concerns mount over vaping-related illnesses and 42 vaping-related deaths, Axios reported on Friday (Nov. 15). The App Store has never allowed the direct sale of tobacco or vaping cartridges, but...
May you live in interesting times. That’s supposedly a curse as much as a blessing, but no matter what, it certainly applies to the online sales of eCigarettes and vaping supplies, where regulations haven’t caught up to retail reality, and where legitimate businesses worry about...
More than 20 online eCigarette retailers are being sued by New York City for allegedly selling to children. Bloomberg is reporting that the suit follows a crackdown on vaping following an outbreak of lung illnesses tied to the practice. New York City requested that a...
Regulators continue to examine reports of disease and deaths allegedly linked to eCigarettes. And amid that scrutiny, Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba said on Wednesday (Oct. 9) that it will stop selling eCigarette components in the United States, Reuters reports. The move by Alibaba follows other announcements...
October 15, 2019
May you live in interesting times. That’s supposedly a curse as much as a blessing, but no matter what, it certainly applies to the online sales of eCigarettes and vaping supplies, where regulations haven’t caught up to retail reality, and where legitimate businesses worry about keeping on the right side of the law. Karen Webster […]
July 02, 2019
Thanks to the digital economy and its supporting technology, we can say we are in the “golden age” of this and that. The golden age of delivery and quick fulfillment....
June 28, 2019
Now that San Francisco is on the verge of banning eCigarettes, the question naturally turns to whether other municipalities and states will follow suit. Will that happen? “Likely not wide...
April 25, 2019
For a lot of businesses, “advanced age verification” isn’t really all that advanced. Instead, the industry standard is a pop-up window that says something to the effect of, “You must be...
January 17, 2020
Cigarette maker Altria, the company that produces Marlboro, has made an investment in electronic cigarette company Juul Labs, but certain aspects of the deal are frozen due to an ongoing probe by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Altria shelled out $12.8 billion for a 35 percent stake […]
November 15, 2019
Apple is pulling all 181 vaping-related apps currently available on its App Store as health concerns mount over vaping-related illnesses and 42 vaping-related deaths, Axios reported on Friday (Nov. 15)....
October 09, 2019
More than 20 online eCigarette retailers are being sued by New York City for allegedly selling to children. Bloomberg is reporting that the suit follows a crackdown on vaping following...
October 09, 2019
Regulators continue to examine reports of disease and deaths allegedly linked to eCigarettes. And amid that scrutiny, Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba said on Wednesday (Oct. 9) that it will stop...
