Apple has removed 181 vaping-related apps from its App Store. The move comes amid growing concern over the health effects of e-cigarettes and the rise of vaping-related illnesses among young people. In an NPR interview, Matthew Myers, President of the Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids, said the the availability of apps, as well as social media and online sales and YouTube, is one of the key contributors to the perception of young people that these products are safe, “that they’re cool and that they’re something the young people should be doing.”
THCA has gained substantial attention over the last year due to a loophole in the Farm Bill that has allowed countless hemp companies to sell traditional psychoactive cannabis as a legal hemp product.
As we continue to chart the course through the ever changing waters of the hemp industry, recent legislative and regulatory developments have given rise to both challenges and opportunities for business owners and stakeholders.
Hemp and cannabis beverages are the latest in this consumer-driven quest to find the perfect method of getting the essential chemicals found in the cannabis plant—from the garden to the body, the body to the mind.
The CEO and founder of Ultimate Product
Distributors (UPD) was the first to suggest
that vaping products should be sold alongside
cigarettes. If that seems obvious, well, that’s how
the greatest ideas always look in the rearview
mirror.
In a significant victory for the hemp industry, Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed Senate Bill 1698, which would have imposed stringent regulations on hemp-derived products.