Skip to content

Ep. 4: E-Cigarette Users Find Friends in GOP

The Big Story

[Listen on Stitcher]

Republicans in Congress could immunize many electronic cigarette products from impending regulations by using a spending bill to shield not only e-cigs but vaporizers and hookahs from tougher federal oversight. It is the second year in a row the GOP is weighing such a move as a preemptory strike against the Food and Drug Administration, and it is stoking a debate over public health, small businesses and the lack of clinical data on the products’ health effects.

Subscribe on iTunes

Recent Stories

Pappas keeps focus on November amid signs of tightening Senate primary

Capitol Lens — Stumping in New England

Behind the Byline — The House’s CR week and skating out of town

GOP consensus elusive on timing, scope of data centers bill

Photos of the week | August 28-September 3, 2026

NTIA opens door to new federal broadband grants