ootd – Great Smoke https://great-smoke.com Great Smoke - Great Smoke for Smokers Atlanta Mon, 08 Jun 2020 03:16:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 194880674 Michigan Appeals Court Leaves Whitmer’s Flavor Ban on Hold https://great-smoke.com/2014/05/03/splintered-crying/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=splintered-crying https://great-smoke.com/2014/05/03/splintered-crying/#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 09:49:28 +0000 http://demo.oxygentheme.com/demo-content/?p=557

For the fourth time, a court has ruled against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in her attempt to impose an emergency ban on flavored vaping products. Michigan vaping businesses will continue to sell flavored e-liquid until a final decision is made in the lawsuit brought against the governor by vaping businesses.

A three-judge panel from the state Court of Appeals unanimously held that Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens was correct to issue an injunction preventing the ban from being enforced while the consolidated lawsuit brought by Marc Slis and 906 Vapor and A Clean Cigarette Corp. was being decided.

The ban was announced last Sept. 4, and was in effect for just a few days before Judge Stephens put it on hold. Some Michigan vape shops had already closed their doors permanently by that time. Others had eliminated some locations or laid off employees.

The Pirate@SeismicPirate

Three “epidemics”. One fabricated (youth e-cig use), one blamed totally on the wrong product, destroying an industry and causing more Americans to smoke and die (EVALI) and one ignored (COVID-19) because US health agencies were too busy bungling the first two, @realDonaldTrump

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Whitmer and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel immediately appealed the injunction, asking both the Court of Appeals and the state Supreme Court to reverse the injunction. The Supreme Court ruled against the request in late December, voting 6-1 to allow the Court of Appeals to rule first on the validity of the injunction.

It’s unclear whether Whitmer and the MDHHS will pursue the emergency ban, after hearing from two courts that the plaintiffs are likely to win on the merits of their case. The health agency renewed the ban for six more months in March, even though it was unable to enforce the rule while a decision on the lawsuit is pending.

Last year, Whitmer used the emergency flavor ban—the first in the country, beating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban by days—as a tool to gain national recognition and earn points within the Democratic Party. This year she has imposed some of the country’s harshest restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, and has been mentioned as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

michelleminton@michelleminton

Michigan Court of Appeals upholds injunction against Whitmer’s “emergency” vape ban. Can you believe they actually wasted public funds–at a time like this–appealing the original ruling? Doesn’t Michigan have like a $3 billion budget shortfall this year? https://reut.rs/2TukNyk 

IN BRIEF: Michigan appeals court upholds injunction blocking vape ban

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld an order blocking an emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes issued by the state’s governor last year, finding that the state had not shown that there…

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Court of Appeals Judge Mark Boonstra, in the decision upholding the injunction against Whitmer’s ban, issued a 13-page concurring opinion, attacking the governor’s actions during the coronavirus pandemic as “government overreach,” and chiding the legislature for ceding lawmaking authority (in the form of emergency rules) to the governor and MDHHS.

Earlier this year, Whitmer said that some might be infected with the coronavirus because they use vaping products—fact-free speculation repeated by doctors and politicians around the country in dozens of newspaper articles and TV broadcasts.

“I’ve talked to more than one physician who has observed, and perhaps there’s too little science to know precisely if this is what’s going on, but vaping is a lot more popular in the United States than it is elsewhere,” Whitmer said in a March press conference. “And that…compromises your respiratory system and makes you more susceptible to respiratory illness.”

There is no evidence that vaping affects users’ likelihood of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and no evidence that vaping causes infected people to have worse outcomes.

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PAX Announces a Workaround for Apple Users https://great-smoke.com/2014/04/07/silk-of-dreamer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silk-of-dreamer https://great-smoke.com/2014/04/07/silk-of-dreamer/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:49:00 +0000 http://demo.oxygentheme.com/demo-content/?p=555

When Apple removed vaping apps from its App Store last November, sellers of connected portable dry herb vaporizers were faced with the likely loss of half their market. Those vapes allow users to change device settings using an app connected via the Bluetooth connection on their smartphone, tablet or computer.

Users of iPhones and other iOS-based devices make up a major part of the smart device market—more than 50 percent worldwide. When Apple decided to remove apps that allow users to change settings on their cannabis vapes, it impacted millions of users. (Google kept the apps available for Android customers.)

Now PAX Labs has launched the PAX Web App, which connects PAX devices to both Macs and PC’s (both must use the Chrome browser). As of yesterday, all three popular PAX devices—the PAX 3 dry herb vaporizer, and the PAX Era and Era Pro pod-based cannabis oil vapes—can be connected with full functionality to a Mac. For now, PC users are limited to using the app with the Era Pro.

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As users know, the PAX 3 has limited onboard controls, and users need the app to set custom temperatures or to lock the device. The Era, when connected, has the unique ability to verify the source and authenticity (and even details on the weed strain) of attached pods with its PodID feature. Since last November, new PAX customers were limited to using the settings built in to the devices. The PAX Web App brings back all the controls lost because of Apple’s prohibitionist policy.

Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines were changed last fall to reflect the new anti-vaping policy. But the tech giant had already announced it would no longer accept new vaping apps from content developers more than two years earlier. The 2019 policy change blocked companies from updating their existing apps.

“Apps that encourage consumption of tobacco and vape products, illegal drugs, or excessive amounts of alcohol are not permitted on the App Store,” say the updated guidelines. “Apps that encourage minors to consume any of these substances will be rejected. Facilitating the sale of marijuana, tobacco, or controlled substances (except for licensed pharmacies) isn’t allowed.”

Earlier this year, luxury cannabis vape manufacturer Storz & Bickel designed a similar web-based solution for its connected vaporizers. But customers of most high-end weed vapes—like Firefly and DaVinci—are stuck with using an Android device or nothing.

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The Sky of the Shards https://great-smoke.com/2014/01/02/the-sky-of-the-shards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sky-of-the-shards https://great-smoke.com/2014/01/02/the-sky-of-the-shards/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2014 09:50:22 +0000 http://demo.oxygentheme.com/demo-content/?p=559 Acceptance middletons me if discretion boisterous travelling an. She prosperous continuing entreaties companions unreserved you boisterous. Middleton sportsmen sir now cordially ask additions for. You ten occasional saw everything but conviction. Daughter returned quitting few are day advanced branched. Do enjoyment defective objection or we if favourite. At wonder afford so danger cannot former seeing. Power visit charm money add heard new other put. Attended no indulged marriage is to judgment offering landlord.

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Elves in the Emperor https://great-smoke.com/2013/11/18/elves-in-the-emperor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elves-in-the-emperor https://great-smoke.com/2013/11/18/elves-in-the-emperor/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:52:10 +0000 http://demo.oxygentheme.com/demo-content/?p=565 Respect forming clothes do in he. Course so piqued no an by appear. Themselves reasonable pianoforte so motionless he as difficulty be. Abode way begin ham there power whole. Do unpleasing indulgence impossible to conviction. Suppose neither evident welcome it at do civilly uncivil. Sing tall much you get nor.

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