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ISSUE 042VOL. III · 2026DASHBOARD / OVERVIEW
DATA LIVEFDA · OPENSTATES · GOOGLE NEWS
The Regulatory Operating System

EVERY LAW.EVERY STATE.ONE DASHBOARD.

E-CIG.BOT pipes the FDA Tobacco database, OpenStates legislative feeds, recall alerts and per-state tax tables into one operator-grade interface. No fluff, no marketing copy — just the regulatory reality, refreshed every fourteen minutes.

Enter DashboardPMTA Lookup
Authorized Products
34
+2
Active Recalls
6
+1
States w/ Flavor Ban
7
0
Avg. Excise Tax
38.4%
+1.2
PMTA Decisions YTD
1.2M
—
Pending Litigation
23
-2
◆FDA AUTHORIZES MENTHOL VUSE
◆MA SENATE BILL 2841 INTRODUCED
◆NJOY MENTHOL APPROVED — JUNE 21
◆ELF BAR FACING IMPORT BAN
◆CA SB 793 ENFORCEMENT EXPANDS
◆NEW PMTA QUEUE: 312 PRODUCTS
◆TX RETAINS NO-EXCISE STATUS
◆RECALL F-2024-2841 ESCO BARS
◆MN WHOLESALE 95% — HIGHEST
◆FDA INTERCEPTS 1.4M DISPOSABLES
00Source Bus

DATA
PIPELINE

Five live sources feed every metric on this dashboard. No editorialization, no opinion — just the underlying federal and state data, exposed.

#
Source
Endpoint
Latency
Status
01
FDA Tobacco API
api.fda.gov/tobacco
142ms
ONLINE
02
OpenStates
v3.openstates.org
201ms
ONLINE
03
FDA Recalls
api.fda.gov/food/enforcement
98ms
ONLINE
04
State Tax DBs
scrape · 50 jurisdictions
2.4s
SYNCING
05
Google News RSS
news.google.com/rss
187ms
ONLINE
01Regulation Atlas

STATE-BY-STATE
VAPE LAW TRACKER

Live regulatory posture across 10 priority jurisdictions. Click any state to inspect flavor bans, online sales status, excise structure and the latest legislative movement.

JURISDICTION FILE · UPDATED 2024-03-01

California

CA
Flavor Ban
FULL
Online Sales
BANNED
Min Age
21+
PMTA Req.
YES
Excise Structure
12.5% wholesale
Field Notes

SB-793 enacted a comprehensive statewide flavored tobacco ban in 2022, covering all retail categories. Online sales are prohibited under the STAKE Act. Excise is levied at wholesale and compounds with local business taxes in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

02Pre-Market Tobacco Application

PMTA
APPROVAL LOOKUP

Cross-reference brand, SKU or submission ID against FDA marketing decisions. Data sourced from api.fda.gov/tobacco.

Brand · Product
Category
Submission ID
Decision Date
Status
Querying FDA Tobacco Database…
Source · api.fda.gov/tobacco · refreshed every 60 min · showing curated PMTA decisions
03 Active Threat Board

PRODUCT
RECALL ALERTS

Class I
2
Class II
2
Class III
1
Pulling FDA enforcement database…
Source · api.fda.gov/tobacco · api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement · refreshed every 60 min
04Excise · Wholesale · Per-mL

VAPE TAX
CALCULATOR

Compute landed cost across jurisdictions. Switches automatically between wholesale-percentage, per-mL volumetric, and retail excise schemes — the three structures U.S. states actually use.

$15.00
30mL
1
Computation Output
California
Tax Type
wholesale
Retail Subtotal
$21.00
Excise Tax Burden
+ $9.26
Landed Cost · Total
$30.26
$30.26 per unit
Formula · 61.74% wholesale · sourced from state revenue databases
05Cessation Network

QUIT-VAPING
RESOURCES

Vetted, evidence-backed cessation channels. Every program below has clinical or federal backing — no gimmick apps, no influencer "methods".

01
Free
Hotline

1-800-QUIT-NOW

Free coaching from trained quit specialists, 24/7 in all 50 states.

1-800-784-8669
02
Free
App

This is Quitting

Truth Initiative SMS program with 600k+ enrollees, designed for teens & young adults.

Text DITCHVAPE to 88709
03
Free
Program

smokefree.gov

HHS-backed digital toolkit including quit plans, craving trackers, and live chat.

smokefree.gov/vapefree
04
Free
Program

EX Program

Mayo Clinic + Truth Initiative joint program, proven 5x quit rate vs cold turkey.

becomeanex.org
05
Clinical
Therapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

FDA-approved NRT roughly doubles quit success when combined with counseling.

Patches / gum / lozenges
06
Clinical
Therapy

Bupropion / Varenicline

Prescription cessation aids with documented efficacy for nicotine dependence.

Rx via clinician
06Wire · Aggregated · Hourly

REGULATION
NEWS FEED

Curated wire from Reuters, Bloomberg, AP, NEJM, Politico and Law360 — filtered against an e-cig regulation lexicon.

Pulling wire feed…
Source · Google News RSS · refreshed every 60 min