{"id":18614,"date":"2019-01-09T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=18614"},"modified":"2019-01-09T18:10:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T23:10:02","slug":"latest-from-regulator-watch-bully-tactics-health-agencies-grant-permission-to-shame-vapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/18614","title":{"rendered":"LATEST FROM REGULATOR WATCH &#8211; Bully Tactics | Health Agencies Grant Permission to Shame Vapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest from Brent Stafford at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulatorwatch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulator Watch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s a cruel bitter irony for millions of vapers who not only quit smoking in order to improve their health but also to escape the humiliation and stress caused by incessant shaming. Over decades, state and federal public health agencies have spent billions of dollars on advertising campaigns which gave friends, family, and even strangers \u2018carte blanche\u2019 to shame, degrade and demonize smokers.<\/p>\n<p>Today the shaming is back and it\u2019s more painful than ever as its target is vaping, the very tool so many found instrumental in kicking their smoking habit and to stay quit.<\/p>\n<p>Does public health have no shame? Find out in this frank interview with April Meyers, Board President and CEO of the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association.<\/p>\n<p>Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com<\/p>\n<p>Produced by: Brent Stafford.<br \/>\nReleased: January 4, 2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/309585178\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"LATEST%20FROM%20REGULATOR%20WATCH%20-%20Bully%20Tactics%20%7C%20Health%20Agencies%20Grant%20Permission%20to%20Shame%20Vapers\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest from Brent Stafford at Regulator Watch: It\u2019s a cruel bitter irony for millions of vapers who not only quit smoking in order&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent_news","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18615,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614\/revisions\/18615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}