SUICIDAL POLICY | Michelle Minton & America’s War on Safer Nicotine (Part 2) | RegWatch

2026-01-13

America’s tobacco policy has turned self-destructive. Safer nicotine products are demonized and restricted while combustible cigarettes remain widely available. Watch Part 1 (only on GFN.TV). In Part 2 of this RegWatch interview, Michelle Minton of the Reason Foundation moves past diagnosis and into consequences. Minton explains how the FDA’s PMTA regime didn’t merely regulate vaping—it wiped out independent innovation, locked the market in favor of Big Tobacco, and pushed most consumers into a vast illicit...

America’s tobacco policy has turned self-destructive. Safer nicotine products are demonized and restricted while combustible cigarettes remain widely available.

Watch Part 1 (only on GFN.TV).

In Part 2 of this RegWatch interview, Michelle Minton of the Reason Foundation moves past diagnosis and into consequences.

Minton explains how the FDA’s PMTA regime didn’t merely regulate vaping—it wiped out independent innovation, locked the market in favor of Big Tobacco, and pushed most consumers into a vast illicit supply chain. She breaks down the absurdity of fast-tracking nicotine pouches while leaving vapes in regulatory purgatory, and why a standards-based system was never seriously considered.

From fear-driven decision-making to the refusal to acknowledge historic declines in youth smoking, the outcome is no longer about reducing harm, it’s about expanding control.

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Released: Jan 13, 2026
Produced by: Brent Stafford

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