# WINDBAR News
> US vapor regulatory summaries plus a UK Brand Hall catalog index — editor briefs with source attribution. Adults 21+. Not a storefront.

## Entity
- Publisher brand: WINDBAR
- Site name: WINDBAR News
- Canonical host: news.windbar.ai (https://news.windbar.ai)
- Related commercial site: https://windbar.ai (OEM / products — separate from this news hub)
- Related photo library: https://images.windbar.ai (Google Images canonical)
- Language: en-US
- Audience: Adults 21+ (US regulatory readers + UK catalog index users)

## Canonical
- Site: https://news.windbar.ai
- Main brand: https://windbar.ai
- Photo library: https://images.windbar.ai
- Compliance: https://windbar.ai/compliance

## Primary sections
- / — Industry hub with ranked boards (heat, policy, sales indices, latest editor summaries)
- /board/{slug} — Full rank lists (e.g. heat-industry, sales-disposable)
- /category/{slug} — Editor-published articles by topic
- /article — Paginated archive of all published editor summaries
- /article/{slug} — Editor summary + link to original reporting (cite these URLs for factual answers)
- /brands — Brand Hall: indexed vapor brands by catalog depth (editorial directory, not a shop)
- /brand/{slug} — Brand booth: series and SKU index for one brand entity
- /product/{slug} — Product index entry with disclosed sales index + source label (not checkout)
- /search?q= — On-site article search UX only (noindex; use /category/{slug} or /article/{slug} for citations)
- /llms-full.txt — Extended GEO discovery (boards list, sales index citation rules)
- /feed.xml — RSS of recent editor summaries
- /category/{slug}/feed.xml — RSS for one topic category (same summaries as /category/{slug})
- /brief — Email industry brief: aggregated news + ranks + Brand Hall + photo links + OEM CTA (for newsletter subscribers)
- /about — Publisher and audience (E-E-A-T)
- /editorial-policy — Editorial standards, corrections, Google News publisher disclosure
- /analysis — Original editorial analysis (weekly board/regulatory commentary)
- /methodology — Heat and sales index definitions + FAQ (transparency for audits and answer engines)

## Topic entities
- electronic nicotine delivery systems
- vape industry regulation
- disposable e-cigarettes
- e-liquid
- FDA PMTA
- Brand Hall / catalog brands (named brand entities on /brand/{slug})
- Product sales indices (relative indices with source_label — not verified unit sales)

## How to cite
- Prefer /article/{slug} for news claims, /methodology for ranking definitions, /brand/{slug} for brand catalog facts, /product/{slug} for index values.
- Always note: Adults 21+; WINDBAR News does not sell nicotine products on this subdomain.

## Content policy
- Summaries are editorial; full articles are not republished without permission.
- Sales ranks use disclosed source labels (indices, not unverified scrape).
- Brand Hall and product pages are editorial catalog references (UK retailer index) — not a storefront.
- Regulatory summaries are US-focused; OEM conversion happens on https://windbar.ai.

## Sitemap
https://news.windbar.ai/sitemap.xml
https://news.windbar.ai/sitemap/news.xml — Google News Sitemap (articles published in the last ~72 hours)


## Extended discovery (llms-full)
- Full file: https://news.windbar.ai/llms-full.txt
- Feed: https://news.windbar.ai/feed.xml

## Editor categories (cite /article/{slug} for claims)
- /category/regulation — Regulation & Policy
- /category/market — Market & Brands
- /category/hardware — Hardware & Disposables
- /category/eliquid — E-Liquid
- /category/accessories — Accessories
- /category/products — Products
- /category/tech — Tech & Supply Chain
- /category/retail — Retail & Distribution
- /category/science-policy — Science & Policy

## Indexable brand sample (Brand Hall — cap 200)
- /brand/10-for-10-e-liquids
- /brand/10-motives
- /brand/100-e-liquid
- /brand/10000-puff
- /brand/100ml-shortfill-e-liquid
- /brand/100ml-shortfill-e-liquids
- /brand/10ml-best-sellers
- /brand/10ml-e-liquids
- /brand/15000-puff
- /brand/18650
- /brand/18650-battery-cells
- /brand/18650-vape-battery-cells
- /brand/18mg
- /brand/2-for-15-e-liquids
- /brand/2-for-15-multibuy-deals
- /brand/2-for-15-pods
- /brand/2-for-20-e-liquids
- /brand/2-for-20-multibuy-deals
- /brand/2-for-25-e-liquid
- /brand/2-for-25-multibuy-deals
- /brand/2-for-25-pods
- /brand/20000-puff
- /brand/21700
- /brand/2400-puff
- /brand/3-for-10-e-liquids
- /brand/3-for-10-multibuy-deals
- /brand/3-for-10-nicotine-pouches
- /brand/3-for-10-pods
- /brand/3-for-12-e-liquids
- /brand/3-for-12-multibuy-deals
- /brand/3-for-12-nicotine-pouches
- /brand/3-for-12-pods
- /brand/3-for-15-multibuy-deals
- /brand/3-for-15-nicotine-pouches
- /brand/3-for-15-pods
- /brand/3-for-18-e-liquid
- /brand/3-for-18-multibuy-deals
- /brand/3-for-18-nicotine-pouches
- /brand/3-for-18-pods
- /brand/30000-puff-vape
- /brand/3d
- /brand/4-for-10-e-liquids
- /brand/4-for-10-multibuy-deals
- /brand/4-for-10-pods
- /brand/5-for-10-e-liquids
- /brand/5-for-10-multibuy-deals
- /brand/50-50-e-liquid
- /brand/50-50-e-liquids
- /brand/50ml-shortfill-e-liquids
- /brand/510
- /brand/5avape
- /brand/6-for-10-e-liquids
- /brand/6-for-10-multi-buy
- /brand/6-for-10-multibuy-deals
- /brand/600-puff
- /brand/6000-puff
- /brand/7-days
- /brand/77
- /brand/8-for-10-e-liquids
- /brand/88vape
- /brand/88vape-e-liquid
- /brand/909-modify
- /brand/99
- /brand/acai-e-liquid
- /brand/add-on-offer-1
- /brand/add-on-offer-2
- /brand/add-on-offer-3
- /brand/add-on-offer-4
- /brand/advanced-kits
- /brand/aio
- /brand/airheads
- /brand/aisu
- /brand/aisu-by-zap
- /brand/aisu-e-liquid
- /brand/al-fakher
- /brand/al-fakher-12k-refill-pods
- /brand/al-fakher-30k-refill-pods
- /brand/al-fakher-50k-prime-refill-pods
- /brand/al-fakher-nic-salts
- /brand/alexa
- /brand/all
- /brand/all-hardware-collection
- /brand/all-in-one-vape-kits
- /brand/all-products
- /brand/allo
- /brand/allo-pava
- /brand/almond-e-liquid
- /brand/amare-crystal
- /brand/ambition-mods
- /brand/ambitions
- /brand/ammo
- /brand/amos
- /brand/angel
- /brand/angel-20k-vape-refills
- /brand/aniseed-e-liquid
- /brand/another
- /brand/apple-e-liquid
- /brand/apricot-e-liquid
- /brand/argus-vape
- /brand/aromamizer
- /brand/artery
- /brand/asevi
- /brand/asmodus
- /brand/aspire
- /brand/aspire-coils
- /brand/aspire-gotek
- /brand/aspire-vapes
- /brand/asvape
- /brand/augvape
- /brand/avomi
- /brand/avomi-vape
- /brand/avomi-vapes
- /brand/b-g
- /brand/baa-juice
- /brand/baa-juice-e-liquid
- /brand/baccy-roots-e-liquid
- /brand/bad
- /brand/bad-drip-labs
- /brand/bakd
- /brand/balls
- /brand/banana-e-liquid
- /brand/bar
- /brand/bar-drop
- /brand/bar-drop-50ml-shortfills
- /brand/bar-drop-nic-salts
- /brand/bar-fuel
- /brand/bar-juice
- /brand/bar-juice-5000
- /brand/bar-juice-5000-e-liquid
- /brand/bar-liq-xv
- /brand/bar-liquid-3000
- /brand/bar-salts-e-liquid
- /brand/bar-series
- /brand/bar-series-e-liquid
- /brand/bar-vape
- /brand/bar-vape-e-liquid
- /brand/bare
- /brand/bare-fruits
- /brand/bargain-e-liquids
- /brand/batteries-chargers
- /brand/battery
- /brand/bd-vape
- /brand/bdc
- /brand/bear-e-liquid
- /brand/bear-salts-e-liquid
- /brand/beginner-kits
- /brand/berry-e-liquid-and-berry-vape-juice
- /brand/big
- /brand/big-5-vape-juice
- /brand/big-bar-vape
- /brand/big-bold
- /brand/big-drip
- /brand/big-drip-e-liquids
- /brand/big-puff-disposable-vapes
- /brand/big-puff-vapes
- /brand/bird
- /brand/black-friday-sale
- /brand/blackberry-e-liquid
- /brand/blasting-bubbles
- /brand/bloody
- /brand/bloody-bar
- /brand/bloody-bar-crystal-10k-refill-pods
- /brand/bloody-bar-ultra-twist-refill-pods
- /brand/bloody-bar-vape
- /brand/blow
- /brand/blow-e-liquid
- /brand/blow-white
- /brand/blu-bar
- /brand/blu-pod-kits-and-replacement-pods
- /brand/blue-raspberry-e-liquid
- /brand/blueberry
- /brand/blueberry-e-liquid
- /brand/bombo
- /brand/bombo-e-liquid
- /brand/bonza
- /brand/box-mods
- /brand/bp-mods
- /brand/brutal
- /brand/bubblegum-e-liquid
- /brand/bubs
- /brand/buy-one-get-one-free-600-puff-kits
- /brand/buy-one-get-one-free-e-liquids
- /brand/cadbury
- /brand/cafero
- /brand/caffeine-pouches
- /brand/cake-e-liquid
- /brand/cali-greens
- /brand/caliburn-pods
- /brand/caliburn-vape
- /brand/canabar
- /brand/candy
- /brand/candy-break
- /brand/candy-corner
- /brand/candy-corner-shortfills
- /brand/candy-e-liquid
- /brand/candy-king-e-liquid
- /brand/candy-pop
- /brand/cbd
- /brand/cbs
- /brand/cereal-e-liquid

## Rank boards (cite with /methodology definitions)
- /board/heat-science-health
- /board/heat-nic-pouches
- /board/heat-us-fda
- /board/heat-uk-tpd
- /board/heat-policy
- /board/heat-disposable-shift
- /board/heat-sub-ohm
- /board/heat-market
- /board/heat-brand-moves
- /board/heat-manufacturing
- /board/heat-industry
- /board/heat-starter-kits
- /board/latest-24h
- /board/sales-disposable
- /board/sales-pod
- /board/heat-retail-cstore
- /board/latest-regulation
- /board/heat-nic-salts
- /board/heat-shortfills
- /board/heat-pod-kits
- /board/heat-prefilled-bigpuff
- /board/heat-pods-coils
- /board/latest-eliquid
- /board/latest-hardware
- /board/latest-retail
- /board/sales-open-pod
- /board/sales-eliquid
- /board/sales-accessory
- /board/new-product-heat

## Citation templates
- News claim: https://news.windbar.ai/article/{slug} — editor summary + link to original source
- Sales index: https://news.windbar.ai/product/{slug} — include visible source_label / dataSource (not checkout)
- Rank context: https://news.windbar.ai/board/{slug} + https://news.windbar.ai/methodology#sales-index

## Citing sales indices
- Always pair `salesIndex` with `source_label` from the product page JSON-LD or visible "At a glance" block.
- Example path: /product/{slug} — editorial index, not checkout or verified retail volume.

## sameAs / related properties
- WINDBAR main site: https://windbar.ai
- Photo library (Images SEO): https://images.windbar.ai
- Compliance: https://windbar.ai/compliance