# 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)