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ALABAMA ⚠️URGENT⚠️ The HEARING is TODAY, February 28 at 1:30 PM! HB 65 would put independent vape shops out of business, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting. TAKE ACTION...

"With the goal of creating the world’s largest collection of successful vape stories, two leading consumer advocacy groups have launched the RightToVape.org site. Already boasting nearly 14,000 testimonials, the site demonstrates growing anger from across the globe that evidence is being...

After being slapped down by courts, Gov. Whitmer again attempting end run around legislative process, using MDHHS to ban flavors for ADULTS (it's already illegal to sell ANY vapor products to anyone under 21.) TAKE ACTION NOW! MI – Stop the MDHHS’s Flavor Ban – Hearing Oct. 20! - CASAA

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Flavor ban bill SB 793 passed Senate Committee on Health with little debate and virtually no resistance. Contact the committee consultant and your lawmakers. Share your story and urge them to reject SB 793! TAKE ACTION: CA - Stop a Statewide Flavor Ban!

One thing that is quickly apparent when joining the vaping community is how exceptionally helpful people are. Vapers are happy to encourage, support and help people who smoke switch to far safer alternatives, whether in a social media group, online forum, local vape shop or just a stranger on...

It's more important than ever that alternatives to cigarettes be kept available, affordable & appealing--to reduce the risks from smoking--especially for our vulnerable parents & grandparents. Together we reduce harm! __________________________________________________________________ In...

Vaping & COVID-19 – Information for Vapers - CASAA

IL – Public Meeting 09.23.19 – Mental Health Committee to Discuss a Response to “The Vaping Crisis” - CASAA The Illinois General Assembly’s Mental Health Committee will hold a hearing on the subject of “Addressing the Vaping Crisis” on Monday, September 23, 2019 2:00 PM Michael A. Bilandic...

In July, a US District Court judge, Paul Grimm, produced a remedy order that requires the FDA to enforce the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) requirement starting in May of 2020. This effectively moves up this particular compliance deadline by more than a year. While a small handful of...

Tony Evers is calling for a 71% tax rate on vapor products, including a floor tax on all inventory in shops already. He announced four public meetings Friday, April 5th, the first of which was...Friday, April 5th. If you are able to attend any others, please do so. Otherwise, time to roll out...

On Monday, August 27, the Saint Charles County Council met to consider two bills that would amend the county’s public smoking laws. Bill 4631 passed by a vote of 4 to 3 and does not include any mention of vaping. Please take a moment to send a thank you message to County Council members who...

The Right to Be Smoke-Free Coalition(RSF) recently submitted a brief to the federal district court of Maryland, opposing a motion for summary judgment filed by various public health groups in American Academy of Pediatrics v. FDA. The public health groups are challenging the pre-market...

In a recent study published online Aug. 13 in the BMJ journal Thorax, hoping to discover what happens when e-liquid evaporates and enters the lungs, researchers attempted to recreate vaping using common respiratory suction “traps” and collected the resulting condensation. Using unflavored...

Dear CASAA Members, June and July saw us involved in a lot of activity with the FDA. In early June, CASAA and other advocacy groups filed a 90-day extension request for the comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding a product standard for flavored vapor and...

The City of Sacramento is in the early stages of considering an ordinance that would restrict/ban the sale of flavored tobacco and vapor products. A public hearing on this proposal is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 28th, 5:00 PM. (This date is subject to change. Please make sure you...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted Cigarettes, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public comment for consideration in developing a potential nicotine product standard for combustible tobacco...

Proposals to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products have been working their way through cities and municipalities for roughly ten years. In 2013, New York City– known for its aggressive tobacco control policies–was the first major US city to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco...

With the summer travel season here, many consumers are wondering about traveling on vacation with their vapor devices and liquids. Lithium batteries are often the most concerning aspect. Headlines appear almost every week of a cell phone, laptop, headphones, hoverboards and even vapor devices...

May began with a “blitz” of enforcement action from the FDA and FTC against e-liquid manufacturers that use artwork which closely mimics or otherwise is directly appropriated from food, candy, or beverage products marketed to young people. Although intellectual property (“IP”) theft is not...