CALL TO ACTION: ALABAMA
HB 65 would fund the state to shut down vape shops and enforce the FDA's anti-vaping regulations!
URGENTHEARING scheduled for Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM.
Email your lawmakers to urge them to oppose HB 65!:
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HB 65 would fund the state to shut down vape shops and enforce the FDA's anti-vaping regulations!
URGENTHEARING scheduled for Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM.Email your lawmakers to urge them to oppose HB 65!:
ALABAMA - Stop Funding for Joe Camel’s Private Police Force!
HB 65 would provide funding for the state to shut down vape shops and enforce the FDA's anti-vaping regulations. This is a taxpayer funded gift to Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man. TAKE ACTION and contact your state senator now!
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CALL TO ACTION: OKLAHOMA #2
HB 3971 adds excessive paperwork, high fees & penalties to the existing “Big Tobacco Protection” law, making it nearly impossible for smaller businesses to sell in the state!
URGENT
HEARING on February 21st at 9:00 AM!
TAKE ACTION: https://casaa.org/call-to-action/oklahoma-stop-a-big-tobacco-protection-act/
HB 3971 adds excessive paperwork, high fees & penalties to the existing “Big Tobacco Protection” law, making it nearly impossible for smaller businesses to sell in the state!
URGENTHEARING on February 21st at 9:00 AM!
TAKE ACTION: https://casaa.org/call-to-action/oklahoma-stop-a-big-tobacco-protection-act/
CASAA NEWS BLOG
Truth's sneaky switcheroo about #vaping and pregnancy. 2 new studies show vaping more effective than traditional methods. Professor wants public heath dogma protected. Showing scientific bias. Multiple Calls to Action & much more!
READ MORE: https://casaa.org/truths-sneaky-switcheroo-about-vaping-and-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/
Truth's sneaky switcheroo about #vaping and pregnancy. 2 new studies show vaping more effective than traditional methods. Professor wants public heath dogma protected. Showing scientific bias. Multiple Calls to Action & much more!
READ MORE: https://casaa.org/truths-sneaky-switcheroo-about-vaping-and-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/
URGENTThis bill is scheduled for a hearing TOMORROW, Monday, February 19th at 1:30 PM in Room 606 CLOB
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Georgia Call to Action:.
WYOMING CALL TO ACTION
URGENT
HEARING this Wednesday, Feb. 21st!
SF 107 would put independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting!
URGENTHEARING this Wednesday, Feb. 21st!
SF 107 would put independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting!
MISSISSIPPI CALL TO ACTION
SB 2441 would put independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting.
Send an email to your lawmakers NOW!
SB 2441 would put independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting.
Send an email to your lawmakers NOW!
IOWA CALL TO ACTION!
URGENT
SB 3101 (a PMTA bill) has a HEARING TOMORROW Wednesday, February 21 at 8:30 AM in Senate Lounge!
Please take a minute to send an email to or call your state senator urging them to oppose SB 3101:
URGENTSB 3101 (a PMTA bill) has a HEARING TOMORROW Wednesday, February 21 at 8:30 AM in Senate Lounge!
Please take a minute to send an email to or call your state senator urging them to oppose SB 3101:
IDAHO CALL TO ACTION
S.1366 would put independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting.
Please urge your lawmakers to oppose S.1366!
S.1366 would put independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of people at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting.
Please urge your lawmakers to oppose S.1366!
Study finds that adolescents and young adults who experience major depressive episodes or have cognitive disabilities are at higher risk of vaping.
In other words, they're "self-medicating." So if safer vapes are banned then what will they use?
Bans only address the WHAT instead of the far more important WHY. If we address the WHY (youth mental health crisis) instead of only addressing the WHAT (by banning products shown to reduce health risks for adults who would otherwise be smoking) that will be WIN-WIN for public health! Youth would get the mental health treatments they so desperately need instead of turning to increasingly more dangerous substances, and millions of adults who smoke will continue to have access to low risk alternatives and avoid smoking-related diseases and death.
In other words, they're "self-medicating." So if safer vapes are banned then what will they use?
Bans only address the WHAT instead of the far more important WHY. If we address the WHY (youth mental health crisis) instead of only addressing the WHAT (by banning products shown to reduce health risks for adults who would otherwise be smoking) that will be WIN-WIN for public health! Youth would get the mental health treatments they so desperately need instead of turning to increasingly more dangerous substances, and millions of adults who smoke will continue to have access to low risk alternatives and avoid smoking-related diseases and death.
(TL/DR: We call out the blatant scaremongering and misinformation in this “opinion” article. Read on to find out just how bad it was.)
The author first highlights scary "vaping" stories apparently involving illicit THC vapes that have nothing to do with the flavored NICOTINE vapes she seemingly wants banned. But that's not all."
She then claims that flavored vapes "make up the most common category of substance use among middle and high school students across the state – more than alcohol, leaf tobacco or other drugs."
However, the 2023 GA Student Survey shows 6.4% of the respondents consumed alcohol in the past 30 days vs 6.2% of them vaping. It's possible she mistook the % of students who vape who use flavors as the % of ALL students? That would be an alarming mistake for a professional journalist.
Then, based primarily on the alarming stories of illicit THC vapes, she calls for FDA "to step up its review of e-cigarettes coming to market and its efforts to remove illegal and unauthorized products that are already on the market."
But how would FDA actions against flavored NICOTINE e-cigarettes have ANY effect on the illicit THC vape market that is causing the actual harm to youth? FDA doesn't regulate THC, let alone illicit THC vapes.
Make it make sense.
Finally, she sneers at opponents to the recently introduced "PMTA bill" who correctly state that it would "put independent vape shops out of business, force people to return to combustible cigarettes or prevent cigarette smokers from quitting."
That, she says, "sounds like they’re just blowing smoke." (As if we haven't heard that play on words before.)
But has she spoken to any vapers or vape shop owners?
Is she aware that these PMTA bills are being pushed by big tobacco companies and they would benefit most from them?
Apparently not.
www.ajc.com
The author first highlights scary "vaping" stories apparently involving illicit THC vapes that have nothing to do with the flavored NICOTINE vapes she seemingly wants banned. But that's not all."
She then claims that flavored vapes "make up the most common category of substance use among middle and high school students across the state – more than alcohol, leaf tobacco or other drugs."
However, the 2023 GA Student Survey shows 6.4% of the respondents consumed alcohol in the past 30 days vs 6.2% of them vaping. It's possible she mistook the % of students who vape who use flavors as the % of ALL students? That would be an alarming mistake for a professional journalist.
Then, based primarily on the alarming stories of illicit THC vapes, she calls for FDA "to step up its review of e-cigarettes coming to market and its efforts to remove illegal and unauthorized products that are already on the market."
But how would FDA actions against flavored NICOTINE e-cigarettes have ANY effect on the illicit THC vape market that is causing the actual harm to youth? FDA doesn't regulate THC, let alone illicit THC vapes.
Make it make sense.
Finally, she sneers at opponents to the recently introduced "PMTA bill" who correctly state that it would "put independent vape shops out of business, force people to return to combustible cigarettes or prevent cigarette smokers from quitting."
That, she says, "sounds like they’re just blowing smoke." (As if we haven't heard that play on words before.)
But has she spoken to any vapers or vape shop owners?
Is she aware that these PMTA bills are being pushed by big tobacco companies and they would benefit most from them?
Apparently not.
Efforts to stem youth vaping in Georgia are going up in smoke - Column by Nedra Rhone
Last March, a 12-year-old in southwest Georgia’s Lee County was hospitalized after using a vape pen laced with the potent drug fentanyl and THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. A month later came reports out of Dalton that a 13-year old fell into a coma for weeks after using a vape that...
Dozens of #vaping advocates showed up at the Utah capitol to protest SB 61 (a "Big Tobacco Protection" bill.)
Dave Davis, president of the Utah Retail Merchants Association claimed, "It basically just levels the playing field between your general retailers and your tobacco specialty shops. Everyone will be selling the same product. If you have a business model that’s built on Captain Crunch and bubblegum, then maybe you have to reevaluate the business model.”
No, sir, it basically just ELIMINATES your competition, because the fact that convenience stores sell a lot of products other than e-cigarettes means they can easily survive a dramatic reduction in vapor product inventory.
www.newsfromthestates.com
Dave Davis, president of the Utah Retail Merchants Association claimed, "It basically just levels the playing field between your general retailers and your tobacco specialty shops. Everyone will be selling the same product. If you have a business model that’s built on Captain Crunch and bubblegum, then maybe you have to reevaluate the business model.”
No, sir, it basically just ELIMINATES your competition, because the fact that convenience stores sell a lot of products other than e-cigarettes means they can easily survive a dramatic reduction in vapor product inventory.
‘We vape, we vote’: Vape shops ask lawmakers not to ban sale of flavored vapes
Chants of dozens of advocates echoed through the Utah State Capitol building on Tuesday afternoon. “We vape, we vote.” “Adults want flavors.” “We don’t sell to minors.”
CASAA got in a decent quote in this article regarding HB 3971 in Oklahoma:
“Alex Clark, CEO of the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association, is following PMTA registry or vapor product directory bills in more than a dozen states, including Oklahoma. He said the Sooner State’s situation is similar to Alabama, where a vapor product directory exists, but there’s no funding for enforcement and the agency tasked to oversee it hasn’t effectively done their job.
“It’s going to be leaving it up to the discretion of the state’s attorney general, as to who they’re going to go after,” Clark said. “Which, you know, if that’s a handshake agreement that the legislature wants to sign the citizens up for, by all means, but I don’t think that’s the most effective way to ensure that we are reducing the harm of combustible tobacco.”
According to the CASAA website, HB 3971 would put independent vape shops out of business and render hundreds of workers jobless.”
“Alex Clark, CEO of the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association, is following PMTA registry or vapor product directory bills in more than a dozen states, including Oklahoma. He said the Sooner State’s situation is similar to Alabama, where a vapor product directory exists, but there’s no funding for enforcement and the agency tasked to oversee it hasn’t effectively done their job.
“It’s going to be leaving it up to the discretion of the state’s attorney general, as to who they’re going to go after,” Clark said. “Which, you know, if that’s a handshake agreement that the legislature wants to sign the citizens up for, by all means, but I don’t think that’s the most effective way to ensure that we are reducing the harm of combustible tobacco.”
According to the CASAA website, HB 3971 would put independent vape shops out of business and render hundreds of workers jobless.”
“Contrary to claims by the tobacco industry, we did not see an increase in the use of illicit products,” a study review co-author said.
However, the review also states that 25% "found a way to continue smoking menthols." What "way" did they find, exactly? Possibly the illicit market?
Only the abstract is available, which makes no mention of the racial breakdown of the 25% who quit. This is interesting because one of the main arguments given for a menthol ban is "racial disparity."
Also an important question: do the people who continue to expose themselves to deadly smoke because they don't quit until "after a year or two" actually STAY quit after that?
However, the review also states that 25% "found a way to continue smoking menthols." What "way" did they find, exactly? Possibly the illicit market?
Only the abstract is available, which makes no mention of the racial breakdown of the 25% who quit. This is interesting because one of the main arguments given for a menthol ban is "racial disparity."
Also an important question: do the people who continue to expose themselves to deadly smoke because they don't quit until "after a year or two" actually STAY quit after that?
Altria is finalizing submissions to FDA "to sell NJOY vape products in blueberry and watermelon flavors" and "plans to employ a Bluetooth technology that will prevent underage use."
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
Altria Plans New Blueberry Vape Products — and Will Keep Them Away From Kids - BNN Bloomberg
Altria Group Inc. knows all the worries about fruity-flavored nicotine devices as a lure for children — and it says it has a way to keep them just for adults as it looks for new alternatives to cigarettes.
FLORIDA CALL TO ACTION
H1007 (aka a "Big Tobacco Protection bill) just had another hearing, this time in the House Commerce Committee earlier today.
It's not too late to stop this bill from proceeding any further in the legislature!
TAKE ACTION NOW: https://casaa.org/call-to-action/florida-stop-a-big-tobacco-protection-act/
H1007 (aka a "Big Tobacco Protection bill) just had another hearing, this time in the House Commerce Committee earlier today.
It's not too late to stop this bill from proceeding any further in the legislature!
TAKE ACTION NOW: https://casaa.org/call-to-action/florida-stop-a-big-tobacco-protection-act/
A new study has "significant" observation "suggesting that E-CIGARETTES might present a SAFER ALTERNATIVE to traditional CIGARETTES."
The authors express concern about possible adverse effects from PG/VG (ie. “solvents”) and certain flavors, seemingly with the unrealistic goal of making vaping 100% SAFE. However, these concerns really should be weighed against the adverse effects of people continuing to SMOKE.
www.nature.com
The authors express concern about possible adverse effects from PG/VG (ie. “solvents”) and certain flavors, seemingly with the unrealistic goal of making vaping 100% SAFE. However, these concerns really should be weighed against the adverse effects of people continuing to SMOKE.
Multidimensional assessment of the biological effects of electronic cigarettes on lung bronchial epithelial cells - Scientific Reports
Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure is known to cause injury to respiratory tract epithelial cells and is a contributing factor in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are gaining popularity as a potential substitute for...
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FLORIDA CALL TO ACTION
URGENT HEARING on TUESDAY, February 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM!
We strongly encourage Florida vapers to SIGN UP TO SPEAK at this hearing. This could be your LAST CHANCE to stop the loss of access to thousands of vape products!
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URGENT HEARING on TUESDAY, February 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM!We strongly encourage Florida vapers to SIGN UP TO SPEAK at this hearing. This could be your LAST CHANCE to stop the loss of access to thousands of vape products!
FLORIDA - Reject the Joe Camel Protection Act!
Legislation known among advocates as “PMTA Registry Bills” are being promoted in Tallahassee by a major tobacco company. If enacted, this law would effectively make the state of Florida an enforcement arm of the Food and Drug Administration empowering state authorities to enforce the disastrous...
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