CASAA is the Consumer Advocates for Smokefree Alternatives Association.
It was formed in 2009 by members of this forum as an advocacy group, made up of both consumers and vendors, to raise awareness and protect our right to access reduced harm alternatives.
CASAA's mission statement is:
Some facts about CASAA:
About Us:
Legislative Advocacy:
As a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, CASAA’s work is dedicated to empowering consumers and representing their interests in various legislative, policy making, and rule making arenas.
CASAA is committed to providing smokers and non-smokers alike with honest information about low-risk alternatives to smoking so that they can make informed decisions regarding their health and lifestyle choices and advocate for themselves. CASAA also provides information on THR (tobacco harm reduction) to legislators, policymakers, members of the media, and the general public.
CASAA collects success-story testimonials from smokers who used smoke-free alternatives to quit or reduce their smoking. The testimonials are posted on this public webpage for everyone to see.
This public collection of success stories is a powerful response to those who want to restrict access to e-cigarettes and other smoke-free products. Our goal is to present a large collection of compelling individual reports that will make it impossible for anyone to claim that substitution of low-risk alternatives (e-cigarettes, snus, and other smoke-free tobacco/nicotine products) is not a proven method for quitting smoking.
Click here to submit your own testimonial.
Click here to read some of the amazing success stories.
CASAA’s Research Fund:
On February 10, 2013, CASAA launched its Research Fund to support scientific research work that furthers its mission to protect access to, and educate consumers about, smoke-free alternatives and tobacco harm reduction (THR). CASAA provided seed money for these research efforts by by transferring $4,000 of CASAA’s general funds to the Research Fund. Concurrently with CASAA’s announcement of its Research Fund, we announced our first fundraiser, setting a goal of $15,000. CASAA was humbled by the community’s response, and we not only met our goal, but exceeded it in the space of less than a week.
CASAA has conducted three research projects to date.
It was formed in 2009 by members of this forum as an advocacy group, made up of both consumers and vendors, to raise awareness and protect our right to access reduced harm alternatives.
CASAA's mission statement is:
Some facts about CASAA:
About Us:
- CASAA was formed in 2009 as an advocacy group to raise awareness and protect our right as consumers to access reduced harm alternatives.
- CASAA was created as an answer to the efforts by various members of the tobacco control community to ban tobacco harm reduction (THR) products and in the belief that there is strength in our numbers.
- CASAA is a consumer organization, not a trade organization.
- The original CASAA 12-member Board of Directors was elected by members of the electronic cigarette and smokeless tobacco community. CASAA’s present board is self-perpetuating.
- CASAA’s Board of Director members are all volunteers and receive no financial compensation.
- CASAA’s bylaws strictly limit the number of individuals with industry ties allowed to serve as Board members to 33.33% or less to prevent industry interests from ever having a majority vote or even the ability to control a quorum of the board. Currently, we have eight board members, one of whom is a retailer.
- CASAA is a registered non-profit organization in Alabama and is a recognized 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization. As a 501(c)(4) organization, CASAA pays no income taxes on the donations it receives; however, contributions to CASAA are not deductible by the donor as a charitable contribution. You can see copies of our tax filings here.
- Although donations to CASAA are accepted from many sources, CASAA has no financial or policy agreements with industry stakeholders. CASAA’s policy for allocating resources is that all contributions are used for efforts that will maximize consumer access to and awareness of low-risk, smoke-free nicotine and tobacco products.
- CASAA maintains this web site for the purpose of providing easy access for members and the general public to news articles, Calls to Action, Local Alerts, scientific research studies, legal actions, pending legislation and educational materials regarding vapor products, smokeless tobacco, and THR issues.
- As of February 2019, CASAA has more than 230,000 registered members. Membership in CASAA is free.
Legislative Advocacy:
As a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, CASAA’s work is dedicated to empowering consumers and representing their interests in various legislative, policy making, and rule making arenas.
- CASAA represents consumer interests at the federal level by meeting with officials, and submitting written and oral testimony before federal legislators and regulatory bodies.
- CASAA tracks state and federal legislation involving THR products and issues Calls to Action to our membership. Calls to Action are designed to allow consumers to connect directly with their legislators and share their informed opinions on legislation that directly impacts consumers.
- CASAA issues Local Alerts to its membership in affected areas, and also rebroadcasts information on local issues produced by various state and regional organizations.
- CASAA shares Calls to Action and legislative information via social media, our web site and email.
- CASAA works to encourage responsible legislative policy designed to improve public health by recognizing that smoke-free nicotine-containing products are inherently far less dangerous than smoking.
CASAA is committed to providing smokers and non-smokers alike with honest information about low-risk alternatives to smoking so that they can make informed decisions regarding their health and lifestyle choices and advocate for themselves. CASAA also provides information on THR (tobacco harm reduction) to legislators, policymakers, members of the media, and the general public.
- Information about Tobacco Harm Reduction
- Information about E-Cigarettes
- Information about Smokeless Tobacco
CASAA collects success-story testimonials from smokers who used smoke-free alternatives to quit or reduce their smoking. The testimonials are posted on this public webpage for everyone to see.
This public collection of success stories is a powerful response to those who want to restrict access to e-cigarettes and other smoke-free products. Our goal is to present a large collection of compelling individual reports that will make it impossible for anyone to claim that substitution of low-risk alternatives (e-cigarettes, snus, and other smoke-free tobacco/nicotine products) is not a proven method for quitting smoking.
Click here to submit your own testimonial.
Click here to read some of the amazing success stories.
CASAA’s Research Fund:
On February 10, 2013, CASAA launched its Research Fund to support scientific research work that furthers its mission to protect access to, and educate consumers about, smoke-free alternatives and tobacco harm reduction (THR). CASAA provided seed money for these research efforts by by transferring $4,000 of CASAA’s general funds to the Research Fund. Concurrently with CASAA’s announcement of its Research Fund, we announced our first fundraiser, setting a goal of $15,000. CASAA was humbled by the community’s response, and we not only met our goal, but exceeded it in the space of less than a week.
CASAA has conducted three research projects to date.
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