A Call to Arms - Battleground Illinois

[Vicky]

There is a Bill that has already passed The Illinois Senate and is on its way to the House that will prohibit the sale or purchase of any product delivering nicotine that is not a tobacco product unless it has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the FDA. Here is the Bill Status
Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3174

This came as a bit of a surprise and my concern is that the people voting on this are unaware of exactly what is being targeted. I am asking that you help me let them know.

If vaping has changed the quality of your life please tell them and mention SB3174.

Thanks to you all!

Representative Marlow H. Colvin is the sponsor of the Bill

Springfield Office:
272-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8272
(217) 782-2404 FAX
District Office:
8539 South Cottage Grove
Chicago, IL 60619
(773) 783-8492
(773) 783-8625 FAX
Cook County
Email: repcolvin@sbcglobal.net


Governor Quinn will have the power to veto should it pass:

207 State Capitol
Springfield, IL 62706
217-782-6830
217-524-4049 FAX

James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street, Ste. 16-100
Chicago, IL 60601
312-814-2121
312-814-6775 FAX

Here is a complete list of contact information for the Representatives:

Illinois General Assembly - Member List

If you are an Illinois resident here is a link to find your representative:

District/Official Search Results

 

[CaptJay]

E-cigarette News - E-Cigarette Forum (look down the list and see a few of these news articles)

You'll see there are several states all with 'eerily similar' bills on the exact same thing, same wording same subject. Someone doesn't want smokers to stop smoking despite their claims to the contrary. Apparently small businesses are likewise being penalised for daring to sell things in competition to big tobacco and big pharma. RIP American dream?

 

[dreams n chains]

And this is how it will continue to be. They'll sneak this right in under everyone's noses... no news headlines until it's over.... just like raising the price of cigarettes constantly. Plus, they will not cover it in the news because they know Americans are fed up with this government already. If any revolt does start.... all they have to do is kill a few people and blame it on the e-liquid... simple to get the masses to follow suit then.

We Americans are too easily programmed.

 

[Andtyler2]

First off, thank you, to the folks at Cignot for sending out that mass alert. Also wanted to say that it's probably a good idea to check the updates posted in the CASAA forum. I was about to send off a couple of letters and read

1. that email is probably useless and
2. that it's better to send snail mail and/or call your rep after Easter when the bill goes to Rules​

 

[Vicky]

The bill was assigned to the Health and Human Services Committee
yesterday.

Here is the link to the Committee members

Illinois General Assembly - House Committee Members

Thank you

 

[scheherezade]

I already sent out emails about a week ago. This stuff is getting insane. I think we need to figure out some kind of mass PR thing. Maybe newspaper articles. I'm doing a paper for school and am thinking about trying to get it published. Worst case, I'll try the editorials. Problem is the general public has no idea these even exist, so they tend to beleive all the crap that the FDA started about them.

 

[StormFinch]

E-cigarette News - E-Cigarette Forum (look down the list and see a few of these news articles)

You'll see there are several states all with 'eerily similar' bills on the exact same thing, same wording same subject. Someone doesn't want smokers to stop smoking despite their claims to the contrary. Apparently small businesses are likewise being penalised for daring to sell things in competition to big tobacco and big pharma. RIP American dream?

I would say that this could definitely have something to do with the similarity of all these bills.

 

[Vocalek]

That "someone" would be the American Lung Association. Here is an example of the trash they are sending to legislators. This one is from the New York ALA chapter. You might want to compare the words in here with some of the "justification" wording in the legislation.

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[CaptJay]

I wonder why they want to damage the lungs of the children of ex-smokers who are currently vaping?
(Two can play at that for the children game..)

 

[skydragon]

When are you all going to start marching in the streets? I keep saying asking pretty please is not going to work.

 

[Lucy05]

I've emailed the govenor, my state rep and the sponsor of this bill. Guess we'll have to wait and see what's next.

 

[Riplea]

I emailed the governor and everyone connected to this bill. Hope it does some good. When will our legislators wake up?

 

[Vicky]

Electronic cigarettes could be banned in Illinois - chicagotribune.com