TIME TO ACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Monday, February 24, the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging & River Committee is scheduled to vote on the e-cigarette ban. The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote just a couple days later.
There is no way the ban on e-cigarettes will be stopped unless the Council hears from electronic cigarette users AND those who love them!
Any hope to defeat this legislation requires people like you passionately, but respectfully, telling the councilmembers why you oppose the ban on e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, many elected officials don’t understand e-cigarettes are different than tobacco and they also don’t understand how e-cigarettes are improving lives. That is why it is so important that they hear your voice!
It’s most important that you share your own unique and personal story of how e-cigarettes have improved your life and the lives of those who love you. Below are some things that elected officials need to understand before they vote to ban e-cigarettes. Please let your Council member, and the members of the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging & River Committee, know that –
• The Los Angeles smoking ban was based on science related to the negative health impacts of secondhand tobacco smoke on bystanders, but that there is no scientific health basis to justify a ban on e-cigarettes because, with e-cigarettes, there’s no second-hand tobacco smoke;
• E-Cigarettes contain no tobacco leaf, but rather deliver nicotine without burning tobacco;
• E-Cigarettes don’t normalize smoking, rather, they “de-normalize” it. E-cigarettes appeal to smokers precisely because they are NOT stinky, dangerous tobacco cigarettes.
• The convenience of using these products in places no one can smoke is a large incentive to use electronic cigarettes instead of smoking.
• No one should be forced to breath second-hand tobacco smoke, but this ordinance would do just that to electronic cigarette consumers.
If you live in Los Angeles, the most important thing you can do today is call your specific representative on the City Council, let them know you live in their district and explain why you would like them to do everything they can to oppose the e-cigarette ban. If you have time, go ahead and contact other members of the council so they also understand what is at stake for you when they cast their vote. While e-mails are easier, phone calls will have a larger impact, even if you are simply leaving a message after hours (see contact information for council below).
If you can get to City Hall, in person, your presence will have a great impact on the proceedings. Please consider attending with your whole family to show the councilmembers who they are hurting with this proposal. As you know, smoking didn’t just affect you, but it affected everyone around you. Be sure to ask the council staff at the door for a slip to sign up if you would also like to address the council as a citizen of the city affected by their decision. You can probably expect no more than 2 minutes to speak per person, but you can make a big impact by doing so in person! The hearing is set for 2:00 pm at City Hall on the 10th Floor (follow signs).
Please act today!
Council members highlighted in yellow are members of the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging & River Committee, who will be considering the ordinance on February 24th, 2014 before it goes to the full council for a vote. They should be considered a priority.
District 1 - Gil Cedillo, (213)473-7001, councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org
District 2 - Paul Krekorian, 213-473-7002, councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org
District 3 - Bob Blumenfield, 213-473-7003, councilmember.blumenfield@lacity.org
District 4 - Tom La....e, 213-473-7004, councilmember.La....e@lacity.org
District 5 - Paul Koretz, 213-473-7005, paul.koretz@lacity.org
District 6 - Nury Martinez, 213-473-7006, councilmember.martinez@lacity.org
District 7 - Felipe Fuentez, 213-473-7007, councilmember.fuentes@lacity.org
District 8 - Bernard Parks, 213-473-7008, councilmember.parks@lacity.org
District 9 - Curren Price Jr., 213-473-7009, councilmember.price@lacity.org
District 10 - Herb J. Wesson, 213-473-7010, councilmember.wesson@lacity.org
District 11 - Mike Bonin, 213-473-7011, councilmember.bonin@lacity.org
District 12 - Mitch Englander, 213-473-7012, councilmember.englander@lacity.org
District 13 - Mitch O’Farrell (SPONSOR), 213-473-7013, councilmember.ofarrell@lacity.org
District 14 - Jose Huizar, (213) 473-7014, councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
District 15 - Joe Buscaino, 213-473-7015, councildistrict15@lacity.org
Comma delimited email list FOR SENDING TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org, councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org,
councilmember.blumenfield@lacity.org, councilmember.la....e@lacity.org,paul.koretz@lacity.org,
councilmember.martinez@lacity.org, councilmember.fuentes@lacity.org,
councilmember.parks@lacity.org, councilmember.price@lacity.org,
councilmember.wesson@lacity.org,councilmember.bonin@lacity.org, councilmember.englander@lacity.org,
councilmember.ofarrell@lacity.org, councilmember.huizar@lacity.org, councildistrict15@lacity.org
On Monday, February 24, the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging & River Committee is scheduled to vote on the e-cigarette ban. The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote just a couple days later.
There is no way the ban on e-cigarettes will be stopped unless the Council hears from electronic cigarette users AND those who love them!
Any hope to defeat this legislation requires people like you passionately, but respectfully, telling the councilmembers why you oppose the ban on e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, many elected officials don’t understand e-cigarettes are different than tobacco and they also don’t understand how e-cigarettes are improving lives. That is why it is so important that they hear your voice!
It’s most important that you share your own unique and personal story of how e-cigarettes have improved your life and the lives of those who love you. Below are some things that elected officials need to understand before they vote to ban e-cigarettes. Please let your Council member, and the members of the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging & River Committee, know that –
• The Los Angeles smoking ban was based on science related to the negative health impacts of secondhand tobacco smoke on bystanders, but that there is no scientific health basis to justify a ban on e-cigarettes because, with e-cigarettes, there’s no second-hand tobacco smoke;
• E-Cigarettes contain no tobacco leaf, but rather deliver nicotine without burning tobacco;
• E-Cigarettes don’t normalize smoking, rather, they “de-normalize” it. E-cigarettes appeal to smokers precisely because they are NOT stinky, dangerous tobacco cigarettes.
• The convenience of using these products in places no one can smoke is a large incentive to use electronic cigarettes instead of smoking.
• No one should be forced to breath second-hand tobacco smoke, but this ordinance would do just that to electronic cigarette consumers.
If you live in Los Angeles, the most important thing you can do today is call your specific representative on the City Council, let them know you live in their district and explain why you would like them to do everything they can to oppose the e-cigarette ban. If you have time, go ahead and contact other members of the council so they also understand what is at stake for you when they cast their vote. While e-mails are easier, phone calls will have a larger impact, even if you are simply leaving a message after hours (see contact information for council below).
If you can get to City Hall, in person, your presence will have a great impact on the proceedings. Please consider attending with your whole family to show the councilmembers who they are hurting with this proposal. As you know, smoking didn’t just affect you, but it affected everyone around you. Be sure to ask the council staff at the door for a slip to sign up if you would also like to address the council as a citizen of the city affected by their decision. You can probably expect no more than 2 minutes to speak per person, but you can make a big impact by doing so in person! The hearing is set for 2:00 pm at City Hall on the 10th Floor (follow signs).
Please act today!
Council members highlighted in yellow are members of the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging & River Committee, who will be considering the ordinance on February 24th, 2014 before it goes to the full council for a vote. They should be considered a priority.
District 1 - Gil Cedillo, (213)473-7001, councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org
District 2 - Paul Krekorian, 213-473-7002, councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org
District 3 - Bob Blumenfield, 213-473-7003, councilmember.blumenfield@lacity.org
District 4 - Tom La....e, 213-473-7004, councilmember.La....e@lacity.org
District 5 - Paul Koretz, 213-473-7005, paul.koretz@lacity.org
District 6 - Nury Martinez, 213-473-7006, councilmember.martinez@lacity.org
District 7 - Felipe Fuentez, 213-473-7007, councilmember.fuentes@lacity.org
District 8 - Bernard Parks, 213-473-7008, councilmember.parks@lacity.org
District 9 - Curren Price Jr., 213-473-7009, councilmember.price@lacity.org
District 10 - Herb J. Wesson, 213-473-7010, councilmember.wesson@lacity.org
District 11 - Mike Bonin, 213-473-7011, councilmember.bonin@lacity.org
District 12 - Mitch Englander, 213-473-7012, councilmember.englander@lacity.org
District 13 - Mitch O’Farrell (SPONSOR), 213-473-7013, councilmember.ofarrell@lacity.org
District 14 - Jose Huizar, (213) 473-7014, councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
District 15 - Joe Buscaino, 213-473-7015, councildistrict15@lacity.org
Comma delimited email list FOR SENDING TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org, councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org,
councilmember.blumenfield@lacity.org, councilmember.la....e@lacity.org,paul.koretz@lacity.org,
councilmember.martinez@lacity.org, councilmember.fuentes@lacity.org,
councilmember.parks@lacity.org, councilmember.price@lacity.org,
councilmember.wesson@lacity.org,councilmember.bonin@lacity.org, councilmember.englander@lacity.org,
councilmember.ofarrell@lacity.org, councilmember.huizar@lacity.org, councildistrict15@lacity.org
