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[kristin]

NEW HAMPSHIRE: (CALL TO ACTION) SB 62 would ban all vapor product flavors other than tobacco/menthol.

This is scheduled for a public hearing on MONDAY, Feb. 1st @1:00 PM, Commerce Committee
(Remote Meeting)

TAKE ACTION NOW!

NEW HAMPSHIRE - Stop A Flavor Ban!

 

[kristin]

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT: (CALL TO ACTION!)

A resolution to BAN flavored vapor products will be introduced/assigned to the Ordinance Committee TOMORROW, Monday, Feb. 1st. Click link for guidance from CASAA on how to take action!

CONNECTICUT - Bridgeport - Stop a Flavor Ban

 

[kristin]

NEW HAMPSHIRE: (UPDATE) Good news!

"After an hour-and-a-half of testimony, mostly from owners of vaping shops or distributors, the committee voted 4-1 to kill a bill that would have banned flavored e-cigarettes and e-cigarette cartridges, except for menthol."

Controversial Right-to-Work Bill Clears One Hurdle - InDepthNH.org

 

[kristin]

TAKING ACTION: Join CASAA CEO Alex Clark and SFATA Board member Lindsey Stroud for this educational webinar intended to teach both consumers and business owners the ins and outs of how to sign up for and submit testimony for state-level hearings in this new virtual era.

This is an opportunity for all persons interested in protecting their ability to vape to learn to do so effectively.

SFATA Educational Session: Virtual Hearings 101 - Events - Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association

 

[kristin]

RESEARCH: Unlike in the US, where they cherry-pick data or biasedly report results to justify vapor product bans--with no concern for the devastating impact such bans have on adult vapers--UK researchers are looking to make vaping even MORE EFFECTIVE.

Scientists develop AI-powered ‘puff technology’ to help smokers quit

 

[kristin]

INDIANA: (CALL TO ACTION UPDATE!) Hearing on the 8¢ per mL (a whopping $8 for a 100 mL bottle) vape tax has been rescheduled to TOMORROW, Thursday, Feb. 4th at 8:30 AM. See CASAA link for details and how to take action!

INDIANA - Stop a Vapor Tax

 

[kristin]

We're going live soon with the webinar!

 

[kristin]

MARYLAND: (CALL TO ACTION) FLAVOR BAN bill HB 134 is scheduled for a public ZOOM hearing on Wed. Feb. 10th @ 1:30 PM. Outrageously, only 20 people will be allowed to speak in opposition. Click link for CASAA tips on how to sign up and talking points!

Maryland - Stop a Flavor Ban (HB 134)

 

[kristin]

DAVENPORT, IOWA: (HEADS UP!) There's NO evidence exposure to 2nd hand vapor anywhere, or even to 2nd hand smoke OUTDOORS, "can be dangerous." So that LIE is just propaganda used to further vilify vaping in the mind of the general public by banning it!

Davenport considering ordinance banning smoking, vaping in city parks

 

[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTI-VAPING MEDIA: Dr. Oz says vaping causes "same problems" as smoking, yet none of the studies cited actually support that claim. One compared cigarettes to marijuana, one looked at vapers who still smoked and the last did NOT establish cause!

Smoking, Vaping Cause the Same Problems

 

[kristin]

RESEARCH: Review confirms that youth with a parent or close friend who smokes are most at risk to start smoking. A compelling reason not to close the smoking "off ramp" of vaping for adults in a vain attempt to close the "on ramp" for teens trying vaping.

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[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTZ LIES: Although majority of adults who currently smoke/vape started with UNFLAVORED cigarettes & availability of flavored vape products coincided with RECORD LOW youth smoking, ALA still LIES that flavor bans will stop youth experimentation.

https://www.consultant360.com/podcast/pediatrics/erika-sward-tobacco-use-youth

 

[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTZ LIES: Stock experts reveal the truth that "Increasing the price of tobacco products is unlikely to make smokers reduce their consumption." The same is true for taxing adult vapor products to reduce use. #QuitLying #VapingSavesLives

Motley Fool: Up with smoke

 

[kristin]

THE MORE YOU KNOW: On this week’s all new podcast, CASAA CEO Alex Clark and host Logan Evans cover legislation that’s happening today (and what’s coming up soon) as well as some interesting innovation in the vapor space.

Be sure to tune in to stay up-to-date!

 

[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTZ LIES: The vast majority of adults who smoke today didn't start smoking with "flavors." Cigarette flavors were banned in 2009, so they aren't being sold as the article claims, nor does any big tobacco company sell "cotton candy," "pop tart" or any other "kid-friendly" vapor product. Government youth surveys show that "curiosity" is #1 reason youth try vaping, not flavors. Claiming "just 1 puff in the past 30 days" is the same as daily use is misleading and disingenuous. Youth are NOT being "hooked," as surveys show very few are still vaping as young adults and smoking is at RECORD LOW for both youth and adults! #QuitLying

'Flavors Hook Kids' campaign launches in Maine to end sale of flavored tobacco products | newscentermaine.com

 

[kristin]

RESEARCH: Review of data from the 2014‐2018 National Health Interview Survey finds adding vapor products to smoke-free laws does NOT reduce young adult vaping and counteracted by >50% the estimated impact SMOKE-free laws would have had on current smoking.

Adding Vaping Restrictions to Smoke‐Free Air Laws: Associations with Conventional and Electronic Cigarette Use

 

[kristin]

BAD PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY: Flavor ban bills (SB177 and HB134) "are unjust, unscientific and reactionary policies that would have negative public safety outcomes."
~ Major Neill Franklin (Veteran of the Maryland State Police and Baltimore Police Department,
Former executive director of LEAP).

In Response To “It’s Time To Remove Flavored Tobacco Products”

 

[kristin]

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA: (UPDATE) In the midst of a pandemic--in which people who smoke are at greater risk of negative outcomes--the focus should be on REDUCING smoking, yet lawmakers ban products that are most certainly reducing smoking.

Long Beach moves forward with permanent flavored-tobacco ban – Press Telegram

 

[kristin]

ANTI-VAPING REGULATION: (MICHIGAN) Lawmakers show just how ignorant they are about the products they are attempting to regulate by banning use of an ingredient "in e-cigarettes" that is NOT used in nicotine vapor products, so highly unlikely to have caused EVALI.

Legislators work towards banning certain chemicals in e-cigarettes, vape pens

 

[kristin]

WASHINGTON: (CALL TO ACTION) HB 1345, previously a flavor ban, is now a 2% nicotine cap and a WHOPPING 45% retail tax. This will not only kill businesses but also HARM CONSUMERS! Be PROACTIVE and contact your state lawmakers NOW!

Washington - Stop a Vape Tax! (Reject HB 1345)