NYC Council Hearing Thursday May 2nd - Help speak out for the vaping community!

[thewrightstuff]

Cisco from Avid Vaper is speaking now.....the Chair seems very receptive to getting Ecigarettes out of the bill.

 

[YKruss]

Current speaker, e-cigarette shop owner, was a good advocate for flavors. Kudos!

 

[Bill Godshall]

Vapers and e-cig vendors are doing a wonderful job at the NYC hearing, and its nice to see so many of them waiting all day to testify.

 

[boshans]

i think it went well...at least the council members listened to the vapors...and the few of them actually seemed interested in the products, and wanted to see them up close also.

 

[6pointprime]

It went very well today. I put a bunch of photos up on my twitter, you can see them here:

http://twitter.com/burnt_wick

The signs were really effective! Lots of media, including a New York Times reporter, came over to talk to us.

 

[JustJulie]

I watched much of the testimony, and I thought the New York folks did a wonderful job.

I know it was a great deal of effort for people to devote an entire day to attending, but I can say with near certainty that had our people not shown up in force to share their testimony, the ANTZ would have taken the opportunity to spread misinformation about e-cigarettes, and there would have no doubt been discussions about why e-cigarettes should be included in the legislation.

Good job, NYC vapers.

 

[Exylis]

So what are the results of this hearing and how did it go? I don't live in NY, but as vapers, we're all in this together; no matter the distance, in my opinion.

 

[JustJulie]

The hearing was designed to get input on the proposed ordinances. We expect that the ordinances will be amended to clearly remove e-cigarettes before any kind of vote. (CASAA provided specific recommendations on how the language could be revised to accomplish this, and the Council was very receptive.)