Petition the administration to recognize e-cigarettes

[MrsCasey]

1413 to go. Let's keep those signatures coming!

 

[KeysBum]

Keep it going

 

[Vocalek]

The Whitehouse.gov site is rather cranky. Last night and this morning, when I clicked the link I got a blank page. Several people have reported problems of this type or problems with not receiving passwords.

Please don't let any of this stop us! Sometimes the system is slow to send out the passwords and/or sometimes the email winds up in a SPAM folder. Be patient and keep trying until you succeed.

I just went back to the site and we only need

1375

more signatures. If we let the web site problems deter us, we will lose a golden opportunity.

If you haven't signed yet and run into a snag, please go back and try, try again. Don't let the bad guys win!

 

[Thulium]

We're making progress! We got 245 signatures yesterday, and as of this writing we have 2 weeks left to gather the remaining 1,359. We can do this, keep it up!

 

[TheCooleys]

Though I have signed it, do you believe that the Government will try to find away to tax the heck out the NicJuice? I am not worried about flavors, VG, or PG being taxed. But, getting hold of the Nicotine may become almost impossible to obtain, if the government is allowed full control. If I am wrong, please do correct me and lighten my anxiety. I was actually hoping that the government would keep their greedy noses out of ecig biz. But, what are you going to do?

 

[Sophey]

Though I have signed it, do you believe that the Government will try to find away to tax the heck out the NicJuice? I am not worried about flavors, VG, or PG being taxed. But, getting hold of the Nicotine may become almost impossible to obtain, if the government is allowed full control. If I am wrong, please do correct me and lighten my anxiety. I was actually hoping that the government would keep their greedy noses out of ecig biz. But, what are you going to do?

E-cigs and nic-juices are already on the government's radar. This petition is an attempt to have the Administration acknowledge our existence (represented by CASAA) as a legitimate player at the political discussions that affect us.

This link provides some information regarding the latest taxing scheme: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-e-cigarette-tax-bill-join-popvox-oppose.html

Like you, I'm relatively new to this "fight," so I also have a lot to learn. There are a lot of great teachers here though, so we are in good hands.

 

[Tom09]

The Whitehouse.gov site is rather cranky. Last night and this morning, when I clicked the link I got a blank page.

The short link from OP fails sometimes. Better use this direct link to the petition.

Below a graphical representation, showing number of accumulated signatures at the end of specific date (as of 10-11). Growth rate was leveling off at the end of first week, steep growth in second week.

 

[rschauer]

Just a thought...could some of the weekend growth be due to people getting their paychecks, and proceeding to their favorite vendor site (a number of which have posted links on their front pages)? Or is it just due to people having more time to screw around on the Internet on Saturday? I'm leaning toward the latter, but either way, the more vendors that advocate the petition on their sites before the weekend comes, the better.

 

[Vocalek]

The short link from OP fails sometimes. Better use this direct link to the petition.

Below a graphical representation, showing number of accumulated signatures at the end of specific date (as of 10-11). Growth rate was leveling off at the end of first week, steep growth in second week.

Thanks Tom. I have been sending the full link to people who email CASAA with problem reports. The graphic you posted is fantastic! Thanks.

 

[DC2]

Honestly, I think we might be getting ahead of ourselves. We've had to pull out all the stops just to get 5,000 signatures (which I firmly believe we'll get) . . . getting 25,000 signatures is going to be a lot more work (and a lot less certain). Moreover, we're really not sure what kind of response we're going to get to the petition.

I think before we invest a great deal of time and effort into a second petition, it might be better to see what the official response is to this one. It may be that the response we get would help us better frame another petition, if we decide to go that route.

What she said.

 

[JLH]

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[tybin]

we're at 3702 keep it goin!

 

[Tendril]

I can't understand why this is even an issue - getting 5000 people to say they think e-cigs are a good idea should be NO PROBLEM. I've talked to some vapers recently and it seems most people still don't know about it! IMO ECF should have a 1 time or once a week popup about stuff like this

 

[rothenbj]

I can't understand why this is even an issue - getting 5000 people to say they think e-cigs are a good idea should be NO PROBLEM. I've talked to some vapers recently and it seems most people still don't know about it! IMO ECF should have a 1 time or once a week popup about stuff like this

That would be nice but they have remained on the sidelines for some reason. Wherever these people hang out should have a thread started and kept high with bumps.

 

[malyden]

Just a little bump ...

 

[tybin]

and another little bump

 

[JLH]

 

[tybin]

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...paign=shorturl
3778!!!!

 

[rschauer]

...And 8 more since then. Looks to me like 1 signature every 5 minutes. Not bad!

 

[Vocalek]

Please post the complete URL instead of the short url. Many people are getting a blank page with the short url and I just got a 404 error clicking the link most recently posted.

Here is the long link

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio...nd-support-job-creation-new-industry/57vtB0QK

BTW: up to 3790 as of now.