SB 1280
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/sb1280s.pdf
Would define e-cigarettes as tobacco:
" 1. "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE" MEANS A BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE THAT CAN
23 PROVIDE INHALED DOSES OF NICOTINE OR OTHER SUBSTANCE BY DELIVERING A
24 VAPORIZED SOLUTION.
25 2. "tobacco PRODUCT" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
26 (a) CIGARS.
27 (b) CIGARETTES.
28 (c) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES.
29 (d) CIGARETTE PAPERS OF ANY KIND.
30 (e) SMOKING tobacco OF ANY KIND.
Then it bans internet sales of e-cigarettes.
A. A PERSON SHALL NOT DO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
39 1. CAUSE A TOBACCO PRODUCT TO BE ORDERED OR PURCHASED BY ANYONE OTHER
40 THAN A LICENSED PERSON OR A RETAILER WHO ORDERS OR PURCHASES FROM A LICENSED
41 PERSON, INCLUDING BY ORDERING OR PURCHASING A TOBACCO PRODUCT.
42 2. KNOWINGLY PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON WHO VIOLATES
43 THIS SECTION.
44 B. A COMMON CARRIER SHALL NOT KNOWINGLY TRANSPORT A TOBACCO PRODUCT
45 FOR A PERSON WHO IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
C. EACH ORDER OR PURCHASE OF A TOBACCO PRODUCT IN VIOLATION OF
2 SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SECTION CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE VIOLATION
3 UNDER THIS SECTION.
4 D. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY, A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS
5 SECTION IS SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
6 1. A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
7 FOR EACH VIOLATION.
8 2. AN INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN A THREATENED OR ACTUAL VIOLATION OF THIS
9 SECTION.
Please read the bill, watch for upcoming CALL TO ACTION at CASAA
This bill will effectively ban any internet sales of e-cigarettes to anyone except a licensed party who will have to put a large sum in escrow it appears per the Tobacco Settlement Act.
This is scheduled to go to Committee (we think Commerce and Exchange) in the near future. It has Passed the Senate 30-0.
Please begin to mobilize in Arizona, ge in touch with CASAA and act quickly on the call to action that is about to be released. CASAA | The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association and watch in the Forums.
John Connell
I AM CASAA
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/sb1280s.pdf
Would define e-cigarettes as tobacco:
" 1. "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE" MEANS A BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE THAT CAN
23 PROVIDE INHALED DOSES OF NICOTINE OR OTHER SUBSTANCE BY DELIVERING A
24 VAPORIZED SOLUTION.
25 2. "tobacco PRODUCT" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
26 (a) CIGARS.
27 (b) CIGARETTES.
28 (c) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES.
29 (d) CIGARETTE PAPERS OF ANY KIND.
30 (e) SMOKING tobacco OF ANY KIND.
Then it bans internet sales of e-cigarettes.
A. A PERSON SHALL NOT DO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
39 1. CAUSE A TOBACCO PRODUCT TO BE ORDERED OR PURCHASED BY ANYONE OTHER
40 THAN A LICENSED PERSON OR A RETAILER WHO ORDERS OR PURCHASES FROM A LICENSED
41 PERSON, INCLUDING BY ORDERING OR PURCHASING A TOBACCO PRODUCT.
42 2. KNOWINGLY PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON WHO VIOLATES
43 THIS SECTION.
44 B. A COMMON CARRIER SHALL NOT KNOWINGLY TRANSPORT A TOBACCO PRODUCT
45 FOR A PERSON WHO IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
C. EACH ORDER OR PURCHASE OF A TOBACCO PRODUCT IN VIOLATION OF
2 SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SECTION CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE VIOLATION
3 UNDER THIS SECTION.
4 D. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY, A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS
5 SECTION IS SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
6 1. A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
7 FOR EACH VIOLATION.
8 2. AN INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN A THREATENED OR ACTUAL VIOLATION OF THIS
9 SECTION.
Please read the bill, watch for upcoming CALL TO ACTION at CASAA
This bill will effectively ban any internet sales of e-cigarettes to anyone except a licensed party who will have to put a large sum in escrow it appears per the Tobacco Settlement Act.
This is scheduled to go to Committee (we think Commerce and Exchange) in the near future. It has Passed the Senate 30-0.
Please begin to mobilize in Arizona, ge in touch with CASAA and act quickly on the call to action that is about to be released. CASAA | The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association and watch in the Forums.
John Connell
I AM CASAA
