Senate Commerce Committee Meeting - Is on live webcast

[CreepyLady]

Hey All- If anyone is interested in listening in (its already a bit painful about 3 or so mins in)

The broadcast is here: Hearings - U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

"It looks like cigarettes, smoking is cool, kids are cool"

Clearly that proves e-cigs are being marketed to children....

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

I can't watch it, I need to be avoiding stress as someone with MS all my symptoms get so much worse. And again BAD SCIENCE MAKES ME YELLY!!!!!!! And I know how they can take good science and twist it to their own agenda and that makes me even more YELLY!!!!

 

[twgbonehead]

I could only watch a tiny bit of it. Markey is actually a senator representing ME and I wanted to throw up.

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

I could only watch a tiny bit of it. Markey is actually a senator representing ME and I wanted to throw up.

UGH!!!! *pat, pat*

 

[Kent Brooks]

This particular meeting addressed the concerns of the marketing practices of the largest players in the industry. Some smaller players got called out on the carpet - Pink Spot and Rocket Fuel Vapes, among them.

Quick recap...

Flavors of any kind a no-no, that means we are targeting children.

Marketing is a no-no.

Social media marketing is definitely a no-no, only children use the interwebz.



There was some hopeful submissions from people other than representatives of big tobacco, but Tom Harkin basically called them liars - disingenuous, money-grubbing monsters who would "do anything to delude themselves into thinking they were saving lives and helping people" in the interest of profit.

Barbara Boxer harped on Twitter for a while, acknowledging the number of vape related tweets, 90% of which were by vendors... and the fact that only kids use Twitter, despite the fact that you have to be age 18 to have an account?

 

[taki1203]

This particular meeting addressed the concerns of the marketing practices of the largest players in the industry. Some smaller players got called out on the carpet - Pink Spot and Rocket Fuel Vapes, among them.

Quick recap...

Flavors of any kind a no-no, that means we are targeting children.

Marketing is a no-no.

Social media marketing is definitely a no-no, only children use the interwebz.



There was some hopeful submissions from people other than representatives of big tobacco, but Tom Harkin basically called them liars - disingenuous, money-grubbing monsters who would "do anything to delude themselves into thinking they were saving lives and helping people" in the interest of profit.

Barbara Boxer harped on Twitter for a while, acknowledging the number of vape related tweets, 90% of which were by vendors... and the fact that only kids use Twitter, despite the fact that you have to be age 18 to have an account?

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

OMG, that is so perfect for me right now Taki, thank you!