There should have been a trade association a long time ago. Manufacturers and businesses who we spend our hard earned money with could have had this handled already. But no.....we always hear "Im here to help the community" its utter bull balls.
Its too late now. I blame all the major US based manufacturers of hardware and juice for this blow we will take. It was their fight, not the consumers. A small percentage of us will continue forward as we did before China got involved and flooded the market with gear. The rest unfortunately will return to smoking, and the "new vaper" will be a lost memory in a short time.
I for one am very disappointed for supporting unprofessional and immoral manufacturers like I did.
zoiDman I can only hope you are right. I have done what was asked and will call tomorrow and had planned too. It is just upsetting that this is a issue still. We heard about this a couple years ago did we not?News Flash:
It Ain't over Yet. Nothing is Finalized. And there are Many People, who might not be seen, who are Fighting Very Hard on Many Different Fronts. And on some Very High Levels.
Is it going to Come Out all Rainbows and Unicorns with some White Night saving the Day? No it Isn't. But is All Lost? No. Gains can still be Made.
But when People Give Up, and Resolve themselves to Take what someone like the FDA is Willing to give Us, that is when it is Too Late.
Flavoring for DYI will always be available as its used for food. Nicotine I am sure will be gouged pretty bad. Beats smoking I will buy it either way.juice and all it's components are the main target, the only approved system will be sealed, 2ml containers taxed and regulated as a pack of cigarettes!![]()
Nothing is over until we say it is over. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Please make sure you go to the Casaa website. The link is in the header message at the top of every page. It only takes a couple of minutes!
Here's mine:
Thank you!
Your message for "Support H.R. 2058 which would change the grandfather date for newly deemed tobacco products" was sent on 10/28/2015 00:42 AM to the following recipients: President Barack Obama (D-), Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
The flavoring companies are already being pressured to stop selling vape related products by their insurance companies.Flavoring for DYI will always be available as its used for food. Nicotine I am sure will be gouged pretty bad. Beats smoking I will buy it either way.
The flavoring companies are already being pressured to stop selling vape related products by their insurance companies.
zoiDman I can only hope you are right. I have done what was asked and will call tomorrow and had planned too. It is just upsetting that this is a issue still. We heard about this a couple years ago did we not?
Hence my McCormick moonshine and lozenge comment!All kinds of DIY candy making stuff out there,might have to start thinking outside the box![]()
If you can Run, then you Run. If you Can't, then you Walk. If you Can't Walk, then you Crawl. And if you Can't Even Crawl, then you Get Someone to Carry you. But Giving Up just Isn't an Option.
Hey I'm pretty Upset over all this Also. And I feel like Someone just Kicked me in the Stomach. But I'm going to make this as Hard for the FDA and the e-Cigarette Haters as I can.
Make the Call Tomorrow. And Tell Your Friends and Family to Do the Same. You feel better after you do. I Guarantee it.
As you've seen in this thread, people from many countries are worried about what happen here will impact their countries. I remember how enraged I was when I first heard about the FDA's plans and what was going on in other countries. Our only hope is that real science will win out over government greed in the long run. Hang in there, my friend.Guys...I am not a US citizen and I don't live in the US..I am Egyptian and I have to say that this upcoming legislation will not only affect you guys in the US but also our lives here in Egypt. The minute the US adopts a legislation that restricts or limits vaping in any way it will inspire similar and probably more stupid regulations in other countries around the world. In case you don't know, there are dozens of countries, my own included, that blindly copy FDA regulations. In our case it will be much worse for several reasons. First we don't live in a democracy by any chance and we have very limited opportunities to discuss regulations and legislation. Second, cigarettes are much cheaper in Egypt and other developing countries than they are in the US. A pack of Marlboros costs $3 in Egypt, including taxes(low production costs, low labor costs,..etc.), and local brands cost much less, with the result that Egypt has one of the highest prevalence rates of smoking worldwide. Still cigarettes are the goose that lays golden eggs for our bureaucrats since cigarettes can be taxed ad infinitum. Egyptian vapers have been told very bluntly that our Ministry of Health will never allow vaping products inside the country because they cause a threat to "sovereign revenues". That's why we end up smuggling vaping products, juices, even e-juice DIY ingredients and paying 3 or 4 times the prices you guys pay in the US.
For me and for thousands other than me vaping has been and still is a life savior...LITERALLY. I've been having severe problems with my coronary arteries since I was 30..(I started smoking at 15) and now I'm 48 with 8 stents scattered throughout my arteries. It was my cardiologist who actually encouraged me to try vaping nearly two years ago..and thanks to vaping I am in a much better shape. Actually, I can't remember being healthier. He (my cardiologist) even asked me for suggestions on vaping gear that he can recommend to his patients and relatives or things that he can pick up for his friends during his next visit to the US (he is a prominent member of the American Heart Association).
I apologize for the lengthy message..but I needed to tell you that this will not just affect you guys..it will affect the lives of many more people around the globe. Once this piece of legislation or regulation is passed it will be very difficult to reverse..and ignorance and stupidity are contagious! So if there is anything I can do or a way I can contribute to your/our cause please let me know.
Just know that many of us non-EU citizens tried as hard as we could to help you guys when the BS came down. It was horrible to watch. First you guys thought you won, then went down in flames. There is no way around it, these laws murder people.Just to complete the scenery, here in Spain we're trying to counteract a draft of regulation which, over all the facts correctly stated by cllmda, it dares to ban all publicity-related activities of vaping. In a surprising and disturbing twist, Spanish regulators have proposed to ban public meetings and hangouts of vapers, any kind of publicity and marketing related to vaping in any media, and any kind of defence of vaping (as it were a criminal offense), effectively going far beyond today and future regulations for tobacco. It carries us back in time to darker times of dictatorial regimes. All for the allegedly sake of public health, as if they were fully convinced that vaping is far worse than smoking.
We've been astonished by this, specially as it is running up in parallel with recent news about British and French proposals to alleviate the expected punishment over vaping industry which comes from the EU directives, as they are starting to consider vaping a valid smoking-cessation strategy and are likely bound to prescribe e-cigs to heavy-tainted smokers who cannot get out of the tobacco by any other means.
It is happening, and it has several shades according to the level of protection of each ruler over the tobacco industry, or, if you like to say so, the pressure applied by lobbies here and there, Big Tobacco and Health Industry related. It's like they have surmised that the last train to stop the vaping industry and the constant leak of smokers to vaping is now, and they are rising the stakes at their maximum. Because of that, every regulatory proposal has some minimal grounds which effectively kill the vaping industry and leaves us, the vapers, with a grim future, and smokers with one even darker.
Because of the last paragraph stated, it is also some criminal attack over 'we, the people', in whichever country it is happening. It's a global dilemma, in the short time, comparable to the global warming as it renders a heavy death toll if we (as active vapers today) and the civil society (as the ultimate interested in avoid that toll) do not do anything, exactly as the global warming could do in the next decades.
But, for reasons I cannot fully understand, we've got very little media impact, and even in our ranks we are not able to move them..... Recent WHO statements about processed meats do have it though....Not so old biased and gutter press releases had it.......![]()
A mighty congratulations on your first year vaperversary!Well today I have been an ex smoker for one year. In 3 days I will hit my one year vapersary. This is very bad news, and I am not a happy camper right now. The micro managing scum bags don't give a flip about what you say. They have an agenda, and it is plain to see. Yes, do what you can. If this goes down, at least you can say you tried to make a difference. I haven't had one cigarette in a whole year. Vaping kept me from smoking. Now they want to take it all away. I've written so many letters to these people. I will do another. But they really need to get off their power trip box. It is very old and tiresome. Let me live my life as I see fit, and leave me alone. You can bet I have been off of cigarettes long enough now, that Big Tobacco can kiss it. They won't get one red cent from me.
Me too.
Heck, I sent them another one...
Your message for "Support H.R. 2058 which would change the grandfather date for newly deemed tobacco products" was sent on 10/28/2015 02:14 AM to the following recipients: President Barack Obama (D-), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA).
You know if someone could get Obama off the stinkies and on the vape this might go away
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