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SCORE’s Championship celebrates U.S. small businesses, and is made possible thanks to funding from Sam’s Club and The SCORE Foundation.

One Grand Champion will win $25,000 – money you can put to great use for building your business. $1,000 Sam’s Club gift cards will also be awarded to two businesses from each state and the District of Columbia. Champions will be invited to a regional Training and Networking Event in Phoenix, Chicago, or Washington DC. in late March 2016. Of course, SCORE also will pair you with a business mentor to support you throughout this journey – and for the life of your business.

If you’ve already been a SCORE client, your business may be eligible to win one of eleven SCORE Awards and be invited to the SCORE Awards Gala on September 15, 2016, in Washington, D.C. All entrants get major national publicity.

To enter, answer the question, “What dream would you be able to achieve if you were to win this Championship?” through a video of 30-60 seconds, or with a photo and written response of no more than 1,500 characters. You will need at least 100 votes to be eligible. Beyond determining eligibility, public support (meaning votes) only comprises 15% of the final score. The remaining 85% is determined by our panel of judges based on the compelling nature of the entry (50%), creativity/originality (25%) and clarity/adherence to theme (10%). Entry period is January 14, 2016, through 5:00 pm EST on February 12, 2016.

The 102 National Champions will be announced on March 11, 2016. The Grand Champion will be selected from the National Champions by a panel of small business experts in July 2016. In part, judges will review how well the business has taken advantage of the $1,000 Sam’s Club gift card and SCORE training at the regional Training and Networking Event to achieve a business dream. The Grand Champion will be announced at the Gala on September 15, 2016.

Save Vaping: How You Can Help

Save Vaping: How You Can Help

Members often tell us they don’t have a lot of time or money, but they want to help. The main thing CASAA needs is members getting our information out to the public and recruiting new members. Below is a list of things that only cost you a little time and effort. CASAA needs members to do these things more than ever. Without your involvement, CASAA cannot succeed!

Join CASAA
If you haven’t yet, make sure you’ve joined CASAA by using the form at Become A Member. It’s quick and it’s free!

By signing up, you add your contact information to CASAA’s contact database. This allows us to email you with information on legislation and ordinance alerts for your state and municipality. We also send you occasional newsletters. You will not receive advertisements, donation requests or any other kind of spam. The system CASAA uses is a trusted and secure system. You may unsubcribe from CASAA emails at any time.

Write Down and Save Your Story

CASAA frequently posts Calls to Action and links to articles, asking you to share your story with lawmakers and the media. Be prepared by taking some time to write down important facts, such as:

  • How you discovered electronic cigarettes or other smoke-free alternatives
  • What methods you have used previously to try to quit smoking and how they worked for you
  • How the product helped you quit smoking
  • How it has affected your health
  • What features of the product are important to helping you quit (ie. flavors, nicotine strengths, types of devices)
  • How use bans and sales restrictions would affect your ability to stay quit

Submit Your Testimonial

Now that you have your story written down, please submit it to CASAA’s E-cigarette User Testimonials Collection.

Join The Conversation

It’s important to learn and stay informed! CASAA has members discussing the issues on social media and on forums. Join us on Facebook, the We are CASAA Facebook group, Twitter, the CASAA Forum on E-Cigarette-Forum.com, Skype, Instagram and Google+. The links are on the bottom of our website home page.

Answer Calls To Action And Local Alerts

Calls to Action are issued for state and federal-level legislation, while Local Alerts are occasionally issued for ordinances in major cities and heavily populated counties. If are a registered CASAA member, you will get an email notifying you of an opportunity to take action in your city or state when the time is right..  CASAA writes and posts Calls to Action on our blog and then syndicates links out to Facebook, our RSS feed, Twitter, Instagram, and G-plus.

The post includes a brief summary of how the bill would impact consumers, any information regarding upcoming hearings, as well as a link to the bill.  State and Federal Calls to Action include a link to a pre-written, editable email letter that will be sent to your elected officials.  When the information is available, we will also include members of the committee that is scheduled to hear the bill.  Using our system typically takes less than a few minutes.

Calls to Action are the cornerstone of CASAA activism. Residents contacting their lawmakers (especially by phone and in person) and showing up to tell their story at hearings is by far the most effective, grassroots way of combating harmful legislation. You cannot count on “someone else” going instead. The more people that show up to oppose a bill or ordinance, even if they do not all speak, the better the chances of blocking a bad law. Nothing makes politicians take pause more than seeing a lot of opposition to a proposed law from their constituents. While it doesn’t always work, it has a far better chance of succeeding than doing nothing at all. You can be sure that organizations supporting a bill will be there in force to convince lawmakers it should become law. Hearing your stories on how the law would negatively impact you and your family carries a lot of emotional weight – don’t underestimate that power!

It is equally important to show your support for the “good” laws such as simple bans on sales to minors and laws clearly designed to protect consumers. Send “thank you” notes to lawmakers who voted against bad laws!

Watch For Proposed State Laws And Report Them To CASAA

If you see a news story about a proposed tax or law regarding tobacco, e-cigarettes, or even smoking (e-cigarette regulations are often hidden in smoking bans), please visit our Calls to Action page to see if we’ve issued something.  If not, take a moment to find all of the information we need and report it to CASAA using the Request Call to Action form. For a local, county or city proposed law or ordinance, please also contact the Vaping Militia.

It is very important that ALL of the requested information is filled out on the form. We rely heavily on members finding all of the information we need so we can quickly post it and get it out to the membership and social media. Here is the information we need (also see the request form):

  • Your contact information
  • The state that would be affected by the law (Please remember that CASAA only responds to Federal or state-level legislation, and some major metropolitam cities.)
  • The bill number (which is usually something like SB 440 or AB 762)
  • A link to the actual bill language and bill tracking on the state’s website
  • A detailed description of what the bill would do, such as an indoor/outdoor use ban , locensing requirements or a tax increase (with the amount)
  • The name, email address and phone number of bill sponsor
  • A list of each person on the committee, council or legislative body considering the bill. You can usually find this information on the government website for the state or municipality. Collect the names, email addresses and direct phone number for each person and type or copy/paste them into the form
  • After collecting the contact information, copy the email address for each representative and paste them into the form, separated by a comma. This creates a “comma delimited email list” that members can copy and paste into their email for a bulk emailing

It may be helpful to look at previous CASAA Calls to Action, to see how they were done and the information we need from you: CASAA Calls to Action

Share Calls To Action, Local Alerts And Press Releases

When CASAA posts important information to Facebook, don’t just “like” the posts. Be sure to “share” them on your personal timeline and with other like-minded groups!

For press releases, don’t stop with sharing them with friends – share them with your local news outlets on their Facebook pages and Twitter accounts! Take a little time to collect and save the email addresses, Twitter accounts and Facebook links for your local newspaper editors and television news station “story idea” directors. CASAA press releases will be mailed to you via our contact database, forward that email to the newspapers and news stations on your list.

Don’t forget to share CASAA information with bloggers, internet radio and video vape show hosts, too! CASAA has multiple RSS feeds to subscribe to here.

Join Enthusiast Groups And Tell Them About CASAA

Enthusiast groups are popping up everywhere, especially with e-cigarette consumers. Many still do not know what is happening regarding legislation or they don’t know what they can do about it. Join both online and local groups and let them know about CASAA!

Tell Your Vendor About CASAA

Visit stores in person or contact online vendors, let them know the work CASAA is doing and that we need their support and involvement. Membership is free! CASAA’s website and handout materials are free of advertising and a neutral place for store owners to send their customers for information about smokeless alternatives. We can say the things they can’t say regarding the safety and efficacy of the products they sell and we have materials they can use, such as the folded informational business cards, flyers and display stands. Ask your online vendors to download display the “We Support CASAA” logo and link to casaa.org on their website.

Donate A CASAA Vendor Display Kit

The CASAA store has a vendor display kit for local stores that includes a display stand with card holder, insert poster and 250 folded informational business cards for $30 (our cost.) In lieu of a monetary donation directly to CASAA, consider purchasing one or more kits and taking them to local stores to put on their counter instead.

Hand Out CASAA Literature and Cards

The CASAA web site has downloadable flyers, a medical inforgraph, cards, brochures and research that you can print and give out at vape meets and to family members, smokers, customers, doctors, employers and lawmakers. You can also purchase the CASAA folded informational cards from our store.

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CASAA Store

Donate to CASAA

Please donate to CASAA using the form found here: Donate to CASAA

You can either do a one-time donation or set up a recurring monthly donation. CASAA uses PayPal and Dwolla, but you can also use a credit card, if you don’t use PayPal, or pay by check/money order. CASAA uses these funds to pay for the website maintenance, domain names, press releases, CQ Roll Call, CASAA phone app, directors’ travel expenses, accountant services, phone service, PO Box, printing materials, graphic licenses and more.

Contributions or gifts to CASAA are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

CASAA also maintains a separate Research Fund, which pays for our survey subscription, research assistant and research grants. You can find out more and donate to the Research Fund here: CASAA Research Fund

CASAA Quarterly 2016 Q1

CASAA Quarterly 2016 Q1

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February 2016

 

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FDA

 

In December, 2015, CASAA had the opportunity to present our analysis of the FDA Deeming Regulations along with over 8000 testimonials we’ve collected from vapers. At the time of this writing, the deeming regulations are still listed as “under review” with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).

This may be  a positive sign that OIRA is working to blunt some of the worst of the impact of FDA’s regulations, but it may also be indicative of the overall backlog of tasks that federal agencies are prone to experience. This backlog, of course, is just one of the major issues facing the effectiveness of the approvals process that vapor manufacturers would be required to undergo once the deeming regulations are finalized. Although the delay is useful in buying time for the industry and consumers to raise awareness — publicly and in Congress — about the devastating effect the deeming regulations will have on our access to vapor products, it is still only a delay. The regulations are pending, not tabled.

 

Misinformation

 

Actually, the more accurate term is disinformation. Some will remember San Francisco Department of Health’s 2014 campaign to “educate” residents and visitors about the change to the city’s anti-smoking law which included vapor products in the public use ban. Since then, several new campaigns have been unleashed on the public and are having a detrimental effect on people’s understanding and awareness of vapor products.

 

Chicago, IL – Most recently, the City of Chicago released the #VapingTruth campaign. Despite the title, the campaign is riddled with inaccuracies and innuendo which falsely equate vapor products with the harms of smoking. The campaign is presented as a means of discouraging youth from initiating a life-long, debilitating nicotine addiction through using products being marketed as “safe.” However, to the trained eye, the campaign is clearly an effort to justify the city’s outrageous $0.55 per milliliter tax on e-liquid (combined with Cook County’s $0.22 per milliliter tax, the total tax imposed on e-liquid is $0.75 per milliliter). Predictably, many vapor retailers are leaving the City of Chicago and moving to neighboring municipalities that have not implemented such a devastating tax.

 

The net effect for Chicago, again, predictably, will be a loss of revenue and a blow to public health as fewer people make the switch from smoking to low-risk alternatives like e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, it will take the rest of the year and maybe longer for the data to show Chicago’s mistake. In the meantime, thousands of smokers within the city who do not have access to affordable means of purchasing vapor products — or have otherwise been misled into believing that e-cigarettes are possibly more dangerous than smoking — will continue to smoke or attempt to quit by traditional means that have dismal failure rates.

 

New York City, NY – In January, CASAA’s Legislative Coordinator Alex Clark along with American Vaping Association’s Gregory Conley attended a rally in New York City organized by City Comptroller Scott Stringer and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James. The #NoEcigs4Kids rally was a direct attack on the alleged youth-oriented marketing practices of the vapor industry. However, once again, like the campaigns in Chicago and San Francisco, the press conference was riddled with innuendo and baseless claims of harm associated with vapor products. Another disturbing theme of the event was the insinuation that flavors other than tobacco and menthol are used exclusively to entice children to purchase and use vapor products.

 

Despite the organizers’ apparent lack of interest in the facts about vapor products and their attempts to quash dissent, a few in attendance, including Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research, were able to offer an opposing voice to the media.

 

Projects

 

CASAA’s Testimonials Project, as mentioned above, has collected over 8000 stories and continues to grow. During CASAA’s December meeting with OMB/OIRA regarding the FDA deeming regulations, your stories were prominently featured as part of our presentation. We are working toward collecting testimonials with more detail so that we can provide state specific numbers to state and regional advocacy organizations that will assist them in their advocacy efforts.

 

Register to Vote before your state’s deadline! . . . and then, make sure you Vote!

No matter what your feelings are about the current crop of candidates, primary season is a perfect opportunity to take part in the political process. Exercising your right to vote is vital to any advocacy effort. Engagement from voters carries weight with lawmakers as they consider input on legislation that comes before them. Lawmakers are not be able to see how you vote, but they will certainly check to see if you are voting.

 


 

 

Legislative Update

 

As of Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, 41 states are in session. Although we haven’t seen nearly as many bills introduced as we did by this time in 2015, there are new legislative issues that are emerging and several bills have been carried over from the previous session.

 

FDA Deeming

  • HR 2058 — The FDA Deeming Clarification Act of 2015 — is still the best legislative vehicle we have to change the predicate date for newly deemed tobacco products in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. Without this necessary change, vapor manufacturers will be required to submit prohibitively expensive pre-market approval applications in order to bring their products to market. By the FDA’s own estimates, this requirement will cause 97%+ of current manufacturers to exit the market. CASAA estimates this will actually be 99%+.

 

Child Resistant Packaging

  • In January, President Obama signed S.142 — The Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 — into law. Effective July, 2016, all bottles of e-liquid sold in the United States will be required to have child-resistant packaging. Retailers and manufacturers should become familiar with two very important sections of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): Title 16, Section 1700.15 (Poison prevention packaging standards) and Section 1700.20 (Testing procedure for special packaging). Some states already require e-liquid to be sold in child-resistant packaging. Retailers are required to show proof upon inspection that a manufacturer of e-liquids they are selling is compliant with these two sections. It is important to note that just because a manufacturer states that their bottles are child-resistant, it does not mean they are compliant with federal standards.

 

Taxes

  • Alaska, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Virginia all have new tax bills aimed at vapor products introduced this year.

  • California is facing a ballot initiative in 2016 that would raise the tax on cigarettes to $2.00 per pack. Although it is being promoted as a strategy to discourage youth from smoking and to raise much needed revenue for the state, it would also establish an equivalent tax on vapor products. Neither the title of the initiative nor many reports on this effort disclose the tax on vapor products. Retailers and advocates in California should make every effort to raise awareness about this initiative and inform consumers that it includes a tax on e-cigarettes.

  • Maine saw a tax bill defeated almost immediately this year, but until the legislature is adjourned in late April, it’s still too soon to call LD 973 “dead.”

  • New Jersey still has a 75% wholesale tax proposal on the table.

  • West Virginia’s governor has threatened to include a tax on vapor products in this year’s budget. There is currently a bill — HB2634 — which would raise the wholesale tax on other tobacco products (OTP) from 7% to 50%. Although OTP does not typically include vapor products, the category primarily refers to low-risk smokeless tobacco products such as snus, moist snuff, and often dissolvable nicotine products.

  • Maryland HB 71 proposes to raise the tax on OTP from 30% to 74%. This bill also defines snus and other dissolvable smokeless tobacco products that were vaguely included in the previous definition of OTP. A separate tax is defined for these “single-dose smokeless tobacco” products. Like West Virginia, Maryland does not currently define OPT to include vapor products.

  • Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has included the 40% wholesale tax again in the FY2016-17 Commonwealth Budget proposal.

 

Tobacco 21 (T21)

  • Oklahoma, Kentucky, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, and West Virginia all have bills that would raise the age to purchase tobacco and vapor products. Concurrently, HR3656 and SB2100 are active at the federal level to raise the federal minimum purchase age for tobacco products (which would include vapor products after FDA deeming) to 21.

  • New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie recently vetoed Tobacco 21 legislation. However, a new bill — SB 359 — was quickly introduced in another attempt to raise the purchase age.

 

Proposals to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products have been working their way through cities and municipalities for roughly ten years. In 2013, New York City– known for its aggressive tobacco control policies–was the first major US city to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and vapor products to 21. In 2015, Hawaii became the first state to pass legislation that raises the minimum purchase age to 21.

Advocates of T21 claim these laws will significantly reduce smoking initiation for adolescents and young adults. However, these laws also ban the sale of vapor products and other safer alternatives to smoking. CASAA’s position is that including low-risk alternatives in T21 laws is unwise and likely to hamper the general public health goal of reducing the use of combustible tobacco products.

Consistent with CASAA’s mission, we support the principles of tobacco harm reduction as the most effective and humane means for reducing the harms caused by smoking. We believe if consumers are provided accurate information about the relative health risks of these products, in concert with their individual freedom to choose, many will opt for safer, low-risk alternatives to smoking. Empowering consumers presents a significant opportunity to vastly improve public health without resorting to coercive methods of control such as punitive taxation, comprehensive place bans, and excessively restrictive regulations.

In contrast, advocates of T21 legislation have as their guiding principle the eventual elimination tobacco and nicotine products from the marketplace. To this end, they promote the view that all tobacco and vapor products, in spite of considerable evidence to the contrary, are equally harmful. We believe it is never appropriate to mislead consumers about product risks in order to achieve a policy goal.  

Accordingly, T21 legislation, which treats all tobacco and vapor products equally under the law, sends the misleading message to consumers that e-cigarettes, snus, and other low-risk products pose risks equivalent to traditional cigarettes. It treats young adults, who are capable enough to serve in the military, sign contracts, and elect decision-makers to public office, as incapable of making the distinction between risky and less risky behavior. And finally, T21 laws represent a prohibitionist approach, which in the past has often been met with limited success compared to the harmful unintended consequences.

Although CASAA takes no position on regulations regarding combustible tobacco products, we strongly oppose this legislation. We believe this policy will cause far more harm than it prevents, and we urge our members to oppose it.

 

Place Bans (Indoor and Other)

  • New Jersey A3842 would allow for the use of vapor products in vapor retail/lounge establishments. New Jersey was the first state to include vaping in an indoor smoke-free air law in 2010. The law applies to all indoor public places and has proven to be, in some cases, unenforceable, while in other cases the law has created problems for businesses, consumers, and local departments of health.

  • Alaska’s SB1 and HB40, which would include vaping in the state’s indoor clean air law, have been carried over from the 2015 session.

  • Florida’s HB1143 would prohibit vaping in the same places where smoking is currently banned. Beyond the fact that such a prohibition is unwarranted, the bill has some issues with the language that may extend the vaping ban to private residences, restaurants, and bars which are exempt from existing smoking regulations. HB1143 predictably passed favorably out of its first committee hearing in January. At the time of this writing, HB1143 missed an important deadline as it failed to be heard in the second committee hearing. Although this is a positive sign, there remains a possibility that the language from this bill will be tacked onto another piece of legislation that is further along in the process. We will update our call to action as more information comes to light.

  • Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, and Virginia all have bills this year that would prohibit vaping in indoor public spaces.

 

Flavor Prohibition

  • New Jersey and New York currently have bills introduced that would limit the sale of flavored vapor products to tobacco, menthol, mint, and wintergreen. CASAA has issued a Call to Action for the bill in New Jersey (S.298)

  • At the local level, municipalities such as Cleveland, OH, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, and Boston, MA have restricted the sale of flavored tobacco and vapor products to specialty tobacco or vapor retail shops.

 


 

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National

 

Call to Action! Support HR 2058 which would change the grandfather date for vapor products

Original Post – (updated) 10.18.15 The FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015 (HR…

 

Share Iowa AG Tom Miller’s statements about vapor products with your Attorney General

For residents outside of Iowa, please take a moment to share AG Miller’s statement with your attorneys general.

 

States

 

GA – Oppose HB 907 which would destroy the Georgia vapor industry.

A bill — HB 907 — has been introduced which would impose devastating licensing and manufacturing…

Chicago, IL – Fight Back against misinformation!

Chicago, IL If you live in, work, or visit the city of Chicago, you may have noticed billboards…

VT – Take Action to oppose an indoor vaping ban (H.171)!

Update – 02.09.16 H. 171, which would include vaping in Vermont’s workplace smoking prohibition,…

NJ – Take Action to oppose a ban on flavored vapor products (S.298)!

[Updated 02.10.16 – Corrected hearing information. S.298 has not yet been heard in committee…

OR – Take Action to oppose a dangerous tax on vapor products!

Update – 02.05.16 HB 4062 is moving to a work session today: Friday, February 5th, 2016 1:30…

Hawaii – Call to Action! Take Action to oppose taxes on vapor products!

SB 2961 would enact a yet-to-be-determined excise tax on e-cigarette cartridges and a…

Florida Call to Action! Oppose an indoor vaping ban (HB 1143)

01.20.16 As predicted, HB 1143, which would prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes and vapor…

 

Help us say Thank You to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller for his sensible comments about vapor products

In the final days of 2015, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller released a statement in support of…

 

Local

 

Alameda Co., CA – Local Alert!: Oppose Indoor use bans and Licensing requirements

Alameda Co., CA Update – 02.09.16 Discussion and voting on the “Tobacco Retailers License…

Chicago, IL – Fight Back against misinformation!

Chicago, IL If you live in, work, or visit the city of Chicago, you may have noticed billboards…

Albany Co., NY – Local Alert! Take action to oppose Tobacco 21 law!

Albany County, NY [Update – Correction to specifics of Tuesday’s hearing] Local Law “C”…

 


 

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“A Billion Lives”

 

CASAA has had several opportunities to meet with and get to know Aaron Biebert and some of the crew working on this documentary. We are very excited with the progress of this film and are looking forward to its release in 2016. As a follow up to a recent update from Aaron, we’d like to help facilitate requests to include the film in the various film festivals to which it has been submitted.

 

Please use the links collected below to contact the various festival organizers. Briefly tell them why the subject of the film is important to you (and the rest of the world, for that matter) and politely urge them to include “A Billion Lives” in their festival.

 

March

 

April

  • Atlanta Film Festival – Atlanta, GA

  • Dallas International Film Festival – Dallas, TX

  • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival – Durham, NC

  • It’s All True – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Worldfest – Houston

  • Florida Film Festival – Orlando, FL

  • Tribeca Film Festival – New York, NY

  • Visions du Réel – Nyon, Switzerland

  • Hot Docs Film Festival – Toronto, Canada

Early May

  • DOK.fest – Munich, Germany

  • DocAVIV – Tel Aviv, Israel

 


 

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Upcoming Events CASAA will be attending:

 

Feb. 20 – 21: Vapin the Sun – Phoenix, AZ

Feb. 26 – 27: VapeFest – Las Vegas, NV

Mar. 04 – 06: VPX – Detroit, MI

Mar. 11 – 16: VCC – Tampa, FL

 

Seminars at which CASAA is presenting:

 

February 4, 2016 – Webinar E-Cigs Demistified: Science & Regulation. Presentation by Scott Balin, health policy consultant, and Julie Woessner, Executive Director of CASAA. A recording of the event is available here.  

 

April 21, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY (location TBA) – Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference sponsored by New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, and Community Access. This day-long conference will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss nicotine replacement therapies, including e-cigarettes. A special focus will be on tobacco harm reduction with people who have a mental illness and drug users.

 

Confirmed Speakers

  • Shadi Chamany, MD, MPH (Director of Science, Division of Prevention and Primary Care, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene)

  • Kevin McGirr, RN, MPH (New York City College of Technology, Conference Convener)

  • Riccardo Polosa, MD (Director, Institute of Internal Medicine & Clinical Immunology, University of Catania, Italy)

  • Helen Redmond, LCSW (Harm Reduction Specialist, Community Access, New York City)

  • Michael Siegel, MD (Community Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA)

  • Julie Woessner, JD (Executive Director of The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association).

 

Details on exact location and cost are not yet available, but you can contact Kevin McGirr at [email protected] (718.260.5664) for more information. CASAA members in the greater NYC area who have an interest in, or experience with, the unique challenges posed by mental illness and drug use in connection with smoking tobacco will find this an informative conference.

 

The New V2.0 ZIPster XXL HP

V2.0 ZIPster XXL HP

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  • Our VapeSling® Canvas cradle is reinforced with a double layer of PVC for strength and liquid resistance.
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V2.0 ZIPster XXL HP Style

Our latest model was developed to accommodate users with an unrestricted Mod/e-cig carry.
This creation using our Patent Pending concept is the V2.0 ZIPster XXL HP Carabiner from VapeSling®.

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This new adjustable sling model is a carabiner Vape Holder with 2 uses in 1. The V2.0 ZIPster XXL HP can be a sling or carabiner clip Mod Holder. As with all our Slings, Mods of ALL SIZES, WEIGHT and SHAPE are held, comfortably and securely. Your Mod’s weight is supported at your belt loops, purse strap, waistband, backpack, Sling or wherever you choose to clip the carabiner. The 50mm carabiner is black in color and engraved with the VapeSling® “VS” logo. The ZIPster Carabiner features 650 Military grade paracord and proprietary reinforced, liquid proof, black canvas cradle with Embroidered Logo. This tough cradle will carry all Mods, e-cigs, vaporizer sizes and weights, securely and comfortably.

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Attachment is done with the cradle sandwiched and fastened between the Atty and the Batty (Atomizer and Battery). Your Mod will be in full display and always ready to vape. There are 2 ZIPster carry methods. The users belt loop, back pack, purse strap, waistband can be used for support, while the Mod rests upright from wherever it hangs.

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Additionally, the ZIPster XXL HP can be attached to the extra large adjustable ZIP line and used as a Sling Holder. The user can “zip line” their device up to vape and zip back to resting position. Essentially, vaping on the go without un-clipping. A HIPster user can also enjoy multi Mod use on the same ZIPster Sling.

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The ZIPster XXL HP Style from VapeSling® will also fit the 510 connections on EGO batteries. The center aperture on the HIPster cradle is designed to allow the 510 connection on all EGO batteries fit in securely. All 510 Atty’s will screw on easily. If you use an EGO Atomizer (EVOD, mini atty, etc.), we provide a 510 to EGO adapter to accommodate the threads. The 510 to EGO adapter provides the wider EGO threads for any EGO Atomizer whether you are using a 510 Mod or EGO battery.

Own a HIPster and want to convert it to a ZIPster? Get our ZIP line ZIPster accessory.

Specs for ZIPster:

  • Carabiner clip for selective position and ZIP vaping
  • Extra Large Adjustable ZIP line from 0″ to 40″ length (80″ around)
  • 550 7 strand core or 650 Military grade coreless Flat paracord
  • 4 layer, reinforced PVC(2layer), liquid-proof black canvas (2layer)
  • Fits all 510 devices
  • Embroidered support cradle

We apologize for our Website limitations. We have alternate colors in 550 or 650 flat paracord. Please download or view this file to choose from our alternate colors. Please make a choice from our standard (menu selected) colors to get to checkout, then make a note of the color and cord type (flat or 550 paracord) you prefer from this color chart. Don’t worry, we read ALL our customer notes before order processing.

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VapeSling® Vape/Mod Holders

VapeSling E-Cig Mod Holder Slings, American Made

VapeSling® Vape/Mod Holders: American Made

VapeSling LLC manufacturing facility is based in the United States.  The founder / inventor is a retired American Army Soldier (ex-smoker turned 100% vaper). Every part of VapeSling® Vape/Mod Holders is proudly “Made in the USA”.

VapeSling® Concept

The VapeSling® breakthrough concept was born from E-Cig / Mod portability problems encountered with hand carry, pockets, pouches, belt clips, and all other, inadequate E-Cig / Mod portability. Some were good for device storage, however, while vaping, your device is trusted to your hands.

VapeSling® uses a unique Patent Pending “Cradle” concept which allows the user to carry, vape, and move. All 510 (industry Mod standard) connection devices are supported by any of the 16 Sling types we make. We process the cradle using our proprietary canvas. Thin to assure 510 contact between the Atomizer and Battery at your device 510 connection.  Strong to accommodate any Mod/Vape weight without breaking. So much so, that Its guaranteed for Life!

VapeSling® Manufacturing for Quality and Affordability

On July 10th 2015, we moved into our new manufacturing facility in Henderson, NV. We are now producing every aspect of our VapeSling® E-Cig Vape Holders “in house”. VapeSling LLC made this move to produce optimum quality Mod Holders while maintaining affordable manufacturing costs. Resulting in a premium, high quality, yet reasonably priced product for our customers. Previously, we used manufacturing sources in the U.S. for our cradle to be machined. This arrangement made our costs high and therefore drove our product prices up. Now in our new manufacturing facility, VapeSling LLC can assure consistent quality VapeSling E-Cig Vape Holders at an affordable price.

Why a VapeSling?

Ask yourself the following:

  1. When driving or Riding: Has your Vape become a flying and dangerous projectile? Do you fumble for your vape? Do your eyes wander off the road to look where your Vape is?
  2. Broken or damaged Mods: falling from hand holding, pockets, pouches, clips, etc?
  3. Your current vape Holder does not fit nor support all your Mods?
  4. Own a beautiful and expensive Mod? Your current carry method makes you hesitant to take it out?
  5. Lost Mods: Set it down. Forget where you left it? Worse yet, lose it for good?
  6. Lifestyle: Vape carry hindering work, play, phone use, etc?
  7. Your current Vape holder wont allow vaping while on the holder?
  8. Is your battery connector frequently covered in e-liquid?
  9. Have you ever used a Vape holder that allows vaping while securely holding your Vape, SECURELY?

VapeSling is the solution to all these issues:

  1. With VapeSling, driving or Riding while vaping is safe for you and those riding in your car. Your Vape is secure and at the ready for a relaxing vape while your eyes remain on the road. Your vape will remain a vape and not a missile.
  2. Your Mod will never break because our Slings will never break nor let go. We guarantee it for Life!
  3. All our VapeSlings support all your vapes. Mods of any size, shape or weight can be held.
  4. Carry and showcase your beautiful expensive Mods without worry. Your Mod is secure on a VapeSling.
  5. You’ll never lose your device again. With a VapeSling, your Mod is on your body, ready to vape at all times.
  6. As we all know, Vaping is not an easy lifestyle. Holding a vaping device can be obtrusive to your daily life. With a VapeSling, your hands are free to live your life again, plus, you can vape easily at any time.
  7. Our most essential benefit for VapeSling users is the ability to vape while you carry. Your Vaping Device is held safely and comfortably on your body and at the ready to vape.
  8. Whether a RDA or tank user, e-liquid leaks from your atty to the battery are mostly unavoidable. However, when attached to your VapeSling, leaks simply stay on the liquid proof canvas waiting for you to wipe it. Our proprietary canvas has a double layer of PVC for strength, yet also serves to prevent liquid from seeping thru. Your battery will never lose contact due to liquid spills.
  9. VapeSling is the only concept vape holder to Vape and Go securely. The rest are simply unsecured storage.