On Monday, November 4, or early in the week, we are
anticipating an announcement from the Trump Administration regarding FDA
guidance about sales of flavored vapor products. According to recent
reports, this guidance is expected to go as
far as banning every flavor other than tobacco and menthol. In spite of
years of communications from consumers and meetings with industry
stakeholders, it is clear that officials remain unknowledgeable about
how the vapor industry functions and what customers
need.
Two flavors will not sustain independent vapor retailers and
will unnecessarily make vaping less attractive
to people who want to switch away from smoking.
The White House needs to hear from adult vapers and anyone who loves a vaper!
A flavor ban won’t protect our children, but it will kill their parents.
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VapeSling LLC is a Nevada, USA based company. All our employees are proud members of The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA),The Vaping Militia and the National Vapers Club (NVC); three organizations that further encourage ex-smokers to continue smoke-free lifestyles through scientific research on electronic cigarettes, education about vaping and vaping products, as well as helping to protect vaper rights through activism on the local, state, and federal levels. We also donate to .orgs such as NBS, and we hope you will too.
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On behalf of almost 14,000 American
vapor business owners, more than 87,000 American vapor workers, and the
13 million adult consumers they serve who use flavored vapor products, I
am asking you NOT to implement a federal flavor ban on vapor products.
A ban on flavored vapor products will devastate more than 11,000
small businesses nationwide and result in tens of thousands of people
laid off. The Made in America flavored vapor industry is larger than
concrete industry and larger than the iron and steel forging industry.
The vapor industry has a total economic impact of $24 Billion on the
U.S. economy – all of which is hanging in the balance as you consider
this action which will wipe that out.
The vast majority of vapers are adults
who successfully quit (or are trying to quit) cigarettes with the
assistance of vapor products by relying on a variety of flavor options
like fruit flavors – but not
tobacco flavor. And, there is plenty of research and survey data that
shows that flavors keep smokers from turning back to deadly cigarettes.
It is already illegal for teens to purchase vapor products. And,
there are many other steps we can take to limit teen use of vapor
products including stricter marketing standards and stronger enforcement
of the laws already on the books. But, banning these products for
adults will only hurt the U.S. economy and send millions of adults back
to smoking cigarettes or to the black market. Additionally, deadly
combustible cigarettes will still be available on the open market and
left untouched.
Researchers say that flavored vapor products truly represent a safer alternative to cigarettes.
E-cigarettes are at least 95% safer than cigarettes according to the Royal College of Physicians.
In Feb. 2019 the New England Journal of Medicine published a study
which concluded vapor products are twice as effective helping smokers
quit than traditional cessation methods like nicotine gum or patch.
Georgetown University public health experts conclude that switching
to e-cigarettes would save between 1.6 and 6.6 million lives over the
next 10 years.
The American Cancer Society’s Public Health Statement on Eliminating Combustible Tobacco Use in the United States stated, “switching to the exclusive use of e-cigarettes is preferable to continuing to smoke combustible products.”
There has been no indication that
industry standard nicotine-containing vapor products are to blame for
recent cases of lung illness. In fact, FDA investigators found that
black market THC were likely the cause.
A flavor ban is a terrible idea
that would be devastating to all the growing small businesses dedicated
to helping their customers quit deadly cigarettes. Please consider these
businesses and all Americans desperately trying to quit and change
course. Please do NOT implement a federal flavor ban on vapor products.
National Call To Action – Light Up The White House Switchboard
The White House needs to
hear from adult vapers and anyone who loves a vaper! A flavor ban won’t
protect our children, but it will kill their parents.
We need to
Light Up The Switchboard
At The Whitehouse!
Ph: 202-456-1414
or
202-456-1111
On your call:
The operator will likely ask where they can direct your call
Simply tell them that flavored vapor products saved your life; and,
FROM CASAA: While all eyes are on the White House this week, we are reminding members that several bills in Congress could do more harm to consumers and be enacted faster than FDA can take enforcement action against the vapor industry.
In July, a US District Court judge, Paul Grimm, produced a remedy order that requires the FDA to enforce the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) requirement starting in May of 2020. This effectively moves up this particular compliance deadline by more than a year. While a small handful of companies might be in a position to attempt compliance with this new deadline, the rest of the vapor industry is not.
Strict
enforcement of this deadline will force most US manufacturers to shut
down. Even though the FDA will retain enforcement discretion with regard
to certain compliance deadlines on a case-by-case
basis, it is not clear how (or even if) the agency will apply it. In
other words,
there is no guarantee that companies will be allowed to keep their products on the market.
At
the same time, several bills are active in Congress that would undermine
FDA’s authority over new tobacco products. These bills propose to
raise taxes, ban flavors, limit online sales, and one
bill even goes as far as requiring vapor products to be approved for
market only as medical drugs/devices.
CASAA
is asking our members to take action by sending a message to your
federal lawmakers urging them to reject this legislation and prevent a
massive underground market from taking the place
of our current legal, regulated marketplace. We will start delivering your messages one week from now to coincide with a lobby day organized by the Vapor Technology Association.
By
way of background, In July, Judge Paul Grimm, US District Court District
of Maryland, ruled that the FDA has until May 2020 to enforce the
premarket tobacco application (PMTA) requirement
for new tobacco and vapor products.
The
initial compliance deadline for PMTA was August 8, 2018. But in July
2017, the FDA delayed the PMTA deadline to 2022–for non-combustible
products–citing a need to give vapor manufacturers
more time to prepare and submit meaningful applications that would be
more likely to be accepted by the agency.
Within
a year, the FDA changed course after reviewing national survey data
showing a sharp uptick in youth use of vapor products. The updated
guidance would require applications to market
vapor products in flavors other than tobacco to be submitted and
accepted by the FDA by August of 2021. Although never finalized, the
draft guidance would have also limited sales of flavored vapor products
to adult-only specialty vapor/tobacco stores.
In
2018, the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) sued the FDA with the
goal of reinstating the original August 8, 2018 PMTA compliance
deadline. Following an exchange of proposed remedy
briefs by both parties, Judge Grimm ruled that FDA’s suggestion of no
less than ten months from the date of the court’s decision would be
necessary for companies to finalize and submit acceptable applications.
Judge Grimm granted FDA’s request.
The
ten-month deadline is one of four points detailed in Judge Grimm’s
remedy order. The remaining provisions of the order are as follows:
New
products for which applications have not been filed within this period
shall be subject to FDA enforcement actions, in the FDA’s discretion;
New
products for which applications have been timely filed may remain on
the market without being subject to FDA enforcement actions for a period
not to exceed one year from
the date of application while FDA considers the application;
The FDA shall have the ability to exempt New Products from filing requirements for good cause on a case-by-case basis.
While the one-year “grace period” for a manufacturer to keep a product on the market during FDA’s review of their application is nothing new, the points regarding the agency’s enforcement discretion and ability to exempt new products from the filing requirements are significant.
It may be hard to believe, but FDA specifically asked the court to preserve the agency’s enforcement discretion citing negative consequences of a mass exodus from the vapor market and an extreme and sudden decrease in access to safer alternatives to smoking. The FDA expressed strong concern that such an event would cause thousands of people who vape to return to smoking.
Preserving FDA’s enforcement discretion is not a free pass for the vapor industry and consumers should be very concerned about what this remedy order means for our access to vapor shops, vapor products, and other resources. The FDA and Congress are still facing tremendous pressure from anti-nicotine activists to ban flavors, enact taxes on vapor products, ban online sales, and raise the purchase age to 21. Additionally, we are monitoring a budding movement by local governments in California to take matters into their own hands by requiring that a vapor company has a marketing order from the FDA in order to sell their product in their city.
From Alex Clark of CASAA: Yesterday, Donald Trump, along with HHS secretary Alex Azaar, announced that the administration would be banning all flavored vapor products from the market. The move is in response to early findings from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) that show the number of young people who vape has increased by 25% in 2019 (accompanied by a 28% decline in teen smoking).
The White House needs to hear from adult vapers and anyone who loves a vaper! A flavor ban won’t protect our children, but it will kill their parents. We need to Light Up The Switchboard At The Whitehouse! 202-456-1414 On your call: The operator will likely ask where they can direct your call Simply tell them that flavored vapor products saved your life; and,tell them “We Vape, We Vote. Be polite, be brief, and say thank you.
>>>Share this post!<<< We know that people are scared and angry and we wish there were some hopeful words that we could offer to make things better, but this is just about as bad as we’ve seen it. We are facing a total favor ban on a massive, national scale, and such a measure will bolster state and local lawmakers to take similar action. While any enforcement action coming the FDA will likely take weeks or months, cities and states can move faster. We are also constantly facing waves of disinformation from officials who are supposed to be looking out for public health.
In the coming days and weeks, we will be working to provide you with up-to-date information and opportunities to connect with lawmakers. Some of you will probably need to save up for plane and bus tickets–whether your heading to D.C. or your state capitol. Everyone will need to share their stories, especially with people who are curious about switching to vaping instead of continuing to smoke.
But today, lets show the White House just how many people the administration is putting at risk. Light up the phones!
Thank you for Taking Action, Alex Clark CEO, CASAA #IvapeIvote
We hope you find this page helpful. Please let us know. We welcome feedback on CTA and/or VapeSling® products. Reach us anytime on the contact page or [email protected], or [email protected]
Click on links below to reach out to your state or local area Reps asking their support for HR1136 and opposition to S.3319. Unite to fight for our right to VAPE!
VSLLC conducts daily research for new CTA’s (Calls to Action) to publish and alert the community.
On occasion, one of the esteemed #2019VapeFight .org’s may publish a CTA later in the day. It may pass us till the next day. Please Help this page—> Such as ON IG, we have received several CTA Alerts from concerned Vapers (#VapeWarriors). We appreciate this and please continue to share. We will publish your handle when you tag us for the alert. Thank you VapersArmy!
The Vape Community is family…being part of a family means doing your part. Please advocate for Vapor as Harm reduction for you and future vapers.
Posted 12/04/18 Thanks for the Heads up on IG @hell_wolfie_fbv
Once again, CASAA is pleased to share the annual ECig Intelligence consumer survey with our members. As you may remember from previous years, CASAA works cooperatively with ECI to develop survey questions that aid us in our advocacy efforts and help take the pulse of the vaping community.
Please take 10 – 15 minutes to complete this year’s Ecig Intelligence Consumer Survey!
Your participation in this survey will help inform regulators, advocates, and commentators as we all work to build policies that benefit consumers.
Thank you!
Alex Clark
CEO, CASAA
Posted 10/19/18 THE DEADLINE IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 22! Surveys are only as good as those who participate and only as good as the information you provide. So, please e-liquid manufacturers take the time to do your part. Per ECig Intelligence, the specific information you provide will be kept confidential by them. Your responses will be aggregated with all the others so that the combined information will help us paint the best picture of the e-liquid industry for the decision makers in D.C. and in your states. SURVEY
Posted 8/23/18 Click Here—>Petition against S3319 Flavor Ban. Takes seconds to do your part for Vapor Flavors. S3319 seeks to ban all flavored Vapor excluding tobacco and menthol. Fight for your yummy vapor flavors now. Thanks goes to IG @quickshotcompcoils for the heads up.
Posted 8/18/18
Link to download sign—> “Quit with Flavor”. Thank you to @jenbergercoleman of IG for the Campaign start. NotBlowingSmoke.org has provided a link to download the “Quit on Flavor” sign to be used for this social media campaign. Contact @jenbergercoleman on IG with your posting. Please join us and do your part and raise awareness of vape flavors important role. The posts will be shared with the Senate, Congress, President and FDA.
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HIPster™ Woodland on a 510 Mod
Most every Open vape systems (2part) have 510 connectors such as these:
510 Pin510 EgoCradle EGOatty
Do It Between The Atty and Batty
The following breakdown should help in pinpointing the Sling for you.
First choose a Type of Sling
The Sling Type describes the placement or function on your body (neck, hand or shoulder).
Clip Type
The HIPster ™ is a clip vape holder. Recommending this type for any 1 or 2 battery vape/mod.
The HIPster™HIPster_Purse
Hand Type
Hand Slings isolate your vape to your hand. Your Mod/Vape remains secured, comfortably in your hand. Recommending this type for any 1 or 2 battery vape/mod.
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Average Joe™
Shoulder/Cross-Body Slings
Shoulder/Cross-Body Slings such as the V3.0 MODster provide the best weight distribution for large Mod/Vape carry. Worn like a messenger bag, your Mod has 3 positions for your daily vaping: Front, side, or behind you. Recommending this type for any 1 to 4 battery vape/mods.
V3 MODster™
Size Guide for the MODster and MODster XXL products/cross-body type, selective heights are as follows:
MODster 21″-30″
A 5′ 6″ person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 24″ sling A 5′ 8″ person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 26″ sling A 5′ 10″ person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 28″ sling A 6 foot person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 30″ sling A 6 foot person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 30″ sling
MODsterXXL 31″-45″
A 6′ 1″ foot person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 31″ sling A 6′ 2″ foot person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 32″ sling A 6′ 4″ foot person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 34″ sling A 6′ 6″ foot person would be comfortable (mid body) in a 36″ sling ETC
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VAPOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND VAPOR STOCKROOM FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST FDA
Contact: Alex Schriver; [email protected]
WASHINGTON D.C. – August 14, 2019 – Today, the Vapor Technology
Association (VTA) and Vapor Stockroom (VSR) filed a lawsuit in federal
court against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), amongst
others, over its unreasonable and arbitrary Pre-Market Tobacco
Application (“PMTA”) process and the recently grossly accelerated PMTA
filing deadline. Plaintiffs are taking action to require FDA to publish
and complete the long-promised “foundational rules” describing the
specific requirements for PMTAs. In addition,
Plaintiffs are asking the court to enjoin FDA from enforcing the May
2020 PMTA deadline or taking enforcement action against companies that
do not have a PMTA on file until a reasonable period of time
after the actual foundational rules are finalized.
With over 3 million vapor products registered with FDA, the arbitrary
May 2020 PMTA deadline which FDA is currently enforcing is simply
impossible to meet for thousands of small and mid-sized vapor
businesses, particularly in the absence of a draft or final
PMTA Rule. Any final PMTA Rule must allow sufficient time to conduct
the many complex and time-consuming tests and studies currently being
required by FDA.
Since 2016, FDA has provided five different PMTA submission deadlines:
August 8, 2018; November 8, 2018; August 8, 2022; August 8, 2021; and
now May 12, 2020. The most recent deadline was only just established on
July 12, 2019 – leaving a scant ten months for
vapor industry manufacturers to attempt to comply, which is now 27
months earlier than previously set by FDA.
“FDA’s constantly shifting regulatory process is wholly unreasonable,
unfair and unlawful. The Agency has failed to provide advance notice or
an opportunity for public comment as required by the Administrative
Procedure Act. Grossly accelerating the deadlines
and then repeatedly changing the already onerous requirements is
unacceptable under any regulatory regime, but this is especially true
for vapor products when
FDA itself warns that ‘it is likely that there would be a
mass market exit of ENDS products’ that ‘could adversely affect the
public health,’” said Tony Abboud, Executive Director of the Vapor
Technology Association.
The PMTA application is by far the most arduous of the many regulatory
requirements governing ENDS products, and requires a complex,
multi-year, multi-million-dollar process that FDA has still failed to
fully articulate despite its repeated promises to do so.
“To be clear, no business could rationally have been expected to start
conducting complex PMTA testing before FDA finally published its PMTA
guidance document on June 11, 2019, the day before it asked the Court to
impose a 10-month PMTA deadline,” said Abboud.
The stark facts set forth in the Complaint are that, even with unlimited
resources, there are not enough labs, there are not enough subjects,
and there are not enough hours in the day to properly conduct the
scientific inquiries that FDA only just laid out
on June 11, 2019, by the May 2020 deadline.
Our company complied with every regulation imposed by FDA and invested
in our business while waiting for FDA to deliver on all of the promised
PMTA rules, guidance and standards. We never thought that FDA would
wait so long to provide any direction and then
immediately shrink the deadline so that we had no chance to stay in
business,” said Tony Florence, President of Vapor Stockroom, LLC. “It’s a
devastating one-two punch to small businesses all over the country,” he
added.
“It is time for FDA to stop moving the goalposts and changing the rules
in the middle of the game to the detriment of our manufacturers and
small businesses,” said Abboud. “FDA’s actions, if unchecked, will shut
down an entire industry that has developed to
challenge the combustible cigarette. Whatever FDA calls its ‘rules of
the road’ simply cannot be relied upon in the absence of a real PMTA
rulemaking process that gives all stakeholders the opportunity for
notice and comment, not just those interested parties
that file lawsuits,” he added.
The plaintiffs in the case are Vapor Technology Association and Vapor
Stockroom, LLC. The plaintiffs are represented by Thompson Hine LLP as
counsel. The case, titled
Vapor Technology Association, et al. vs. Food & Drug Administration, et al.
has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Kentucky. The case number is not yet assigned but a link to
the filing can be found
here.
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The Vapor Technology Association is the leading U.S. non-profit
industry trade association whose 800+ members are dedicated to
innovating and selling high quality vapor products that provide adult
consumers with a better alternative to traditional combustible
cigarettes. VTA represents the industry-leading manufacturers of vapor
devices, e-liquids, flavorings, and components, as well as the largest
wholesalers, distributors, importers, and e-commerce retailers, in
addition to hundreds of hard-working American brick-and
mortar retail store owners throughout the United States. Vapor Stockroom is a Lexington, Kentucky manufacturer of
nicotine-containing e-liquids and currently manufactures 40 distinct
lines. It employs thirteen people and sells its products in local retail
stores, online, and through distribution to vape shops
and tobacco specialty stores nationwide.
Article Provided by VapeSling LLC from VTA membership.
