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We apologize to our dear customers (#VapeSlingers) for the ongoing issue with our website color selections. Apparently, only V3.0 products are affected by the bug.
The Bug
The V3.0 Color Selection bug/issue occurs upon selecting your V3.0 product color and Size. On some colors and most prints, an error or unavailable message appears. We can guarantee you, if the color is shown, the color is available. Thus is the bug.
The Fix
We have a temporary solution to continue thru the product color selection process and onto checkout without error. Please see the following images showing the problem and solution:
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Vape Advocacy/Activism
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.
We created a VapersArmy on InstaGram that spread the word of justice for vapers. We furthermore, post every single CTA that exists currently on our dedicated web page –> Calls To Action – Vapor Products. We update this the daily in addition to update news posts under latest news. All vapers have access. .
On several occasions, VapeSling staff members have taken action on issues directly affecting our vaping community such as contacting several of our local Nevada politicians as well as the President himself. We encountered most favorable responses from Senators of Nevada.
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All VapeSling® products are “Made in the USA” with premium U.S. made materials. The VapeSling® breakthrough concept was born from e-cig/mod portability problems encountered with hand carry, pockets, pouches, belt clips, and all other available forms of e-cig/Mod portability. VapeSling® uses a unique Patent Pending concept which allows the user to carry, vape, and move. VapeSling® users can vape while their e-cig/mod is attached to their VapeSling®. Whether on the move or relaxing on a couch, a #VapeSlinger can carry their e-cig/mod comfortably, securely, and always ready to vape. No retrieving or re-deposits of your e-cig/Mod into any case, pouch, bag or pockets. No more devices falling to the ground. The VapeSling innovation has withstood the test of time by thousands of VapeSlingers. Enjoying CARRY.VAPE.MOVE. for 3 years since 2014. All device sizes, weights and shapes (Box, Cylindrical, etc.) will fit securely on your VapeSling® e-cig/Mod Holder.
Lastly, our USPTO patent will grant in 2019. Filed originally in 2014, our USPTO NPA examiner is very inquisitive, to say the least.
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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.
VTA Member, Amanda Wheeler of JVAPES E-Liquid and President of the Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance, is taking the lead at a critical time for the vapor industry. She is seeking signatories for a thoughtful letter to the FDA on behalf of small business owners in the vapor industry. But we need your help!
We are calling on all of our small business owners to follow Amanda’s example and sign onto this letter to FDA Center for Tobacco Products Director, Mitchell Zeller. The letter requests a regulatory process that does not kill our industry through an unclear and cost prohibitive PMTA process.
We will be working with Amanda, and our members, setting up a meeting
with the FDA to discuss the adoption of a regulation process that will
encourage the growth of responsible businesses within the vapor industry
instead of the current trajectory of unreasonable demands set to quash
numerous small businesses. Please complete the form to add your name to
the letter and join the fight.
Become a signatory and pass this petition along to any industry
stakeholders who may want to join our cause. Now more than ever we need
to take action. Everyone needs to be off of the sidelines during this
critical time for our industry.
Thank you for joining the fight!
Tony Abboud
Vapor Technology Association
—- READ THE LETTER —-
Mitchell Zeller Director Center for Tobacco Products Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Dear Mr. Zeller,
We are writing to you today to express our concern for small
businesses in the open vapor product industry in regard to the current
PMTA guidance. Thousands of small vape shop owners and vapor product
manufacturers are on the precipice of extinction. We are facing vague,
unattainable regulatory gates and the terrifying threat of regulatory
termination of the most impactful tobacco harm reduction products to
date. We are being forced to prepare for a future where we will not be
able to afford costly and unclear premarket approval, casting small
businesses out of the lifesaving industry that we once created. It is
our hope that the FDA can convene with our industry representatives to
develop a pathway to clear and concise industry regulation that is
mutually agreeable.
Current PMTA guidance recommends extensive research into each
product, which includes bottle size and nicotine variations, as well as
environmental assessments. We are not large corporations that can afford
to fund departments devoted to regulatory affairs, science, toxicology,
and legal matters, nor do we have millions of dollars to secure these
services. We are mostly “mom and pop” small businesses. Many of us
started with nothing but a few thousand dollars and a desire to help
smokers quit, using the same method we used ourselves. Through hard
work, and a firm belief in our mission, we have been able to develop
successful small businesses that have not only created job opportunities
for thousands of people, but helped countless people quit smoking
cigarettes, and even quit using nicotine entirely, for good. This
industry was created by thousands of small business owners who exemplify
the American Dream—that through dedication and hard work, everyone has
the opportunity to be successful. The current PMTA structure may well
turn out to be impossible to navigate or comply with, at least to any
distinction of consistency and dependability for advancing products and
incentivizing improvements.
Thus far, efforts to engage consultants, laboratory services, and
legal counsel all seem to produce professional regulatory experts that
are just as unclear on how to advance through FDA’s current regulatory
structure successfully. This leaves the industry even further confused,
and effectively paralyzed, as we consider the risk of potentially
spending ourselves out of business – because none of these entities can
provide definitive answers to a process that remains completely
subjective. The estimated costs given to us by the very services we
would need to utilize to achieve adequate PMTA submission, amounting to
millions of dollars per SKU, are significantly higher than the FDA’s
“average application cost” of $131,643 for initial e-liquid submissions.
PMTA guidance, by its very nature, gives the vapor industry a loose
understanding of what will and won’t result in approval. These
recommendations, combined with high costs for only a potential chance of
approval, create an unrealistic paywall to industry compliance.
We are already beginning to see vape shops and vapor product
manufacturers shut their doors—the smallest partnerships and
family-owned businesses in the industry are steadily beginning to
disappear. Some vapor product manufacturers are moving their
American-based businesses to more vapor-friendly countries that have
clear, attainable regulatory structures. Those manufacturers who do not
have the ability to uproot their lives to make such a business move are
instead selling their livelihood for pennies on the dollar, rather than
risking a total loss when FDA exercises their enforcement discretion.
Many members of the open vapor industry are making the difficult
decision not to renew leases on the buildings they occupy because the
pathway to remain on the market is completely subjective, undefined, and
makes compliance extremely difficult, if not impossible. We will
continue to see this industry slowly collapse under the heavy burden of
the current regulatory framework that is unlike any other and offers no
consistent baseline for the industry to follow.
It is clear that the outcome of the current regulatory structure will
hand the entire vapor product industry to massive tobacco companies who
have a long, sordid, and extremely profitable history of damaging the
health and wellbeing of this country. The open vapor industry has and
hopefully always will be able to be committed to helping combustible
tobacco users transition to a nicotine delivery system that has been
proven less harmful by orders of magnitude. We represent a group of
businesses prepared to work with the FDA towards reasonable, realistic
and sustainable regulations that are attainable for industry
participants and more consistent with established and commonplace
regulations for other consumable products.
Perhaps our most important concern is that combustible tobacco
products, which are clearly and demonstrably harmful to public health,
will be allowed to remain on the market in every smoke shop, gas
station, grocery store, and convenience store in the country with little
more than an age restriction and modest tax as a use deterrent. The
only remaining choices Americans will have are combustible tobacco
products, big tobacco company owned vapor products, or potentially
hazardous, unsafe, and illegal black market products. Not only will
these vague and unattainable PMTA guidelines reward tobacco companies
for their current and past behavior, but they will also surely undo much
of the hard work open vapor product manufacturers, distributors, and
resellers have done to help millions of combustible tobacco users
transition to safer nicotine delivery systems and even quit nicotine
altogether.
Tobacco companies created the distrust that now exists. They also
followed our lead into these less harmful alternatives while vilifying
our products without factual basis. They have exponentially more
resources, lobbyists, and influence, but current realities will give
them the harm reduction market that we established and advanced. The
current regulatory structure will take this from us and hand deliver it
to those companies who created and advanced the harms of combustible
cigarettes with no concern for the consequences. Furthermore, the FDA’s
own age-of-sale enforcement stings show that youths are not obtaining
these products from our industry participants, they obtain them from the
tobacco distribution pathways.
So why allow tobacco companies to commandeer this industry when we
are the ones who have introduced these products, created this new harm
reduction strategy, and are verifiably (by the FDA’s own enforcement
evaluations) maintaining youth sales prevention and discouragement?
Our concerns go beyond the loss of our businesses or the added power
those losses would hand tobacco companies. We are equally concerned
about vapor product manufacturing being handled by irresponsible,
potentially dangerous black market entities. These black market entities
will have no incentive to ensure that their illegal products follow
standardized, unadulterated manufacturing practices. Consumers will
unwittingly be put at risk by potentially hazardous and unsafe vapor
products.
We understand and respect the FDA’s mandate to ensure reasonable
consumer protections. We, the undersigned, are prepared to meet with FDA
to cooperate and work together to find mutually satisfactory structures
to regulate these products that will provide the requisite consumer
protections, and also create a regulatory approach that is defined,
clear, and attainable by those industry participants, like us, who are
fully prepared to preserve and solidify the harm reduction public health
benefits these products are capable of providing.
We hope the FDA will recognize and consider that this industry is different than any other. Most consumable products get introduced by big conglomerates or multinational manufacturers with correlative budgets and regulatory experts. Meanwhile, vapor products are facing regulatory approaches advanced many years after the products were already on store shelves. We acknowledge and respect the difficulties this adds for both the FDA and the industry. We are prepared to work with the FDA to find regulatory frameworks that meet our mutual goals. If we cannot find some realistic, consistent, and compliable common ground, businesses will close, thousands of jobs will be lost, many leases broken, investments lost (some even at life-changing levels) – many may lose their homes, savings, and much more.
We urgently request that you engage with us in a timely manner to navigate an attainable solution for small business owners so that we can reach our common goal: to save the lives of more than 480,000 American adult smokers a year without subjecting a new generation to nicotine addiction.
Article provided by VapeSling LLC
Thanks to VTA for sharing this critical CTA posting
Petition Title: Over-rule the Federal decision to push a PMTA submission for the E-Cigarette community
The e-cigarette community has thrived off of doing good in health for
the community. It has now developed itself to uphold the value of life
for many people across the globe.
Upon the review of the dangers and side affects of utilizing what is
referred to as e-cigarettes, it appears that there few dangers which may
follow the effects of use. However the underlying issue is that they
appear to be used by persons of a young age
in school. These products are commonly found to be small systems such
as Juul (leading discovery) which are purchasable through a 7Eleven and
gas station.
For information on how to help prevent this, here is a government
link from the UK showing what is truly effective and how things can
change without ruining what we have build.
Provided by VTA. Published on VapeSling.com 7/2/19
2019 – NEW STATE LAWS AFFECTING VAPOR
INTERIM COMPLIANCE UPDATE
July 1, 2019
The Vapor Technology Association has compiled the following list as an
overview with citations of state-level vapor product laws that have been
enacted recently, meaning the bills have passed the legislature and
have been signed by the Governor in the 2019
legislative session.
This update is broken down into four sections covering laws:
Raising the age to purchase vapor products (page 2); Raising taxes on vapor products (page 4); Impacting labeling, marketing and licensure (page 6); andAdding vapor to clean indoor air acts (page 8).
It is of note that there are several states with pending legislation
that would impact vapor products that have not adjourned yet for 2019.
This summary includes bills that would affect the age for legal sales,
flavor bans, taxation, as well as online sales
bans. The next update of this summary will occur on or by August 1,
2019.
Cautionary Notes:
a. This summary is meant to be a resource guide and should not replace the advice of legal counsel.
b. This summary contains state-level information only. Some cities
and towns have been passing their own municipal ordinances. Hence, your
municipality may have a law that governs your business even if the state
does not, OR your town may impose restrictions
greater than what is included on this table. So, again, you should not
rely on this document for legal advice but should consult your own legal
counsel and must investigate whether and to what extent your unit of
local government has regulated vapor products. Raising the Age to Purchase Vapor Products ALABAMA – T21 Implementation Date:
September 1, 2019Key Provisions:
Raises the purchase age to 21 for all tobacco and vaping productsSets advertising restrictionsCreates zoning restrictions for retailers near schools, churches, child care centers and related facilitiesRequires a permit to sell vaping products if over 35% of gross sales
Rule-making will be required for implementation.
CONNECTICUT – T21 Implementation Date: October 1, 2019
Key Provisions:
Raises the purchase age to 21 for all tobacco and vaping productsIncrease the annual registration fee to sell vaping products from $400 to $800 for dealers with multiple registrationsIncreases the penalties for underage sales with unannounced compliance checksAllows
e-cigarette dealers to give promotional samples in connection with the
promotion or advertisement of a product in a similar manner as current
law allows for cigarettes and tobacco productsBans the use of tobacco and vapor product on the grounds of child care centers and schools
Link: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/ACT/pa/pdf/2019PA-00013-R00HB-07200-PA.pdf
TEXAS – T21 Implementation Date: September 1, 2019
Key Provisions:
Raises the age to purchase tobacco products, including vapor products, to age 21Exemption for military personnel Prohibits
local municipalities from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or
requirement relating to the lawful age to sell, distribute, or use
cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products
Link: https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/86r/pdf/86RSJ05-27-F.PDF#page=41
UTAH – T21 Implementation Date: July 1, 2020
Key Provisions:
The law raises the age to purchase tobacco products, including vapor products to age 21The age increase is phased in over the next three yearsExemption for military personnel
Link:https://le.UTAH.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0324.pdf
VERMONT – T21 Implementation Date: September 1, 2019
WASHINGTON – T21 Implementation Date: January 1, 2020
Key Provisions:
The law raises the purchase age for cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products to 21Tobacco
products may not be sold through a vending machine unless the machine
is located in a place where persons under the age of 21 are prohibited
or in an industrial worksite where persons under the age of 21 are not
employed,
and it is located at least ten feet from entrances and exits
Link:
http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/1074.SL.pdf#page=1 New Laws Taxing Vapor Products CONNECTICUT – Implementation Date: October 1, 2019
Key Provisions:
Imposes a bi-furcated tax on sales of electronic cigarette products by e-cigarette wholesalersClosed
systems: 40 cents per milliliter (those products that are pre-filled,
manufacturer-sealed, and not intended to be refillable)Open
systems: 10% of the wholesale price, whether or not sold at wholesale,
or if not sold, at the same rate upon use by the wholesaler
Link: SEE SECTION 351 https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/ACT/pa/pdf/2019PA-00117-R00HB-07424-PA.pdf
ILLINOIS – Implementation Date: July 1, 2019
Key Provisions:
Amends the definition of “tobacco products” to include electronic cigarettes and the componentsEstablishes a 15% tax based on the total receipts of the wholesale (the same rate as chewing tobacco)
Link: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=003501430K10-5
NEVADA – Implementation Date: January 1, 2020
Key Provisions:
Establishes a 30% wholesale tax on all vapor and alternative nicotine productsDefines and regulates vapor products as other tobacco productsEstablishes penalties to retailers who distribute other tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18Requires third party verification for online sales of vapor productsAdds vapor products to the Clean Indoor Air Act
Link: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB263_EN.pdf
NEW JERSEY – Implementation Date: The first day of the fifth month following enactment.
Key Provisions:
Establishes bi-furcated tax model between open and closed systemsRequires
that open systems only be sold at licensed vapor retailers. Vapor
retailer is defined as 50 percent or more of sales are generated by ENDS
devices, e-liquids or related accessories. Closed systems: 10 cent per milliliter at distributor level (pre-filled cartridge)Open systems: 10 percent at final point of sale
VTA will work the Department of Revenue on rulemaking if any.
Key Provisions:
Establishes bi-furcated tax on all nicotine and non-nicotine containing e-liquidClosed systems: 50 cent per milliliter (pods or carts that are 5 ml or less)Open systems: 12.5% wholesale tax
VTA working on guidance with the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.
Key Provisions:
Establishes a 92% wholesale tax on vapor products and devicesDefines vapor products as “other tobacco product”
The Department of Revenue will establish a guidance document.
Key Provisions:
Establishes a wholesale tax on vapor products.Closed system rate: 27 cents per milliliter (pods or carts that are 5 ml or less)Open systems rate: 9 cents per milliliterTax is applied to all pre-existing inventories on or before October 31, 2019 with the tax due January 31, 2020
VTA working on implementation with Washington authorities.
Key Provisions:
Dealers who sell vapor product or alternative nicotine products are added to the definition of “wholesaler”Requires a permit from the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC) to sell vapor and alternative nicotine productsProhibits dealers from purchasing vapor products for resale except from a wholesale dealer who has a valid ATC permitExtends current regulations on tobacco products to vapor and alternative nicotine productsRestricts manufacturers of vapor products from selling vapor products in the state without authorization from the ATC
The law requires administrative regulations.
Key Provisions:
Establishes a new definition for vaping products separate from cigarettes and cigarsRequires licensure to sell vaping productsEstablishes regulations similar to traditional tobacco products
Link: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB397.pdf
SOUTH CAROLINA – Implementation Date: July 1, 2019
Key Provisions:
Requires age verification for online sales of vapor productsProhibits youth from entering a retail establishment the primarily sells tobacco or vaping productsProhibits the use of tobacco and vaping products on school or pre-school propertyEstablishes packaging guidelines for e-liquids
Link:
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/3420.htm
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 or join in this practice. 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.
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 or join in this practice. 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!
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.
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].
The Most important CTA right NOW is: FDA Comment Period. Voice your comments to the FDA.
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 or join in this practice. 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!
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.
2019 Vapor – FDA Docket: Modifications to Compliance Policy for Certain Deemed Tobacco Products
To leave a comment for the FDA, please click here. Read up and be informed before submitting your comment. Below are main topics from the official FDA write up. Please use these for a quick reference to guide your response/comment.
This mention attempts to prove a fruity flavor preference by youth, while a mint or menthol flavor apparently, is preferred by adults. Therefore, the FDA would like to modify regulations. Mint and menthol flavors require no authorization, while all other flavors require a PMTA submission to the FDA.
The FDA is sticking to their youth vape epidemic stance. Responses can include suggestions you may have to address youth availability, such as Gas stations and convenient storesResponses should include your preference of e liquid flavors plus how limiting flavors would affect you. As written, flavors other than mint or menthol will need PMTA authorization to market.
The VTA is tracking over 260 bills to date this legislative session. Below are highlights of our successes and our active engagement across the country. SUCCESSES:Kentucky: Any consideration of a tax has been killed for this session in Kentucky. Further, HB 11, a school ban bill, was amended to include Tobacco 21. The T21 effort was stymied, only to be followed by a bizarre Vape 21-only bill. That too was stymied but once again T21 resurfaced. For now, it appears that strong work on the ground by the Kentucky Smoke Free Association and VTA Board Member companies is holadvocacy A Billion lives Film, e-cig, e-cig holder, electronic cigarette, FDA Deeming Regulations of Vapor Products, Food & Drug Administration, Made in America, Trump Administration, V3.0 VapeSling®, vape, vape advocacy, Vape security, vapesling, vaping, vaping community, VTA, CASAA, AVA, notBlowingSmokeding the effort at bay.
Michigan: An amendment to HB 4164 that would add vapor products to T21 was defeated. VTA lobbyists actively opposed the bill as two of our vape shop members of the Vapors’ Association for Rights and Standards testified in opposition to the legislation.
New Mexico: VTA’s lobbyists worked closely with the New Mexico Smoke Free Alliance to successfully defeat, not one, but two flavor bans pushed by the legislature. We are now actively engaged in defeating a dangerous vapor tax as the session is quickly winding to a close.
Virginia: Even though the T21 bill did pass, the Virginia Smoke Free Association and VTA’s lobbyists have successfully held off further consideration of tax legislation this session with the issue being pushed to a study committee.
West Virginia: Although SB 348, implementing T21, passed the Senate. VTA was able to defeat it in the House prior to adjournment.
Wyoming: VTA lobbyists prevented anti-vaping legislation from passage with the adjournment of the session on February 28. ACTIVE LEGISLATION: Alabama: Working with the Breathe Easier Alliance of Alabama, we are fighting against some burdensome regulations in HB 1.
Alaska: Currently there are no bills related to the vapor industry.
Arizona: We are on the offensive. VTA’s model legislation, first introduced by the Arizona Smoke Free Business Alliance, is moving. In addition, together we are fighting T21 as well as a 43% wholesale tax.
Arkansas: VTA’s lobbying team and the Arkansas Vape Advocacy Alliance engaged leaders on the core tax issue for many weeks and, as a result, we were successful in removing another vapor products proposed tax legislation from a major bill designed to fund cancer research. Unfortunately, the Governor has indicated support for additional taxes and we will continue to oppose those efforts while we oppose T21 which has significant support amongst lawmakers.
California: VTA is very actively engaged in proposed flavor ban legislation SB 38 and AB 739 with multiple teams on the ground. We expect a hearing in the Senate Health Committee before the end of the month with passage highly likely. We are actively working against it while focusing our efforts on the Assembly where there is more opportunity for dialogue on the issue. Stay tuned for some important developments on the California front.
Colorado: HB 1033, allows local regulation of nicotine including tax at the local level. The bill has passed both chambers. As passed, the legislation limits the ability of the local unit of government to tax by eliminating the state tobacco tax dollars for those units of local government that choose to enact a local tax. We continue to work with the Governor’s Office on reasonable limitations on local taxation. VTA is proud to be working with the Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance to defend Colorado.
Connecticut: VTA and the New England Vapor Technology Association continue to fight against legislation that would ban flavors, raise the purchase age to 21 and implement a burdensome tax on the industry. VTA will be submitting written comments to support the testimony of local business owners at a hearing this week.
Delaware: SB 25 would implement T21 in the state. VTA and the New England Vapor Technology Association are aggressively opposing the legislation that passed out of committee this week.
Florida: VTA and the Florida Smoke Free Association continue to fight against SB 1046 which would prohibit the retail sale of flavored nicotine products. In addition, we are jointly opposing T21 legislation in SB 1618 and HB 1041.
Georgia: To date, VTA and the Georgia Smoke Free Association have held all anti-vapor bills at bay. There is still time left in the session, so we will not let up and will defend to the end.
Idaho: Currently there are no bills impacting the vaping industry before the legislature.
Illinois: HB 345 and SB 21, implementing T21 for both combustibles and vapor products is moving in both chambers and appears likely to pass. VTA and the Smoke Free Alternatives Coalition of Illinois are aggressively working to defeat SB 1124, which would enact a devastating 36% wholesale tax.
Indiana: VTA and the Indiana Smoke-Free Alliance are fighting a 4 cents per milliliter tax and a joint Call to Action was issued.
Iowa: HF 467, increases tobacco tax to over 100% and adds vapor products. VTA and Iowans For Alternatives to Smoking Tobacco are actively engaged in defeating the proposal.
Kansas: Currently there are no bills impacting the vaping industry before the legislature.
Louisiana: VTA’s lobbying team is opposing HB 38 which would implement T21.
Maine: LD 1028, an 81% wholesale has been referred to the tax committee. In addition to opposing this legislation, VTA and the New England Vapor Technology Association are also working on the defeat of LD 90 which would ban all flavored products with the exception of premium cigars.
Maryland: With strong support from the Democratic Caucus and the Black Caucus, T21 is gaining traction in companion bills, SB 895 and HB 1169. VTA and the Maryland Vapor Alliance are working hard to prevent vapor products from being defined as tobacco in the legislation and defeat these anti-vapor initiatives. In addition, the VTA model regulatory bill is scheduled for a hearing this coming week.
Massachusetts: The Governor is pushing a tax on vapor products but a bill has not been filed yet. VTA and the New England Vapor Technology Association are actively working to get in front of the potential tax proposal.
Minnesota: VTA’s lobbyists and Minnesota vapor leaders are actively opposing T21 legislation.
Montana: VTA’s lobbyist and the Montana Smoke Free Association defeated a flavor ban in HB 312 earlier in the session. However, another flavor ban has been filed in HB 628, and we are actively working to defeat this one as well.
Nebraska: VTA’s lobbyists are actively opposing T21 legislation filed in LB 149. VTA is also actively working to ensure efforts to ban flavors or ban certain categories of products are defeated.
Nevada: VTA and the Nevada Vaping Association are opposing efforts by some legislators to include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products.
New Hampshire: VTA and the New England Vapor Technology Association are aggressively fighting HB 680 which would impose a 65% wholesale tax on vapor products as well as define them as tobacco.
New Jersey: VTA is working closely with the New Jersey Vapor Rights Coalition to vigorously oppose legislation to create 75% wholesale tax and fix the current tax imposed.
New York: VTA’s lobbyists are heavily engaged in Albany working a sophisticated leadership and committee strategy to defeat the flavor bans in both the Assembly and Senate (A47 and S428) as well as T21.
North Carolina: VTA is working with the North Carolina Vaping Council which, to date, has held all anti-vapor bills at bay. We will continue to collaborate and fight off negative legislation through the end of the session in mid-July.
Ohio: The Ohio Vapor Trade Association, working with VTA, has prevented the introduction of negative legislation to date. VTA will continue to fight against anti-vaping proposals with OHVTA through the remainder of the session. Oklahoma: VTA lobbyists are opposing an effort to raise the purchase age to 21. Oregon: VTA and the Oregon Vapor Trade Association are working to get ahead of a potential proposal to tax vapor products.
Pennsylvania: The VTA is strongly opposing HB 697, a bill to establish T21.
Rhode Island: VTA’s lobbyist and the New England Vapor Technology Association are opposing a T21 proposal recently filed.
South Carolina: VTA’s model language on shipping vapor products has been added to HB 3420. In addition, the bill prohibits local governments from implementing flavor bans as well as adding additional taxes.
South Dakota: There have not been any anti-vaping bills introduced to date but we are closely watching potential legislative vehicles. Tennessee: VTA’s state association member, the Tennessee Smoke Free Association, is opposing a pair of T21 bills, HB 1419 and HB 1454, that are expected to be considered in committee next week. TSFA has been enormously effective at killing anti-vapor bills and is well positioned again this session.
Texas: VTA and the Texas Vapor Coalition is opposing SB 1332 and HB 3364 that create a 10-cent tax (5 cent wholesale) (5 cent use) introduced as part of an omnibus tax package.
Utah: VTA and the Utah Smoke Free Association are opposing HB 324 which would implement T21. Vermont: VTA and the New England Vapor Technology Association are fighting an effort to implement a wholesale tax on vapor products in HB 47. We continue to oppose T21 in the House despite passage in the Senate of SB 86.
Washington: VTA and the Pink Lung Brigade successfully held off a 95% wholesale tax proposed in HB 1873 during a packed hearing on the issue. Our opposition included 95 people who signed up to testify against it. Despite this effort, it appears that some sort of tax will be implemented due budget concerns. Together, we will continue to actively engage with lawmakers on the issue to ensure that the industry is not saddled with a burdensome tax.
Wisconsin: VTA’s lobbyists are opposing a recommendation by the Governor to tax vapor products at the same rate as tobacco, 71% of manufacturer’s list price.
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