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CASAA's Jan Johnson talks about news items of the week and legislative updates of concern to THR advocates. Tonight Hawaii's H.B. 1495 The return of Cole/Bishop Monroe County Indiana Hartland

:31 Oregon Northwest Vapor Association day at the Capitol. Got to meet many folks in Oregon and attend a few meetings with legislators. Oregon has many bills and was last year able to defeat a tax bill but not an indoor vaping ban. But this year the tax bill is back a tax bill is rearing it's ugly head and it's a large tax. Licensing bills penalties are excessive. If a minor is sold a product the fines are for every person in the business and the owner can lose their license as well as be fined up to thousands of dollars. Tobacco 21 bill. 5:19 Washington State Tobacco 21 bills. They are in motion. 5:42 If anywhere in the country is liable to pass tobacco 21 this year it will be Washington and Oregon because of California and the West coast legislative trends. Their legislatures are controlled by people who think that's a good policy. 6:43 Arkansas bill SB 285 They have a short legislative session. Hearing postponed. Bills sponsor didn't show op for hearing so bill wasn't heard. Still a thing but it's being monitored by people on the ground. 8:52 Arizona Tax bill SB1517 Feedback from the call to action. People responded immediately and heard from their legislators it would never happen. It also elicited a very passionate response about a tobacco 21 bill. Arizona SFATA on top of this. 10:11 Kansas SB54 Changes how tax is applied to e liquid. Effort to change the tax to something lower. Headed for hearing on FEBRUARY 14 SB130 A competing bill that clarifies but it is not something we should support 12:10 Maryland Online sales ban. Companion bill in house. Indoor vaping ban and tobacco 21 bill. Not a lot of support for any of these. 12:52 HB New Hampshire 13:31 Forsyth County Georgia 50 Dollar permit no mixing liquid in stores. No vaping in stores unless the stores have a dehumidifier to dispel the mist. 15:49 Vermont Vapor Facing at least fifty thousand dollars in fines. This action is NOT F.D.A. enforcement. Their page was listed as a smoking cessation service. The law prohibits truthful cessation claims. The F.D.A. first seizures were because of marketing claims. This is the reason CASAA exists. The Vermont Attorney General is the one filing this not the F.D.A. 21:11 Hawaii A dizzying process of legislation and committee hearings. Looks like they are looking at a tax bill again. The state association has been doing a great job of taking action and showing up to hearings. 24:05 Battery safety in electronic nicotine delivery systems FDA workshop and requests for public comment. April 19-20 8:30 am - 4:30 pm We don't know if we will send anyone but we are certainly going to try. A bit on the new CASAA battery case and the CASAA battery safety guidance. http://casaa.org/news/battery-safety-announce/ Personal stories about batteries venting. 80% of battery failures happen while charging. 29:57 The best outcome could be for FDA to produce a battery safety campaign since they have the resources to do that and reach a large portion of the population. They could make a very impactful safety spot. 31:24 ALA gave New York state a failing grade in reducing tobacco use. That grade is strictly for funding Anti_tobacco programs. NYS has highest tobacco tax in the country. They get a B for that. The Laffer curve has happened here or so it seems. Over half the cigarettes sold in New York are black/grey market. Even though they have tobacco 21 policy's in place in many counties young people still continue smoking. With the black market nobody is checking I.D. 38:16 Pennsylvania sponsor support memos for bills to reduce the tax on e liquid. Putting a finishing touches on a CTA for support for those bills.

Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative issues and issues of interest to THR advocates. Tonight's topics include Tobacco 21 http://casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/Tobacco-21-as-of-02.03.17.jpeg Arizona tax bill turns into tobacco 21 bill http://casaa.org/call-to-action/arizona-take-action-to-oppose-a-95-tax-on-vapor-products/ New York,Massachusetts and New Jersey have passed these tobacco 21 bills and New Jersey has an estimated 8 or 9 on the books done through municipal legislation not state legislation. Most of these bills seem to be passing on the left coast although places you would not expect to see them crop up are starting to see them as well. Those places include Texas and Oklahoma. Needham Massachusetts study.They were first to pass tobacco 21 and the teen smoking rate dropped to 7 % and several years later teen smoking dropped to 5%. What about that 5-6%? Once they turn 21 will they continue smoking or start? http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0313-males-teen-smoking-20160313-story.html The tobacco 21 law is(supposed to) to protect 14-17 year olds from starting smoking. https://depts.washington.edu/tobacco/docs/Tobacco%2021.pdf Nobody considers the continuum of risk when passing these things. Vaping is NOT smoking nor are the risk the same. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/19/public-health-england-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking Rising the age to smoke including tobacco products seems reasonable to SOME people. https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/03/disingenuous-as-can-be-campaign-for.htm Expanded post on tobacco 21 laws coming soon. Calls to action Montana. http://casaa.org/call-to-action/mt-take-action-to-oppose-an-indoor-vaping-ban/ Indiana vaping law : 5-7 days out from decision and it’s 15-17 days until that becomes effective. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-indiana-vaping-law-20170130-story.html Hearing in senate judiciary committee Montana http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0208W$BLAC.QueryView?P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0037&P_BLAC_APPL_SEQ=20&P_SESS=20171&P_CARR= Potential online sales ban Maryland sb119 Licensing bill sales ban tucked into companion bill in house hearing for that February 13-16? https://legiscan.com/MD/text/SB119/2017 http://casaa.org/call-to-action/16227/ Maryland indoor vaping ban http://casaa.org/call-to-action/maryland-take-action-to-oppose-an-indoor-vaping-ban-and-taxes/ Kansas SB 54 introduced hearing scheduled changes e liquid tax applied companion bill in house tax only applying to vaping liquid containing nicotine. https://legiscan.com/KS/research/SB54/2017 Pennsylvania vaper tax Co-sponsorship bill memo for senate and house reduce the tax down to 5 cents per mil https://reason.com/blog/2016/10/03/pennsylvanias-new-tax-on-vape-shops-is-f Alternative facts Welcome to the world of thr https://antithrlies.com/2017/01/22/dealing-with-tobacco-control-liars-under-trump-everyone-will-see-what-its-like/ Oregon Tuesday NWVA 7th vape day at the capitol Talk to your lawmakers Alex Clark,Greg Conley and StefanDidak will be there. https://www.facebook.com/events/1610728575899902/ On the federal front: F.D.A. movement would be nice. But the longer we HAVE to fight the more organized we get. Undoing the damage is harder than stopping before it stops. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/292542-unintended-consequences-of-the-fdas-e-cigarette-regulations CRA can look back as far as 2009 according to the bills author. (looking for CSPAN video for now a placeholder) http://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2016/11/14/donald-trump-and-the-115th-congress-could-get-rid-of-these-140-obama-regulations/#31090d286457 REINS act house passed. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/26 Tenth Amendment as an option at some point if necessary or perhaps even possible. http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/about/about-the-tenth-amendment/ We look at multiple options. And no one has given up so you shouldn't either.

Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislation and topics of interest to THR advocates. Topics include: Montana indoor vaping ban Feb 2 hearing http://p2a.co/TCdqamC People should make phone calls,because they're far more effective than anything else for getting a legislator's attention. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/heres-why-you-should-call-not-email-your-legislators.html?_r=0 New Jersey vaping in vapor shops upcoming amendment to indoor clean air law Pennsylvania vapor rally in Harrisburg urging vapor tax amendments to be passed. Harrisburg phone call engagement for Rep Wheeler's bill next week FEB 2 committee hearings Montana 9 am room 303 Maryland house and senate bill licensing this bill includes language for an online sales ban Tentative hearing for Feb 2 sb119/hb523 Amendment to indoor clean air law Maryland 2017 is like 2015 was. 2 year legislative cycle The Trump federal regulation freeze does not seem to apply to the FDA regulation of tobacco products. As a consequence the newest regulation to limit the NNN in smokeless tobacco is up for it's comment period. The rule as written would remove American smokeless tobacco products from the shelves April 10 ends the comment period for that proposed rule. Apple app store says no new updates to apple apps that mention nicotine. https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/2017-01-26_apple-rejects-vaping.html

Alex Clark joins Jan Johnson to discuss various legislative issues and news that THR fans will find interesting. Issues tonight include :Washington State HB 1054 tobacco 21 :Licensing in Maryland. Why we oppose tobacco 21 laws. HR 2058 Fake news on overturning the regulations. The tobacco control act as a safe harbor for certain tobacco companies. The inability to dramatically change that once it was enshrined into law but how unforeseen consequences of this law make it harder to put products out that reduce risk of it's use. FDA's battery safety discussions. CASAA's battery safety guidance. Pennsylvania rally.

Alex Clark and Jan Johnson discuss the changing landscape for vaping and legislation in the new year. Includes HB 242 in New Hampshire. Guidance by the FDA for retail shop owners and many,many more things of interest to vapers and THR advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative- and advocacy-related matters of current interest to CASAA members and THR (tobacco harm reduction) advocates.