Summary: 1:29 California flavor bans 1:51 Contra Costa County 2:00 Los Gatos May 16 Ordinance passed has exemption for shops deriving 60% or more of their revenue from tobacco. Not bad for vape shops but pulls them out of gas stations and convenience stores. 3:20 Oakland 3:36 Palo Alto California 3:41 Palo Alto and Oakland have the same exemption that Los Gatos has. 3:55 San Leandro Possible hearing June 5. City attorney looking into possible ways to enforce. 4:29 San Francisco the largest and worst. This even goes after menthol products. 4:49 A bit on legislation and how many commissions legislation has to go through before it becomes a law. 5:40 This legislation goes before the public safety and neighborhoods committee. 6:02 San Francisco has 5 vapor shops serving 8 hundred thousand people. 6:16 A bit on vulnerable communities and higher smoking rates. 7:00 Flavor ban legislation being promoted as protecting those communities. 7:20 San Francisco had an existing definition of tobacco products that included vapor products before this legislation was even proposed. http://casaa.org/call-to-action/san-francisco-ca-stop-the-flavor-ban/ 7:50 Gateway myth. 8:00 Removal of menthol. 10:01 These policies put these communities at a disadvantage. 11:01 San Francisco's participation has been very low historically so it's harder to fight this sort of legislation. 14:45 A personal anecdote about nurses and doctors especially doctors who do their homework and nurses who may be misinformed. 17:04 Tobacco 21 legislation in Florida did not pass. 17:34 New York http://casaa.org/call-to-action/ny-help-us-stop-two-bills-that-would-restrict-access-to-and-use-of-vapor-products/ These bills passed the assembly with very little resistance. There is a lot of pressure on the senate to move the house bills. In New York as your senators to oppose an indoor use ban and oppose the tobacco 21 legislation. 22:37 In years past the Senate has been reluctant to move these bills forward. 23:10 How close Cole/Bishop was to being included in the budget. 26:06 With Cole/Bishop out of play until September possibly our next substantive legislative steps. 26:19 Legislative delay. 27:58 Next six months critical for vapor retailers and manufacturers.This is also critical for the wide variety of products available to consumers. 29:03 Urge lawmakers to co-sponsorHR 1136 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1136 29:40 More aggressive local tobacco control legislative issues will occur. 30:06 How can we help with getting people engaged locally? Email Aclark@casaa.org with your ideas and maybe even to volunteer. 31:28 EVICA fundraising campaign commentary. http://casaa.org/casaa-guidance/casaa-guidance-to-members-regarding-evcas-coordination-fundraising/ 37:30 Snus Con St Louis Alex Clark and Brad Rodu will be speaking. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-st-louis-snus-con-tickets-28660086089 https://www.facebook.com/SnusCon/ 39:51 CASAA's Brian Carter and Alex Clark will both be in attendance. 40:57 A listing of where to get CASAA updates 1 here casaa.org/ 2 here @casaa-media 3 here itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/casaa…dia/id1190244806
