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:29 St Louis Snus Con update. 20-25 people gathered in St Louis to discuss snus and tobacco harm reduction. First speaker was Brad Rodu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdpj7gDGbD0&index=5&list=PLhumHnqM4C7t16o7b3F3SJwPVbiAwg9Dr Dr Rodu's blog is a must read. http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/ 3:48 Lars Renquist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JIa3TYH1Ro&index=1&list=PLhumHnqM4C7t16o7b3F3SJwPV...

:27 Live from St Louis 1:39 Citizen's Petition:http://casaa.org/call-to-action/delay-the-fda-comment-on-the-citizen-petition-today You may ask what that is An FDA citizen petition is a process provided by the United States Food and Drug Administration for individuals and community organizations to make requests to the FDA for changes to health policy. It is described in Title 21 of the Code of Fed...

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...

Last night's CASAA update. Since it was a remote feed there were some sound and connectivity issues. 1:00 Washington D.C. E cigarette summit 1:38 Mixed reviews of the summit. This was the first one in the U.S. so the organizers had some tough challenges to get this up and running. This summit included members of tobacco control,CFTFK and various scientists. 2:33 CASAA wasn't listed as pannelists u...

Tonight CASAA's executive director Alex Clark joined CASAA's Jan Johnson to discuss legislative updates. Pennsylvania indoor vaping ban bill. Maryland HB 523 Enacts licensing requirements Tax bill Michigan 81% of wholesale HB 4578 California Flavor ban(s) Cole/Bishop not included in omnibus bill for budget Push for HR 1136 to be included in the budget in September. It's only 5 months away so now i...

New York :Most focused on other tobacco products but some could affect vapers in their home and some could affect retailers as well. 4 ordinances CASAA would have opposition about or specific concerns Intro 1532 this sets a licensing cap on vaping retailers. This bill would make it both harder to sell a business so even if an owner can find a better place to locate their business the license is on...

:32 Alaska SB 63 to get yet another hearing. Tuesday at 8 am Amendment to the bill are due Monday morning. 2:22 Oregon tobacco 21 bill Moving from senate into house. SB 754 Hearing on Monday. 9:11 SB 1 Indiana 9:49 Joplin Missouri on the importance of local people rallying support. 12:06 Press release Malia Cohen city supervisor in San Francisco. Proposing an all out flavor ban including menthol....

:22 New York budget bill update 2:23 More anti vaping legislation this year for NY. 5:58 Maryland passed licensing bill and there is some question over if there is an online sales ban in there. Speculation over the Commerce Clause and Constitutional issues. 9:28 Alaska SB 63 Expansion of the states indoor smoking law. This leads off with vaping which is highly unusual for a bill of this type. 13:2...

CASAA's Alex Clark and Jan Johnson discuss legislative updates and topics of interest to THR advocates.

CASAA's Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss THR policy and politics. Tonight's topics include Vape Showcase Letter writing campaign to HHS secretary Price HB 1908 Texas Tobacco 21 bill Call Governor Cuomo at 518- 474- 8390 and ask for vapor language to be removed from the final tax bill. New Mexico indoor use ban made it through committee, call and ask the governor's office for a veto. Vapor tax in...

:17 Vape Showcase Atlanta :43 Letter Writing campaign to HHS Secretary Tom Price 4:42: Exact same campaign on website. Fliers to download for shop owners to let consumers know about it and a letter to print out for your shoppers to use. 6:10: Montana SB 354 74% wholesale tax on vapor and smokeless tobacco products. Scheduled for hearing on Monday. 7:46: Rhode Island:tobacco substitutes in tax bill...

CASAA's Alex Clark and Jan Johnson discuss the latest legislative updates and topics of interest to THR advocates. Tonight's topics included:Bills in Pennsylvania opposing the 40 % vape tax HR 1136 19 Co-sponsors The budget bill in New York Washington State 2 bills 1 redefines vapor products as OTP and places them in the 95% of wholesale tax window Bill 2 defines vaping as a separate category but...

Howard county Indiana -Indoor vaping ban http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/updated-common-council-passes-smoking-ban-resolution-smoking-to-soon/article_93300f78-02dd-11e7-9650-eb248ed3307d.html3:20 Utah http://utsmokefree.org/2017/03/2017-utah-sine-die/ 4:56 Allegheny County PA http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/03/08/allegheny-co-council-approves-e-cigarette-ban/ 6 :02 Tobacco 21 Illi...

CASAA's executive director Alex Clark and board member Jan Johnson discuss legislative updates and issues of interest to THR advocates.

Jan Johnson and Alex Clark talk about the latest legislative updates and topics of interest to THR advocates. Tonight's topics include HR 1136 New Jersey A 3704 and A4620 Arizona Regressive taxation in places like Philadelphia Costra Contra County

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...

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 b...

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 N...

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...

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.