Legislative updates on Alaska, Massachusetts, California, Vermont, and other states. Alaska In the final hours of the Alaska Legislature’s 2018 session, two vaping-related bills passed; SB 63 (a bill that bans the sale of nicotine-free vapor products to minors) and SB 15 (a statewide smoking ban that includes vaping). Both bills await the signature of […]
When is a ban not a ban? San Francisco Prop E supporters urged not to say “ban”
On June 5th, voters in San Francisco will decide the fate of Proposition E, a ballot measure that seeks to overturn the city’s wide-reaching ban on the sale of all flavored “tobacco products” in the city, including vaping products (both with nicotine and without nicotine). The ban, which passed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors […]
NY: Lawmaker pushes to tax e-cigs and vaping products
State Sen. David Carlucci’s new bill calls for a 25 cent per ml tax on nicotine liquid used in e-cigarettes and vaping pens. Lawmaker pushes to tax e-cigs and vaping products – News 12 Westchester
AVA Submits Letter in Support of H.R. 2194 to Rep. Duncan Hunter
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) speaking to vapers at a Right to Vape Tour event in Santee, California [PDF of our letter] May 30, 2017 The Honorable Duncan Hunter U.S. House of Representatives 2429 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Dear Rep. Hunter: On behalf of the American Vaping Association (AVA), a nonprofit organization which advocates for […]
13 groups support Cole-Bishop Amendment to Tobacco Control Act
[PDF] To the Members of the United States Congress: We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to provide regulatory relief from the Food and Drug Administration’s May 2016 “Deeming Rule” as part of the final FY17 omnibus appropriations package. Without a modernization of a provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA), the […]
