Alright Vapor Talkers and Vapors from around the country (and world for that matter) Once again your right to vape is slippping away. We've got 3 choices.
1. Hope someone else magically fixes this problem.
2. Hope it doesn't effect your state and someone how you'll be lucky (don't count on it)
3. Time to start kicking *** and taking names the good old american way.
The following states currently have bills pending to ban the sales of Electronic Cigarettes. Here are some things you NEED to do in order to stop this mess. We did it during the last California attempt to ban we need to do it again!
1. Find out who your Senator is and who your "House" representative is. (Titles vary from state to state. Examples include Representative, Assembly member, Delegate).
2. Phone their offices and/or send a letter by snail mail. Seriously members call the Vapor Talk line all day long do the same only this time with your senators. Do it at work, do it in the car, call call call and demand a responce.
3. Tell your story about how e-cigarettes have helped you and tell them that you oppose ### (where ### equals the official bill designation) because it would make the sale of the products illegal.
4. Point out that thousands of citizens would be forced to relapse to smoking.
Even if you dont' live in the state try to get your word out, we all need to help each other! This could go wide spread VERY quickly. It looks like this time they are coming down quick and heavy.
Currently there are bills in the following states CA, IL, MD, and NY. If your aware of any other states post back here and on any other electornic cigarette forum. We need to band togeather on this.
Contact information for the four states mentioned above can be found within the following threads:
New York: A9529
Senate Version: http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S7234 Click Here
Look up your legislator - Response #34
Email Addresses - Response #56
Illinois: SB3174
Illinois Bill to prohibit sale of PV's - Click Here
**Contact Info for House Human Services Committee Members - Response #62
To find your state representative, go to www.ilga.gov and click on Legislator Lookup in the lower, right-hand portion of the page.
Maryland: HB720 - BILL HAS BEEN VOTED DOWN!
Look up MD elected official: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
California: SB 882 Senate Bill - INTRODUCED - This isn't the first time Ms. Corbett has introduced this bill.
California: bill to define e-cigs a drug CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BILL UPDATES
Contact Information for Sponsor Ellen Corbett - See Response #6
List of CA Senators' email addresses: http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senemail.htp
List of CA Assembly members: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/clerk/MEMBERINFORMATION/memberdir_1.asp
Look up your legislator: Click Here for California State Legislature
PLEASE PLEASE get those emails and phone calls out there! It's only takes a minute of your time. If you wish to create email templates or easy messages for other members to send, feel free to create a topic or leave your response so other members can use your messages.
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