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Monday, March 15, 2021 Mar 15, 2021

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https://www.casaa.org This Week's Blog: https://casaa.org/vape-flavor-bans-rhode-island-reversal-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ Rhode Island Legislature: http://status.rilegislature.gov/documents/agenda-17189.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3wOqDmKFYKBquCS-dsxSE8jqI-nLfbz7KJjjKZJ6hNvjSBMA5IR3W3Wlc Anti-THR Lies (Carl Phillips): https://antithrlies.com/2019/11/20/the-folly-of-federalism-for-vaping-etc-policy/ Music: Fight On Your Side by Crowander https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cr...

Monday, March 8, 2021 Mar 08, 2021

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https://www.casaa.org This week's blog: https://casaa.org/vaping-mail-ban-update-usps-webinar-vape-research-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ Rhode Island: The Bill: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText21/HouseText21/H5548.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0qMXKZ2epoSlNIZ_l8vCLGNCMq5xqu2S9kYKTnjMBNOt9KRpX_BKo_ymc Sign up to testify- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=LBHmn1akN0aJ3A8oTO_8ZpR-enp9FkxEjcJIbBjmg-tUMDJFT1VLTVVDWEgyN1c2SDQwQUhUOU0zTi4u&fbclid=IwAR0Zu49dZnFAEPmFdUDYnXP819jIOJS_gn1LMkFk_tAnARiNpUh3LcsRock Music: Fight On Your Side by Crowander https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cr...

Monday, March 1, 2021 Mar 01, 2021

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https:///www.casaa.org This Week's Blog: https://casaa.org/vaping-mail-ban-call-to-action-exposing-anti-vaping-bias-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ Music: Fight On Your Side by Crowander https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cr...

Monday, February 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021

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https://www.casaa.org https://casaa.org/vaping-ban-consequences-calls-to-action-research-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ Music: Fight On Your Side by Crowander https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cr...

Monday, February 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021

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https://www.casaa.org This Week’s Blog Post: https://casaa.org/e-cigarette-ignorance-new-casaa-podcast-calls-to-action-research-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ Calls-To-Action: WA - https://casaa.org/call-to-action/washington-stop-a-vapor-tax/ MO - https://casaa.org/call-to-action/missouri-stop-a-vape-tax-and-indoor-vaping-ban/ MN - https://casaa.org/call-to-action/minnesota-stop-a-flavor-ban/ Social Media: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/casaamedia Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/casaamedia Music: Fight On Your Side by Crowander https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cr...

Monday, February 8, 2021 Feb 08, 2021

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https://www.casaa.org This Blog Post: https://casaa.org/vaping-anti-flavor-propaganda-continues-call-to-action-and-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ Calls-To-Action: Missouri - https://casaa.org/call-to-action/missouri-stop-a-vape-tax-and-indoor-vaping-ban/ Connecticut - https://casaa.org/call-to-action/connecticut-bridgeport-stop-a-flavor-ban/ Maryland - https://casaa.org/call-to-action/maryland-stop-a-flavor-ban-hb-134/ Social Media: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/casaamedia Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/casaamedia Music: Fight On Your Side by Crowander https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cr...

CASAA 3-10 - 17 Oct 26, 2017

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Several issues at the local level. Bloomington Minnesota THR4LIFE(thr4life.org) ( www.facebook.com/thr4life/)doing a great job building colitions with other tobacco retailers and keeping everyone up to date on what is happening. Bloomington is having an administrative hearing on October 10,which is sort of an invite only thing where you can only attend if you have reciveived a letter in the mail. It only goes out to tobacco retailers. www.smokelesssmoking.com/blogs/news/t…on-minnesota Actual public hearing is November 6 and at 7 pm. Keep checking on CASAA for an update. Canton Massachusetts ordinance restricts the sale of flavored tobacco and smokeless tobacco to those under the age of 21. Their BOH is only two people so the entire process is a bit chaotic. Hearing agendas,minutes and videos Canton Massachusetts (town.canton.ma.us/agendacenter) casaa.org/archived-news/canton…ectronic-cigarettes/ Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early…l-2017-053759 "Compared with the Status Quo, replacement of cigarette by e-cigarette use over a 10-year period yields 6.6 million fewer premature deaths with 86.7 million fewer life years lost in the Optimistic Scenario. Under the Pessimistic Scenario, 1.6 million premature deaths are averted with 20.8 million fewer life years lost. The largest gains are among younger cohorts, with a 0.5 gain in average life expectancy projected for the age 15 years cohort in 2016." Lindenhurst New York casaa.org/news/lindenhurst-ny-…top-a-vape-shop-ban/ The village board has a goal of making a family friendly downtown and vape shops and hookah lounges do not fit their vision of that. Part of this ordinance also bans marijuana dispenseries. (Strange as Massachusetts has very relaxed laws in place see norml.org/laws/item/massachusetts-penalties-2 ) The documentary Alex discusses about Breckenridge CO (www.cnn.com/shows/high-profits) The commonalities dispenseries,tobbaco shops and vape shops now share. (States that have legalized marijuana norml.org/legal/legalization) Starkville MS indoor vaping ban casaa.org/call-to-action/stark…n-indoor-vaping-ban/ Starkville Board of Alderman hearing (FB Video) www.facebook.com/starkville.daily…c_location=group Tobacco 21 materials being updated. Federal Issues Storms have delayed the budget negotiations so we aren't expecting anything until November or even later. Memogate On it's face this memo was so poorly written that it is very suprising that Scott Gottlieb was ever even considered to be the in any postiion at the FDA. The fight for ensuring vaping continues for later generations is a very long and hard fight. Our expectations need to be kept in check. The ANTZ have directly contributed to this situation where something like the memo alleged to come from Gottlieb is taken to heart even when the evidence is not poitning to hos having written it. Don't buy into silver bullet solutions. And we advocate for direct participation by consumers to their lawmakers and this is the only sort of solution that seems viable in this situation.

CASAA-03 - 10 - 17 Oct 07, 2017

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Several issues at the local level. Bloomington Minnesota THR4LIFE(http://thr4life.org) ( https://www.facebook.com/thr4life/)doing a great job building colitions with other tobacco retailers and keeping everyone up to date on what is happening. Bloomington is having an administrative hearing on October 10,which is sort of an invite only thing where you can only attend if you have reciveived a letter in the mail. It only goes out to tobacco retailers. https://www.smokelesssmoking.com/blogs/news/t21-advocates-take-aim-at-bloomington-minnesota Actual public hearing is November 6 and at 7 pm. Keep checking on CASAA for an update. Canton Massachusetts ordinance restricts the sale of flavored tobacco and smokeless tobacco to those under the age of 21. Their BOH is only two people so the entire process is a bit chaotic. Hearing agendas,minutes and videos Canton Massachusetts (http://town.canton.ma.us/agendacenter) http://casaa.org/archived-news/canton-board-may-ban-electronic-cigarettes/ Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/30/tobaccocontrol-2017-053759 "Compared with the Status Quo, replacement of cigarette by e-cigarette use over a 10-year period yields 6.6 million fewer premature deaths with 86.7 million fewer life years lost in the Optimistic Scenario. Under the Pessimistic Scenario, 1.6 million premature deaths are averted with 20.8 million fewer life years lost. The largest gains are among younger cohorts, with a 0.5 gain in average life expectancy projected for the age 15 years cohort in 2016." Lindenhurst New York http://casaa.org/news/lindenhurst-ny-local-alert-take-action-to-stop-a-vape-shop-ban/ The village board has a goal of making a family friendly downtown and vape shops and hookah lounges do not fit their vision of that. Part of this ordinance also bans marijuana dispenseries. (Strange as Massachusetts has very relaxed laws in place see http://norml.org/laws/item/massachusetts-penalties-2 ) The documentary Alex discusses about Breckenridge CO (http://www.cnn.com/shows/high-profits) The commonalities dispenseries,tobbaco shops and vape shops now share. (States that have legalized marijuana http://norml.org/legal/legalization) Starkville MS indoor vaping ban http://casaa.org/call-to-action/starkville-ms-update-take-action-to-stop-an-indoor-vaping-ban/ Starkville Board of Alderman hearing (FB Video) https://www.facebook.com/starkville.daily/videos/1667172013295866/?hc_ref=ARR9FjxjmTIGJq5PuQY6lF8Qm2J6qO4zY83xQAVcP5KCVfTxZ-hdIk4bdiKnB9jcIH4&fref=gs&dti=220027911368397&hc_location=group Tobacco 21 materials being updated. Federal Issues Storms have delayed the budget negotiations so we aren't expecting anything until November or even later. Memogate On it's face this memo was so poorly written that it is very suprising that Scott Gottlieb was ever even considered to be the in any postiion at the FDA. The fight for ensuring vaping continues for later generations is a very long and hard fight. Our expectations need to be kept in check. The ANTZ have directly contributed to this situation where something like the memo alleged to come from Gottlieb is taken to heart even when the evidence is not poitning to hos having written it. Don't buy into silver bullet solutions. And we advocate for direct participation by consumers to their lawmakers and this is the only sort of solution that seems viable in this situation.

CASAA 26 - 09 - 17 Sep 30, 2017

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2:08 We're back after an unintended hiatus due to hurricane season 2:18 Minnesota and the endless march of tobacco 21 ordinances. 3:07 A bit more on Massachusetts but mostly focused on Detroit Lakes. 3:57 Banning mint,menthol and Wintergreen in places other than retail tobacco shops which prevent anyone under 18 from entering. 5:56 What makes more sense is allowing adult consumers to have acess to these products in a wide venue. This is how people who are looking for a way out see it. 6:34 THR For Life and the delay in Detroit Lakes. 8:03 Be cautious because these ordinances can always come back,and they usually seem to.The advocates who are advancing this have not given up. 9:33 On lobbing and Minnesota and why the public comment portion of these ordinances is always so hard to fight. 11:33 Saint Paul Minnesota:Menthol/Mints ordinance. 13:04 Saint Cloud delay 0ctober 16 Study session. 13:54 Saint Cloud mayor Dave Cleese seems opposed to the ordinance. 15:41 Starkville Mississippi 19:39 Oakland California flavor ban 21:34 FDA Deadlines (two million 73000 plus products currently registered on the FDA's site) 23:42 An estimate based on the FDA's estimate of what a P M T A would cost so four PMT as we filed for each one of those. The two million plus products. The total cost be $605 billion. 26:18 In CASAA's original deeming comment in 2014 we talked about the FDA underestimation of the number of these products. 30:39 FDA product registration and deadlines for people affected by hurricanes and natural disasters. 32:44 GTNF pannel Alex Clark,Audrey Silk,Simon Clark 36:37 Consumers are the common ground 40:50 The real cost page updated https://therealcost.betobaccofree.hhs.gov/?g=t The frustration about the talk of harm reduction versus this type of thing. 46:16 Mitch Zeller 46:36 Sting Free Snus 47:45 Swedish Match 58:15 editorial http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-vaping-safe-unsafe-20170920-story.html 61:23 On industry guidance and FOIA requests 67:33 The common ground between drug laws and harm reduction for tobacco. 71:09 Phil Busardo diserves our sincere thank you for the fundraising auction he put on to benefit CASAA. 71:36 A special thanks to Dimitris Agrafiotis for his hosting the facebook live event. 73:08 Fundraising 78:55 FDA deadline for product regiastration extended.

CASAA-15 - 08 - 17 Aug 17, 2017

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:45 The news from yesterday about things the American president said on Charlottesville. 1:46 On the Nazi's and tobacco control. 2:29 In tobacco control history a bit of apologism for the Nazi tobacco control ideology. 3:22 A link between lung cancer and smoking made by Nazi's in the 30's. 3:46 Arguments made by Stanton Glantz and people like him attempting to debunk tobacco control being fascism. 5:38 Tobacco control is coeresive. 6:36 Emmet Eldred blog post https://dunkerpunks.com/2017/08/14/we-havent-earned-the-right-to-call-white-supremacy-unamerican/ 7:26 If we're going to denounce those visual maifestations of bigotry and racism then we should address the structual issues in this country,as Alex points out the racist drug war is a gigantic part of this. 8:50 Harm reduction as a means to change the world. 10:03 Bill in NY to stop smoking in a car with a person under 14. 10:32 TC policy disproprortionally affect lower income persons. 12:57 Activist scientists continue to push and generate biased journal articles suggesting that the staus quo (more of it and harder) will continue to lower smoking rates. 13:51 You can't tax and ban people into submission ,people don't work that way. 14:30 Australia: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/08/14/national-smoking-rate-on-the-rise.html 16:22 To get smoking rates below ten percent you have to look at harm reduction as a serious option. 17:29 New York just set the price floor at 13 dollars for a pack of cigarettes. 18:18 In Australia by 2020 you will pay $40.00 for a pack of cigarettes. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-cigarettes-price-pack-smoking-tax-hike-how-much-do-they-cost-a7308381.html 19:33 A pack of cigarettes in Sydney Australia costs $27.00 https://www.expatistan.com/price/cigarettes/sydney 21:00 At this point we're talking about Park Ridge but I couldn't find the correct article until later. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-ecigarettes-tl-0817-2-20170814-story.html 22:05 Mankato: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/mankato-ordinance-would-criminalize-tobacco-possession-by-young-adults/article_d3aabce8-61c3-11e7-baad-8356eecd58b4.html 24:53 Lesur : http://www.southernminn.com/le_sueur_news_herald/news/article_4a7e8591-8004-5032-82d2-69caffba3de9.html 26:27 Ohio (older article) http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/28/this-ohio-city-council-wanted-to-make-possession-of-cigarettes-for-those-under-21-a-crime/ 28:22 Criminalizing posession is not something CASAA supports. 30:56 New York talked about criminalizing posession and certainly more places are looking at the issue. 31:32 Minnesota continues to roll with tobacco 21. 31:50 Maine's legislature overuled the governor's veto of the tobacco 21 bill. 32:30 Governor Le Page's statement on raising the age to vote,get a drivers license and go into the miltary to 21.. http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/10/maine-governor-paul-lepage-proposes-raising-age-vote-join-military-18-21 35:40 Five states have passed tobacco 21:Maine,Oregon,Hawaii,California and New Jersey. 35:58 More than a dozen states rejected tobacco 21 this year. 36:39 On fundraising. 39:30 FDA's minor break and bit of breathing room will cause the states and municipalities to come at us full force. 44:25 CASAA's donation page https://casaa.org/donate/

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