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 bills and New Jersey has an estimated 8 or 9 on the books done through municipal legislation not state legislation.
Most of these bills seem to be passing on the left coast although places you would not expect to see them crop up are starting to see them as well. Those places include Texas and Oklahoma.
Needham Massachusetts study.They were first to pass tobacco 21 and the teen smoking rate dropped to 7 % and several years later teen smoking dropped to 5%.
What about that 5-6%? Once they turn 21 will they continue smoking or start?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0313-males-teen-smoking-20160313-story.html
The tobacco 21 law is(supposed to) to protect 14-17 year olds from starting smoking.
https://depts.washington.edu/tobacco/docs/Tobacco%2021.pdf
Nobody considers the continuum of risk when passing these things.
Vaping is NOT smoking nor are the risk the same.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/19/public-health-england-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking
Rising the age to smoke including tobacco products seems reasonable to SOME people.
https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/03/disingenuous-as-can-be-campaign-for.htm
Expanded post on tobacco 21 laws coming soon.
Calls to action Montana. http://casaa.org/call-to-action/mt-take-action-to-oppose-an-indoor-vaping-ban/
Indiana vaping law :
5-7 days out from decision and it’s 15-17 days until that becomes effective.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-indiana-vaping-law-20170130-story.html
Hearing in senate judiciary committee Montana http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0208W$BLAC.QueryView?P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0037&P_BLAC_APPL_SEQ=20&P_SESS=20171&P_CARR=
Potential online sales ban Maryland sb119 Licensing bill sales ban tucked into companion bill in house hearing for that February 13-16?
https://legiscan.com/MD/text/SB119/2017
http://casaa.org/call-to-action/16227/
Maryland indoor vaping ban
http://casaa.org/call-to-action/maryland-take-action-to-oppose-an-indoor-vaping-ban-and-taxes/
Kansas SB 54 introduced hearing scheduled changes e liquid tax applied companion bill in house tax only applying to vaping liquid containing nicotine.
https://legiscan.com/KS/research/SB54/2017
Pennsylvania vaper tax
Co-sponsorship bill memo for senate and house reduce the tax down to 5 cents per mil
https://reason.com/blog/2016/10/03/pennsylvanias-new-tax-on-vape-shops-is-f
Alternative facts
Welcome to the world of thr
https://antithrlies.com/2017/01/22/dealing-with-tobacco-control-liars-under-trump-everyone-will-see-what-its-like/
Oregon Tuesday NWVA 7th vape day at the capitol
Talk to your lawmakers Alex Clark,Greg Conley and StefanDidak will be there.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1610728575899902/
On the federal front:
F.D.A. movement would be nice.
But the longer we HAVE to fight the more organized we get.
Undoing the damage is harder than stopping before it stops.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/292542-unintended-consequences-of-the-fdas-e-cigarette-regulations
CRA can look back as far as 2009 according to the bills author.
(looking for CSPAN video for now a placeholder)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2016/11/14/donald-trump-and-the-115th-congress-could-get-rid-of-these-140-obama-regulations/#31090d286457
REINS act house passed.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/26
Tenth Amendment as an option at some point if necessary or perhaps even possible.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/about/about-the-tenth-amendment/
We look at multiple options.
And no one has given up so you shouldn't either.
