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. City attorney looking into possible ways to enforce.
4:29 San Francisco the largest and worst. This even goes after menthol products.
4:49 A bit on legislation and how many commissions legislation has to go through before it becomes a law.
5:40 This legislation goes before the public safety and neighborhoods committee.
6:02 San Francisco has 5 vapor shops serving 8 hundred thousand people.
6:16 A bit on vulnerable communities and higher smoking rates.
7:00 Flavor ban legislation being promoted as protecting those communities.
7:20 San Francisco had an existing definition of tobacco products that included vapor products before this legislation was even proposed.
http://casaa.org/call-to-action/san-francisco-ca-stop-the-flavor-ban/
7:50 Gateway myth.
8:00 Removal of menthol.
10:01 These policies put these communities at a disadvantage.
11:01 San Francisco's participation has been very low historically so it's harder to fight this sort of legislation.
14:45 A personal anecdote about nurses and doctors especially doctors who do their homework and nurses who may be misinformed.
17:04 Tobacco 21 legislation in Florida did not pass.
17:34 New York http://casaa.org/call-to-action/ny-help-us-stop-two-bills-that-would-restrict-access-to-and-use-of-vapor-products/
These bills passed the assembly with very little resistance.
There is a lot of pressure on the senate to move the house bills.
In New York as your senators to oppose an indoor use ban and oppose the tobacco 21 legislation.
22:37 In years past the Senate has been reluctant to move these bills forward.
23:10 How close Cole/Bishop was to being included in the budget.
26:06 With Cole/Bishop out of play until September possibly our next substantive legislative steps.
26:19 Legislative delay.
27:58 Next six months critical for vapor retailers and manufacturers.This is also critical for the wide variety of products available to consumers.
29:03 Urge lawmakers to co-sponsorHR 1136
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1136
29:40 More aggressive local tobacco control legislative issues will occur.
30:06 How can we help with getting people engaged locally?
Email Aclark@casaa.org with your ideas and maybe even to volunteer.
31:28 EVICA fundraising campaign commentary.
http://casaa.org/casaa-guidance/casaa-guidance-to-members-regarding-evcas-coordination-fundraising/
37:30 Snus Con St Louis Alex Clark and Brad Rodu will be speaking.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-st-louis-snus-con-tickets-28660086089
https://www.facebook.com/SnusCon/
39:51 CASAA's Brian Carter and Alex Clark will both be in attendance.
40:57
A listing of where to get CASAA updates
1 here casaa.org/
2 here @casaa-media
3 here itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/casaa…dia/id1190244806
