Call Your Congressman Tool – DIY eJuice Call to Action

Continued from a previous post.

Congressional Action for DIY eJuice Threatened by the FDA

Without congressional action to protect our rights, the FDA will have essentially banned vaping by “deeming” that it is a tobacco product, effective August 8th of this year.  Flavorings used for DIY ejuice are going to be regulated as “tobacco product components” and subject to these same regulations.

New education and action is needed to protect your right to choose vaping instead of tobacco cigarettes.

There is one piece of legislation we must pass called The Cole-Bishop Amendment that has been passed by committee and attached to the Agriculture Appropriations Bill. This amendment will allow any vape product marketed before August 8th to stay on the market.

It makes a difference to Advocate for your Freedom to Vape

I have worked in politics and have seen how this works.  I cannot emphasis enough how effective and important it is to call your member of congress and advocate for your rights!  Two calls a day will get the attention of the interns and legislative correspondents. Five calls will get the attention of their staff members, and anything more than this constitutes a grassroots movement.

Instructions:

• Don’t settle with talking to an intern, ask to speak to “The Legislative Director who deals with issues related to the FDA.”
• Bring them up to speed and explain what is going to happen to vaping in August. Chances are they know nothing about the Cole-Bishop amendment, or the FDA’s deeming regulation and its negative effect on vaping.
• Tell your story. Tell your representative why the FDA is wrong to regulate vaping the same as tobacco. Explain to them how their regulations are exactly what big tobacco wants in order to kill vaping. Open their eyes to the realities of nicotine addiction and oral fixation that vaping solves. Show them the truth that ejuice, and electronic cigearette smoking is not a tobacco product, not a food, and not a drug.
• If you own a vape shop, or any kind of local ejuice business, then call the local district office as well as the DC office and explain to the staff how this will destroy jobs and contribute to increased tobacco smoking in the Congressman’s district. You may even have a chance to invite the congressional staff to tour your business and lean the truth about vaping.  This is considered “field work” for a staffer and much more attractive than sitting in the office all summer.

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Talking Points:

• Please support the agriculture appropriations bill that includes the Cole Bishop Amendment.
• The FDA is overstepping its legal authority by regulating a tobacco free product. 
• Legislation is needed that recognizes electronic smoking is:
  • Not a tobacco product and cannot be deemed one if it does not contain tobacco.
  • An innovative new thing that is neither a food, nor a drug.
  • A potential public safety asset for reducing the harm of cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products.