TOKEWELL MAGAZINE ISSUE 12

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Tobacco” an election issue, our legislators will take the time to listen and act and the laws will change. We need to talk about vaping-a lot. We need to change this false narrative so that it is more truthful as the anti vaping groups have been misleading folks for years. For example the Center for Disease Control published a study in June said smoking rates among teenagers has hit a historic all time low and is down 41%. If that is true, how can the CDC also argue that vapor products are a gateway to smoking cigarettes? If that were true, smoking rates would be sky rocketing as

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vaping increases in popularity. . Instead, since the advent of vaping, smoking rates are lower than ever. Vaping is not a gate way to smoking and yet, it’s a common argument the anti vaping movement wants everyone to regurgitate. Congresspersons are sensitive to calls, visits and those who reach out with a concern on social media. We need millions of supporters to engage with their elected officials, talk to them about vape and why its important to you, so we can change the current narrative. , We are working hard with others to support a new bill we expect will be introduced into Congress

that properly distinguishes vapor from tobacco and regulates vapor more thoughtfully as technology and not tobacco. We hope everyone in the vape community supports this bill. Simply being “grandfathered in” as tobacco product doesn’t fix the problem and in fact, we know that even if grandfathered in, FDA can still ban “grandfathered” products. WHATS NEXT FOR LOST ART? B: We can’t rest on our laurels.

You know what they say, “The cream always rises to the top.”

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