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AATCLC admits to exceeding lobbying restrictions

By |2018-10-25T16:09:35+00:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Advocacy Views, Flavor Bans, Not Blowing Smoke|Tags: , , , , , |

Over the past two years, AATCLC has expanded beyond educational materials and charitable work. Ms. McGruder, on behalf of AATCLC, has openly asserted ownership over the recent effort in Sacramento, praising the Law and Legislation Committee's adoption of "our ordinance to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products".

Truth Initiative – Inspiring People to Start Smoking

By |2018-10-25T02:32:53+00:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Advocacy Views|Tags: , |

Jeff Tomsic, the director of "This Is Not Happening," "Tag," and "The Degenerates" was a recent guest on a YouTube show called "The Church of What's Happening Now" and explains how, while working on Truth Initiative commercials, ended up becoming addicted to smoking.

In Mexico, e-cigarettes kill you?

By |2018-08-26T17:47:36+00:00August 24th, 2018|Categories: Advocacy Views, News, Not Blowing Smoke|Tags: , |

You thought anti-vapor campaigns in the USA were bad? You thought you had seen it all with the CA campaigns? And now there is this. Wow. Just... wow. If any of our Spanish speaking advocates and vapers are willing to lend a hand to respectfully educate some members of the Mexican government that would be wonderful.

Beverly Hills Flavor Ban Study Session

By |2018-08-23T07:21:34+00:00August 8th, 2018|Categories: Advocacy Views, Flavor Bans, News|Tags: , , , , , |

DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU ARE A VAPER! But if you think you can stomach this and if you love paying attention to detail then certainly this will be 10 minutes of your life you'll never get back. Ever. Again. The future of flavor bans is pretty much explained in it.

American Cancer Society Publishes New Position Statement on Electronic Cigarettes

By |2018-02-19T03:47:43+00:00February 19th, 2018|Categories: Advocacy Views, News|Tags: , , , |

Technically, when reading the new and somewhat improved position statement, you could easily argue that ACS will support your quit attempts using e-cigarettes while they ensure they are taxed to the point of industry destruction, only available to those 21 years or over, are only available in tobacco flavors, and may require you to go through extreme lengths to obtain one. Furthermore, the new position and encouragement for the FDA to continue regulations to the fullest extent imply that ACS supports products that were available before the predicate date of 2007 while still funding and engaging on fear mongering in public regarding the product category in an attempt to dissuade smokers from trying electronic cigarettes.

California Department of Public Health: National Smokeless Tobacco Summit

By |2018-01-31T20:40:16+00:00April 28th, 2016|Categories: Advocacy Views, Not Blowing Smoke|Tags: , , , , |

During the 8th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco, held in Albuquerque New Mexico April 18-20, 2016, California Department of Public Health employee Julie Lautsch gave a presentation titled “A Digital Game”. Considering the slides used in the presentation, and its content, it is abundantly clear that the California Department of Public Health considers their misleading propaganda and our attempts to set the record straight nothing more than “A Digital Game”.