Tobacco Control messaging:
"Quitting by vaping is not quitting"
Liquid aerosol = "smoke"
Artificial cigarette flavor = "unflavored"
Tobacco-free products = "tobacco products"
25yr low in teen use = "whole new generation addicted"
10yr low in teen use = "popular with youth"
The conference committee report for SB 2024 was adopted by the Texas House by a 96-35 vote. The Senate will follow later tonight.
Texas legislators cared much more about fighting China than gifting market share to Altria and Reynolds.
Not ideal, but a win for adult vapers!
Kentucky business with four stores throws in the towel after five months of trying to keep its doors open under a PMTA registry law.
14 years—all down the tubes because one tobacco company spends obscene amounts of money in Frankfort every year.
🚭 Happy #WorldNoTobaccoDay2025
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We’ve got pouches, gums, vapes, and other effective options that don’t set your lungs on fire. Ditch the smoke, not the nicotine.
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Smite and Paladins dev Hi-Rez just laid off executives and senior staff to keep Smite 2 alive
Hi-Rez chose their devs over execs, with no core Smite 2 devs being affected by these layoffs
The Texas vape bill has improved over the last five days—but it’s still messy and nowhere near a model for balancing youth prevention with protecting law-abiding small businesses.
Reject the SB 2024 conference report. Let’s write a real solution in 2027. #txlege
💨 “There is no point having new rules if no one is checking up on it.
“But the government can’t just be playing whack-a-mole with shopkeepers. They are not dealing with the underlying issues.”
@MOates_ 👇
https://t.co/ORtl8XKkto
Victory in Texas, by and large!
Conference committee report bans consumables (nicotine or non-nicotine liquids) made in China or other federally-designated foreign adversary countries, but not components, parts, devices, etc. No registry either.
https://t.co/ayRODkowPr
I moved my business and family from California to Austin in 2017 to escape the crushing weight of overregulation. Back then Texas stood for freedom opportunity and the American Dream.
Today I find myself heading back to Austin not to build but to defend what made this state special in the first place.
Texas used to be the gold standard. A place where the average person could take a risk build something from nothing and chase their dream without being strangled by red tape.
Small and medium sized businesses were celebrated for creating jobs and opportunity for the working class. Now we’re treated like threats to be contained while massive corporations write the rules behind closed doors.
This isn’t a woe is me post. It’s a reality check for the path America has headed down. It’s a reminder that in order to change course I must get up and do the work regardless of how large the mountain may seem.
I believe common sense and reason can win. More importantly I still believe in America!
Happy World Vape Day! 💨
Millions of people across the world have improved their health by quitting smoking and switching to a safer alternative.
#20YearsofFacts#VapingWorks#WorldVapeDay
Just got word that these 5 members of the TX House will be on the conference committee for SB 2024, the pending vape ban.
· Jeff Leach (Chair)
· Charlie Geren
· Armando Martinez
· John McQueeney
· Mike Olcott
https://t.co/Thu8IqI9AM #txlege