MissouriSmokeFree

Promoting tobacco harm reduction policies to make Missouri healthy.

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

@moll_aj 👏👏👏

[A.J. Moll @moll_aj]

Why are our tax dollars funding health misinformation?

@HealthyLivingMo
tries to equate vaping with smoking on paid social media.

Study from Drexel University finds no harm to bystanders via vapor.
Study Link 🔗 https://t.co/MCRzcHIa7q #MoLeg

[Michael Siegel @mbsiegel]

American Lung Association Says that Quitting Smoking is Not Quitting Smoking, Unless You Do It Their Way
https://t.co/imYiuLRnI9
@LungAssociation

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

Government overreach by executive order is wrong. Thank you @JayAshcroftMO for the correct response #MoLeg

[Smoke Smart @SmokeSmartLLC]

@scottfaughn @JayAshcroftMO As a small business owner of Smoke Smart and member of @MSFA_SMOKEFREE

I applaud secretary of state @JayAshcroftMO

Nobody wants to see minors using these products including responsible small business owners.

Legislature needs to draft common sense legislation

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

Thankfully the Missouri Legislature didn’t fall victim to Big Tobacco lobbyists.
Iowa has essentially defato banned harm reduction products and increased cigarette sales. #MoLeg #IAlegis #IAgov #iapol #vaping #tobacco

[Gregory Conley @GregTHR]

Sorry to report that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the PMTA registry bill.

Incredibly disappointing move from a governor who should know better.

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

Missouri Smoke Free strongly opposes Rep Lane Roberts HB2211.

It’s a gift to Big Tobacco .

Hearing is scheduled at 8am

#MoLeg

[Gregory Conley @GregTHR]

Fortunately, they won't vote tomorrow, so there is time to act.

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

Missouri sees mirror language in Rep. Roberts HB2211
#MoLeg shouldn’t allow Big Tobacco lobbyists to DeFacto ban lower risk vape products.

[Gregory Conley @GregTHR]

PMTA registry bills (de facto disposable & synthetic nicotine bans) will have hearings next week in Indiana and Washington.

Terrible idea that will lead to enforcement whac-a-mole, the closure of stores, and illicit sales.

IN https://t.co/TyBm5LFsij
WA https://t.co/4fhPC0ELp4

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

@NYSMom4Kiddos @FDATobacco Smoke is what causes the myriad of death and disease.

Nicotine isn’t smoke.

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

-MO Smoke Free recommends Do Pass on Brown SB1158
-“Tobacco 21” is already federal law & MO must adopt 4 federal funding.
-Currently there’s a confusing patchwork of local law. #MoLeg

@votegannon @hrehder @RickBrattin @justinbrownmo @cindyolaughlin2 @RobertsforSTL

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

The children aren’t smoking anymore #MoLeg

[Guy Bentley @gbentley1]

Latest data shows youth smoking in America is essentially over. The total youth smoking rate as defined by having at least one puff in the past 30-days has fallen to 1.5%.

High school smoking rate: 1.9%
Middle school smoking rate: 1%
https://t.co/MFDl7ae91X via @CDCgov

[Lindsey Stroud @lmstroud89]

Things learned today from just going through FDA compliance checks for state testimony.
-The FDA is giving warning letters to retailers that sell non-authorized products
-The FDA is enforcing T-21 even if a state is not

[FDA Tobacco @FDATobacco]

Today, FDA announced it has authorized the marketing of three new tobacco products, marking the first set of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products ever authorized by FDA through the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) pathway. https://t.co/sKJ12sMgjv

[Jeff Stier @JeffaStier]

This means that the Biden FDA has found that the marketing of this Vuse tobacco flavored e-cigarette is appropriate for the protection of public health. More to follow? https://t.co/ireTJovWMR

[Henry Martin For Congress @hmforcongress]

Our federal government needs to spend less time outlawing flavored vapes and more time outlawing political corruption.

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

E-cigs are substitutes for actual cigarettes & less harmful. If policymakers are serious about reducing smoking, they need to stop treating e-cigs as though they are as harmful as actual cigarettes: They ought to be taxed & regulated differently. https://t.co/5PnrkjbNmQ #MoLeg

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

"This tax is not going to deter people from using nicotine, it's just going to turn that person from a vaper back into a smoker," says Gossett. "This tax will not only kill my business, it will kill Americans."

https://t.co/wPdZOvG7AV #bulidbackbetter #moleg #mosen #vaping

[CASAA @CASAAmedia]

NATIONAL: (CALL TO ACTION) A bill to fund @POTUS's "Build Back Better" plan includes OUTRAGEOUS NICOTINE TAXES, increasing the costs of low risk products helping people quit smoking and going back on his promise to not raise taxes on lower income people.

https://t.co/NrLi09silL

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

@Vegas86 @AGIowa The more folks who quit smoking the better!

[MissouriSmokeFree @SmokeFreeMO]

Greg Gutfeld quit smoking by using vapor products, he then quit vaping. He says vaping is much safer than smoking, quotes studies. https://t.co/FFL2BXevy6 @greggutfeld @KatTimpf #MoLeg #QuitSmoking #vaping #tobacco