Advocacy – NJ / NY / PA Archive
02 Sep 2015
PA – 40% Wholesale Tax on Vapor Products Still Being Considered
Pennsylvania Call to Action: Oppose the Governor’s unjustifiable 40% wholesale tax on Vapor Products and Smokeless Tobacco It seems that many of the PA state assembly is listening to our concerns about an unjustifiable wholesale tax of 40% on electronic cigarette/vapor products. But Governor Wolf is still trying to push through the tax in the budget
22 Aug 2015
Another Local Ordinance Influenced by GASP
Recently, the township of Hillsdale in New Jersey is looking to change their local ordinances to match the existing state laws regarding tobacco sales. Currently, in NJ you have to be 19 years of age to purchase tobacco. For some reason, there was a local ordinance in the town that superseded the state law and
04 Aug 2015
Rockland County NY Needs Your Help!
Right now county legislators are scheduled to hear a bill (specifically item 7 in their agenda) that would define vaping products similarly to tobacco products and ban them from use indoors. While there is an exemption for specific vape shops, this does not provide enough defined difference in the indoor bans and could cause problems
27 Jul 2015
Vape Expo NJ 2015 – PBusardo’s take and follow up
One of the reasons I started this site was because of the events that took place at Vape Expo NJ on July 17th, 18th, and 19th. I personally attended the expo on the 18th/19th and cannot attest to Friday’s events. I arrived at the event early, technically during the B2B portion Saturday morning. I was