Many State Legislators Meeting This Week

The following state legislators are meeting actively this week: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin And District Of Columbia. It's time to get busy!

Federal Vape Day coming with FDA deeming regs set for release by January 18, 2016

Federal Vape Day set with FDA deeming regs to be released by January 18, 2016 in lieu of 30 day extension. Show your support for proper regulation.

See www.sfata.org for dates and details on the SFATA fly in.

Oregon Vape Day set for February 9, 2016

Oregon Vape Day is coming! Show support at the State of Oregon Capitol Building in Salem, OR on February 9, 2016 for amending bills that permit the sampling of vapor and ecig products in vape stores.

#oregon #salem #vapeday #vape #ecigs

Cardiovascular risks for nicotine users

Nicotine, in many ways like caffeine, affects the cardiovascular system, but calling such effects "issues" in healthy users is unwarranted (heart healthy). According to some sources, tobacco cigarettes contain thousands of ingredients (even by the lowest numbers, significantly more than eliquid, also known as juice), with many of those being known carcinogens. Meanwhile, eliquid typically contains just a handful of ingredients. Assuming eliquid is sourced from reputable vendors and contaminant free, the primary causes for concern are the flavorings, most of which were developed for the food industry. The recent news about diacetyl in eliquid stems from daily occupational exposure at excessive doses in factories producing food products (volatile diacetyl exposure from butter popcorn can be many times greater than eliquids, if present). It was originally isolated from butter and gives thousands of products their creamy butter flavor, irrespective of whether nicotine is present.

Clarification of daily diacetyl dosages

Here are facts on average daily diacetyl dosages for popcorn factory vs. smoking vs. vaping, according to recent studies:

  Vaping: 9 μg

  Smoking: 6718 μg

  Factory: 1,500,000 μg

Exposure to diacetyl from smoking is 750x greater than vaping, while factory workers receive an much higher daily dose.