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Vapor Technology Association

Protecting and Promoting
the U.S. Vapor Industry

American Smoking Deaths Under the Califf/King FDA

Since February 17, 2022

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Nevadans, your lawmakers are your voice in government! Speak up for the change you want...

Mark Anton in @AmericanThinker: “Fixing the PMTA process and removing barriers for U.S. manufacturers would...

Texans - we need you to make your voices heard NOW. Click here to ask...

Texans, your lawmakers are your voice in government! Speak up for the change you want...

New Poll: Trump Voters Reveal Strong Support for President’s Promise to “Save Flavored Vaping”

REPORT: Healthcare Costs and GDP Impact of Cigarette Smoking vs. Vaping in the United States...

Statement in response to the removal of Brian King, former CTP Director:

VTA Response to SCOTUS Ruling on FDA v. Wages & White Lion Investments

The Dark Side of San Francisco’s E-Cigarette Ban

ABOUT VTA

​​The leading vapor industry trade association fighting for science based policy that ensures the continued growth of our industry.

VTA protects small business owners and their employees by ensuring the long-term viability of the vapor industry.

VTA promotes greater public health through smart regulations and responsible public policies.

VTA advocates for the industry by engaging with decision makers to shape policy and dispel distorted and misleading information about nicotine and vapor products.

VTA’s members are dedicated to innovating and selling high-quality vapor products that provide adult smokers with a better alternative to combustible cigarettes.

VTA represents the industry-leading manufacturers of vapor devices, e-liquids, and flavorings, distributors and suppliers, as well as retailers, including hardworking American brick-and-mortar retail store owners.

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Priorities

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Limit Youth Access & Appeal

Our top priority is to limit the appeal and access to vapes by minors. VTA pioneered tough industry marketing standards in 2018 and, in 2019, successfully advocated to raise the age to buy tobacco products to 21 instead of banning flavors federally.

Science Driven Federal Regulation

Federal regulation must be balanced. The FDA and Congress must change their current approach and implement regulatory policies that will protect the more than 30 million Americans who still smoke cigarettes, and particularly the 480,000 who die every year from smoking, at the same time as they act to protect youth.

Protecting Adult Choice

It is well documented that adult consumer preference for flavored e-cigarettes plays a significant role in encouraging smokers to switch to less harmful vaping.

Fostering Innovation

Technological innovations in vaping devices have finally given smokers myriad effective alternatives to cigarettes that also happen to be at least twice as effective at helping smokers quit as FDA’s approved drug therapies.

Supporting Independent Vape Retailers

VTA believes that smart public policy ensures that adult consumers can access their products through both brick and mortar and online channels of commerce.

Product Denials

VTA urges the FDA to remove illegal products from the market.

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91% Quit smoking Cigarettes

9% Reduced smoking

9,308 Sworn declarations submitted to FDA’s ANPRM on flavors

DID YOU KNOW

Vaping Flavored E-liquid
Helped Adult Smokers Quit

Flavored vapor products are designed to give adult users a more appealing alternative to cigarette smoking. Studies have shown that the availability of flavors is perhaps the single most important factor for those who successfully quit cigarettes by switching to vaping.

There is no serious evidence to suggest that flavors are more toxic or more dangerous than non-flavored products. Banning or severely limiting the most popular flavors will only hurt those who need vapor products – adult smokers trying to lead a healthier lifestyle by quitting cigarettes.

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July 12, 2024

Majority of swing-state voters believe vaping is as bad as or worse than smoking

“This is the direct result of the FDA's failure to truthfully and adequately inform Americans about the dramatically lower risks of vaping, particularly when compared to cigarettes, even though their leaders have admitted to that fact,” the VTA said.

June 21, 2024

FDA approves menthol vapes, drawing criticism from health advocates

Tony Abboud, called the FDA’s decision on Friday the result of political pressure. He said the FDA keeps authorizing smokable tobacco products but has refused to recognize science showing e-cigarettes are less harmful.

June 13, 2024

The Pathway to Solving the Combustion Problem Is Clear

Tony explained that the lack of products available to market legally is forcing retailers to attempt to meet consumer needs by usurping unclear rules and regulations.

June 12, 2024

Senate Judiciary Committee Grills FDA, DOJ on Lack of Enforcement Regarding Illegal E-Cigarettes

Tony Abboud, Executive Director of the Vapor Technology Association gave testimony during the second panel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on Combatting the Youth Vaping Epidemic by Enhancing Enforcement Against Illegal E-Cigarettes in Washington, D.C.

May 7, 2024

Colorado Democrats once again kill bill to regulate flavored tobacco

Several lawmakers on the committee voting against cited concerns about impacts the legislation might have on local businesses, echoing testimony from several vape shop owners who said it would have hurt sales if a county banned flavored tobacco.

May 3, 2024

Vapor Industry Cheers Pot Reclassification

“In light of today’s decision, VTA is encouraging other agencies within the Biden Administration, specifically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to follow the similarly overwhelming body of evidence on the use of vaping products as effective harm reduction and smoking cessation tools for adult smokers." said Tony Abboud.

April 30, 2024

Juul Labs, VTA disagree on Florida’s new vape restrictions

“Despite these developments in Florida, VTA continues its call for state and federal officials to restore scientific primacy and integrity to the regulations which govern the safe and reliable sales of e-cigarettes to adult consumers.”, said Tony Abboud.

April 1, 2024

Flavored vape products could be pulled from Virginia shelves

“If you think about it, you remove all of these products from the market that so many people are using, they’re either going to go back to cigarettes, or if they’re committed to this product — which many, many are — they’re going to go find it on the black market.” said Tony Abboud

March 21, 2024

Bills cracking down on vape products wait to be signed by Gov. Youngkin

"It’s an absolute mistake for the state of Virginia to jump in and do Biden and the FDA’s work," said Tony Aboud

February 6, 2024

VTA Stands up for Lower-Risk Alternatives

“VTA is running this ad buy because Americans deserve to know that less harmful nicotine products exist that can help adult smokers trying to quit. VTA supports Americans’ freedom to choose,” said Tony Abboud.

January 28, 2024

Activists Protests ‘Misguided’ Zyn Probe

“As with e-cigarettes, Sen. Schumer falsely asserted that Zyn products are popular with younger users. Yet, the National Youth Tobacco Survey data demonstrates that only 1.5 percent of youth have even tried nicotine pouches. When will the federal government stop hiding behind an excuse that has been disproven by their own data?

August 11, 2023

Are The Recent U.S. Headlines Linking Fentanyl to Nicotine Vapes Part of a New Misinformation Campaign?

"evidently anti-vape advocates are trying to create fear around nicotine vapes by making all vapes sound unsafe. Some headlines are even claiming that disposable vapes are being imported from China already laced with the drug, clearly trying to cast an even darker cloud on disposables." said Tony Abboud.

October 7, 2022

Vapor Technology Association Questions FDA's Youth Vaping Analysis

"Yesterday, the FDA, in coordination with the CDC, released new data from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) on e-cigarette use among U.S. youth. The FDA represents the NYTS data to show that youth vaping 'remains high,' yet a deeper dive into the data show only a small uptick in experimental or infrequent use while regular use remains flat or is slightly down." said Tony Abboud

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Nevadans, your lawmakers are your voice in government! Speak up for the change you want to see. Call, email, or tweet today. 🗣️ #ContactYourLawmakers #MakeChangeHappen

07:09 PM May 22, 2025
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Mark Anton in @AmericanThinker: “Fixing the PMTA process and removing barriers for U.S. manufacturers would both curb Chinese market dominance and send a clear signal to the WHO: the United States is ready to lead the next chapter in global…

09:51 PM May 21, 2025
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Texans - we need you to make your voices heard NOW. Click here to ask your lawmakers to stand up for Texan small businesses and oppose SB 2024.

09:05 PM May 20, 2025
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Texans, your lawmakers are your voice in government! Speak up for the change you want to see. Call, email, or tweet today. 🗣️ #ContactYourLawmakers #MakeChangeHappen

03:19 PM May 16, 2025
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State Rep. Spillane in the NH Journal: “We must also recognize that flavored alternatives—particularly vapor products—are helping adult smokers quit combustible cigarettes, which remain the leading cause of preventable death in both New Hampshire and the U.S. Banning these tools…

06:20 PM May 15, 2025
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Make sure your lawmakers know how important vaping is to you and your Nevada small business. Contact them today to protect adult access to your favorite products.

03:41 PM May 14, 2025
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Great point from Lindsey Stroud in Issues and Insights: “Despite repeated oversight, the FDA has only intensified its efforts to eliminate safer nicotine products from the market, rather than speeding up approvals or targeting illicit manufacturers. Enforcement actions have…

08:46 PM May 13, 2025
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🚨Alabamians, we need you to take action! 📞 Contact Gov. Ivey and let her know that vaping matters to you. Your voice is powerful—don’t let it go unheard. #GetInvolved #YourVoiceMatters #ActNow

04:56 PM May 12, 2025
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Make sure your lawmakers know how important vaping is to you and your Texas small business. Contact them today to protect adult access to your favorite products.

03:14 PM May 9, 2025
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Great point from Lindsey Stroud in @TheWellNews: “The state of CTP reflects a system mired in outdated congressional mandates that grant unelected officials sweeping authority to shape the tobacco harm-reduction narrative — often in direct conflict with scientific evidence.”…

02:58 PM May 8, 2025
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Nevadans, your lawmakers are your voice in government! Speak up for the change you want to see. Call, email, or tweet today. 🗣️ #ContactYourLawmakers #MakeChangeHappen

04:56 PM May 7, 2025
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In @townhallcom last month, Brian Darling argued, “The idea behind the motto ‘Make America Healthy Again’ is forwarded when consumers have products that help them get off the traditional tobacco cigarette. This new administration can get politics out of the…

06:23 PM May 6, 2025
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🚨South Carolinians, it's time to take action! 📞 Contact your legislators and let them know that vaping matters to you. Your voice is powerful—don’t let it go unheard. #GetInvolved #YourVoiceMatters #ActNow

04:23 PM May 6, 2025
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In @RealClearHealth, small business owner Jeffrey Barry celebrates the success of tobacco harm reduction. Barry: “Despite CDC opposition, the data remains clear: adult smoking rates continue to decline, youth cigarette use is nearly nonexistent, and youth vaping has fallen since…

04:39 PM May 2, 2025
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In the Washington Times, @charliekirk11 calls out AG Letitia James for cracking down on flavored vapes used by adults to quit smoking — all while crushing small businesses and listening to Big Tobacco.

06:16 PM May 1, 2025
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Make sure your lawmakers know how important vaping is to you and your Nevada small business. Contact them today to protect adult access to your favorite products.

05:47 PM May 1, 2025
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🚨Texans, it's time to take action! 📞 Contact your legislators and let them know that vaping matters to you. Your voice is powerful—don’t let it go unheard. #GetInvolved #YourVoiceMatters #ActNow

07:09 PM Apr 30, 2025
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On @RegWatchCanada, VTA’s Executive Director, Tony Abboud, discussed the Biden @FDATobacco’s approval of 783 new cigarettes and the impact those approvals had on American public health.

08:23 PM Apr 29, 2025
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Oklahomans, your lawmakers are your voice in government! Speak up for the change you want to see. Call, email, or tweet today. 🗣️ #ContactYourLawmakers #MakeChangeHappen

07:36 PM Apr 28, 2025
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On @RegWatchCanada, VTA’s Executive Director, Tony Abboud, talked about the positive change caused by @RealDJT’s bold leadership on vaping policy in 2019. Abboud: “Now we know, from five years of empirical data, that there is no real relationship between the…

07:10 PM Apr 25, 2025
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