About VTA
Fighting for Science-Based Policies that Ensure The Continued Availability of Less Harmful Vaping Products
For nearly a decade, the Vapor Technology Association has been at the forefront of defending the American vapor industry and the rights of adult Americans to choose their preferred vaping alternatives to cigarettes. We engage directly with policy makers and the media to shape the future of vaping and nicotine policy in Washington DC and throughout the country.
The History of the VTA
Around 2010, vapor products emerged as a safer alternative to smoking and gained popularity among consumers. Regulators took notice and were quick to initiate sweeping regulations. Hoping to create a clear voice for thoughtful regulation in Washington, DC, the Vapor Technology Association (VTA) was founded by a group of concerned U.S. vapor companies in 2015.
Since then, VTA grew to become a leading national trade association defending the U.S. industry. VTA advocates for rational science-based regulation of the alternative nicotine products industry to ensure that we achieve the twin goals of preserving adult access to a wide variety of nicotine products while at the same time preventing youth access.
VTA has been on the forefront of every issue confronting the industry and we are committed to continue our efforts to create a rational, transparent and fair market place for our members to operate.
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Send InquiryVTA is run by a group of dedicated professionals with a unique blend of government affairs, public policy, legal and communications experience. We are committed to ensuring the vapor industry continues to thrive and innovate.
Tony Abboud
Executive Director, VTA
Tony is a government relations expert and litigator with 25 years experience in grassroots organizing, politics, state lobbying and the courtroom. Tony has spent the past decade defending vapor companies and companies in other heavily regulated industries against government over-reach.
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RENEGADE REGULATOR | FDA Chief Blocks White House Push for Flavors | RegWatch @NannyFreeState @INNCOorg @GFNicotine @GrimmGreen @LegionVaping @VaporTechAssoc
VTA’s Executive Director, Tony Abboud, was featured on @RegulatorWatch last week. He talked about his hope that the FDA is working towards a clear, science-based standard that allows for a safe and fair marketplace for American companies and echoed his…
The New Republic and @RepDeSaulnier mocked RFK Jr. for saying vapes help ppl quit smoking. The largest evidence review to date agrees with RFK Jr. via @ReasonFdn
VTA is leading the fight to protect the flavored vaping industry. Join us today to take action!
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"The public health benefits from reducing ECIG sales via flavor restrictions may be offset by the public health costs of consequent increases in cigarette consumption."
DUE TODAY: Manufacturers seeking to have their products included on Pennsylvania’s ENDS Directory must submit certification of compliance TODAY. Learn more here:
New! Using 2010-21 national data, @mikepesko & @rachelylfung find no meaningful evidence that e-cigs crowd out NRT sales, cessation prescriptions, quitline calls,or smoking quit attempts, suggesting e-cigs reach smokers not interested in quitting otherwise.https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739173
ICYMI: Great piece from @gbentley1 on the recent release of the 2025 #NYTS data. Bentley: “The FDA’s selective relationship with its data isn’t just hypocritical; it affects policy at the federal and state levels. There are 28 million Americans who…
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So in USA in 2025, 3.8% of high school students used tobacco/nicotine products frequently (20+ days out of the last 30 days). Almost all of this was e-cigs (3.1%). Nicotine pouches very low at 0.6%. Cigarettes down to 0.3% !!…
Great piece from @gbentley1, who is right on target – the FDA can’t continue to hide behind the specter of a nonexistent youth vaping epidemic when its own data shows that the youth vaping rate continues to fall.
VTA Insider is your go-to source for the latest news impacting the vapor industry. Join us today to receive weekly insights on our efforts to save vaping at the state and federal levels, right in your inbox:
Did you know that, according to VTA’s analysis, the states with the highest per capita lives saved from switching from smoking to vaping include: West Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Learn more here:
This massive evidence review has been going on for a decade now. Two findings: - nicotine vapes ARE efficacious for smoking cessation - evidence grew as new studies came in The 2nd finding is the most important. It strongly implies…
VTA's analysis revealed that access to flavored vapes drove the adult smoking rate down to just 11.3% in 2022 — a striking departure from the projected 16.2%. Learn more about the impact of vaping on adult smokers:
Teen vaping has dropped 74% to a 12-year low. Teen smoking is now near nil. Adult smoking has dropped to a 100-year low. @CDCgov COULD tell the public this good news. It's their surveys. At the moment is seems there…
Did you know that switching from smoking to vaping helped save over $42 billion in healthcare costs from reduced secondhand smoke exposure and lower mortality and morbidity? Read more:
Worth adding: 12.2 million US adults use 'flavored' disposable nicotine vapes. The @CDCgov National Youth Tobacco Survey shows only 0.9 million teens use them "at least one time in the past 30 days." 0.25% (1 in 400) use them daily.…
Youth cigarette smoking in the U.S. is now just 1.4%. Youth vaping has fallen 74% since 2019. The new National Youth Tobacco Survey tells a story we should be celebrating—and learning from. I wrote about what the new data really…
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