The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA) is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization with an all-volunteer board and a grassroots membership of more than two hundred thousand individuals from all walks of life, and we are growing daily. We are a consumer organization, not a trade association. We are dedicated to ensuring the availability of reduced harm alternatives to smoking and to providing smokers and non-smokers alike with honest information about those alternatives so that they can make informed choices.
The timeline includes links to articles, patents, court decisions, and many other resources to give a comprehensive history of this revolutionary alternative to combustible tobacco.
CASAA needs your support so we can defend the access, diversity, and truthful information about smoke-free alternatives. Every donation goes to fund calls to action, efforts to meet with lawmakers and regulators, and our operations. We are a non-profit organization with an all volunteer board ensuring your contributions go directly into real advocacy.
CASAA is a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization. While CASAA is a non-profit organization and pays no income taxes on the donations it receives, contributions or gifts to CASAA are not deductible by the donor as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
(1) Take Action! Engage with officials regarding federal legislation and regulation affecting your access to low-risk alternatives to smoking.
(2) Join CASAA! It's easy, it's free, and we will keep you up to date on information and opportunities to take action to protect your access to vapor products.
(3) Register To Vote! Millions of vapers, including YOU, have the power to influence government decisions by electing candidates who support vaping!
(4) Tell your story! Visit CASAA's Testimonials Project and tell us about your experience with low-risk, smoke-free products like e-cigarettes and snus.
(5) Support CASAA's work to promote tobacco harm reduction policies and keep the diverse range of smoke-free alternatives available.
DECEMBER 21, 2018 (via CASAA Twitter @CASAAMedia) PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS: (UPDATE) Beginning Feb. 1, it will be illegal for adult smokers 18-20 years old to buy safer alternatives in the city. Park Ridge raises minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: (HEADS UP!) Bills would prohibit adult smokers 18-20 from access to safer alternatives to #smoking, prohibit businesses …
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On November 1, 2018, the New Mexico Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee met to discuss the status of revenue, appropriations, and several proposals for the 2019 legislative session. These proposals include: Amending the Clean Indoor Air Act to include a ban on vaping (draft bill) banning flavored vapor and tobacco products (draft bill), raising the minimum sales age to 21 …
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DECEMBER 17, 2018 (via CASAA Twitter @CASAAMedia) STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN: (UPDATE) @Stevens_PointWI to charge minors $50 fine and possible court costs for possession of a vapor product, even if it doesn’t contain nicotine. (State law already prohibits selling any form of nicotine to a person under 18.) Stevens Point ordinance bans teen vaping MISSON, KANSAS: (HEADS UP!) Council members compromised by agreeing to …
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DECEMBER 14, 2018 (via CASAA Twitter @CASAAMedia) LAKEWOOD, OHIO: HEADS UP! @LakewoodOhio Councilman @LittenForLkwd wants to prohibit adult smokers 18-20 access to far safer alternatives to #smoking. Tips for advocacy at CASAA Ohio: Ohio – CASAA#THRsavesLives #vaping Lakewood councilman proposing legislation to raise minimum smoke age to 21 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: HEADS UP! @CityofYOU again considering Tobacco 21 law. Local #Vaping advocates should follow carefully …
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DECEMBER 13, 2018 (via CASAA Twitter @CASAAMedia) IN THE NEWS: (OPINION) “One of the unintended consequences of targeting e-cigarette flavors may be to harm public health by limiting adults’ access to products that are proven to be helping them quit smoking cigarettes.”California’s plan to ban vaping flavors would hurt public health – Orange County Register THE MORE YOU KNOW: “Do you think these …
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CASAA Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association
