First is anyone else going to Rally on The 9th November in DC? We are staying at the below hotel Friday and Saturday night, was going to drive but due to work it's easier to fly.
Below from the United Vapers Alliance Website, I have also seen some great rates on the Southwest website for flights and Hotels.
United Vapors Alliance reservation site! Only 25 Rooms have been blocked.
A block of rooms has been reserved for November 8, 2019 – November 10, 2019. This reservation time period ends Monday, end of business day, October 28, 2019.
Booking a reservation from our site is simple. To begin the process, click on “Book a Room” below to receive your group’s preferred rate. Discount parking of $17.50 is available per vehicle per night.
See you at the Hilton Crystal City at Washington Reagan National Airport in November! We hope you enjoy your stay and your group’s event!
$99 a night plus 1/2 off parking ($17.50 per day).
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Hope to see as many of you as possible there. United Vapers Alliance website is back up, more info to follow
When: November 9, 2019: 12p-4pm
Whe The Ellipse @ 1450 Pennsylvania Ave NW
I have seen stuff on CASAA about it but I haven't seen anything on the subject here. I can't go because it's too close to a Drs appointment but I really wish I could and I hope there will be more demonstrations especially as we get closer to the cut off date in May.
Copied from my email:
On November 9, 2019
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Vapers from all over the U.S. and the people who support them will gather at
The Ellipse
1450 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.
Volunteers with the United Vapers Alliance are organizing charter busses
and all of the logistics for the event are in place.
Are you coming?
United Vapers Alliance – Fighting for your right to vape!
Just FYI the website is back on line, keep checking back for info on the DC Rally nothing yet
United Vapers Alliance
Going to visit friends on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D.? Better leave your vapes at home, even possession is a criminal offense there now.
Pine Ridge Reservation bans vaping
Unbelievable. So now you have to sneak around and hope your auntie doesn't report you.
Monday 7th October
On Monday, October 7th, asking vape shops, online retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and other entities that want to see vaping survive to donate some, or even all, of their profits for the day to the AVA and CASAA. Additionally, we are asking you around the United States to support small vape businesses around the United States on October 7th by shopping at businesses participating.
IL – Public Meeting 09.23.19 – Mental Health Committee to Discuss a Response to “The Vaping Crisis” - CASAA
The Illinois General Assembly’s Mental Health Committee will hold a hearing on the subject of “Addressing the Vaping Crisis” on
Monday, September 23, 2019
2:00 PM
Michael A. Bilandic Building
C-600, 6th Floor
160 N LaSalle St
Chicago, IL 60601
(notice)
The likely outcome of this meeting might be a recommendation that flavors other than tobacco be banned.
While this is a public meeting, many of the speakers are being selected in advance. If there is time left over, speaking will be limited to 2 – 3 minutes. Please be respectful and have your remarks prepared.
A witness slip is required whether you plan to speak or not, please submit a witness slip, here .
If you plan to speak, the witness slip is the only “sign up sheet” available.
Fill out the form with your contact information; under section III, select “Addressing the Vaping Crisis” from the drop down menu and click the “Opponent” radio dial; and specify written or oral testimony (Section IV).
Click Here to Send a Witness Slip
If you would like to have written testimony delivered to the committee, please send it to board@sfacoil.org.
Even if you do not plan to speak, your presence is important as it demonstrates the large numbers of people affected by this issue.
In addition to participating in this meeting, Illinois residents who vape and are not “sick from vaping” are being asked to fill out this survey from the IL Dept. of Public Health (IDPH). THIS SURVEY IS FOR ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ONLY! Do not encourage people outside of Illinois to participate by misrepresenting where they live.
Click Here to Take the IDPH Anonymous Survey
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I will be there - hope to tell my story.
Illinois - ONLY - residents - if you haven't yet Please take the survey.
Can't make it or don't want to speak? Please send a witness slip.
Let's pack this place!
So I am on a business trip in Madison, WI. I am staying in a hotel (a Hilton to be exact) and I was just hanging out in my room, watching TV, and doing a bit of vaping in my boxers. Then it happened.... the fire alarm went off. I about pooped my pants it caught me so off guard. I ran down to the lobby to explain what happened when the fire department showed up and started asking questions. When they found out that my room was the one that tripped the alarm, they instantly started treating me like a criminal. You would have thought I just murdered their first born child.
Eventually I got the "you shouldn't smoke inside, it's against the law" lecture from one of the firefighters and when I told him I didn't realize it was an issue in a private room where I'm not actually smoking, he went off on me. He told me that regardless of what it is, any type of "smoking" is against the law and that I should have just told someone I was smoking and it would have saved everyone from a headache. He just could not comprehend why I was confused as to why the alarm went off when there was no smoke present. He got my name, phone number, and date of birth from me right before he left, not sure what that was about. The hotel attendant was much more understanding, to whom I apologized profusely for the chaos I caused. She said it's not the first time it has happened and that she is going to talk to the building manager about some new signs addressing the issue of vaping in the rooms.
After doing some research on my own, I found a few things to be true.
1. Smoke alarms arent necessarily built to only detect smoke. Some can be set off by steam, dust, or any type of aerosol.
2. Dane County, WI just recently (Jan 2015) enacted a ban on vaping indoors and that apparently applies to private hotel rooms as well.
3. Public fire alarms are really fracking loud!!!
Be sure to do a bit of research on local vape laws when you travel, it could save you some trouble and legal issues. Hopefully this doesn't come back to bite me in the butt, it was an honest mistake and had I known, I wouldn't have vaped inside in the first place.
Just thought I would share my story so others may learn from my stupid mistake. Save yourself the embarrassment and look up the laws, ask an employee about rules involving vaping, and for the love of God and all that is holy, don't vape near a smoke detector.
I've seen a few awesome article links posted that show the truth to this THC/VIT E Outbreak. Please post them here if you have them.
We all need as much positivity as possible while all this mudslinging bollocks is going on
@Katya You are up - post your lil butt off
The emotional and irrational hysteria in the US about the “vaping-related” (or cannabis-related?) lung disease that goes far beyond confirmation bias - Thursday, 05 September 2019
By Dr Farsalinos
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco and Alcohol News Analysis and Commentary - Thursday, September 05, 2019
By Michael Siegel
The US and UK see vaping very differently. Here's why
By Katie Hunt, CNN
Updated at 1937 GMT (0337 HKT) September 17, 2019