Vapouround magazine Special Issue 02 | Page 104

THE COLE-BISHOP AMENDMENT WILL SAVE THE VAPOR INDUSTRY WHAT IS THIS? THE COLE-BISHOP AMENDMENT WILL MOVE THE PREDICATE DATE FROM FEBRUARY 2007 TO AUGUST 8, 2016. WHAT WILL COLE-BISHOP DO? ALLOWS EVERY VAPOR COMPANY (SMALL OR LARGE) TO CONTINUE TO SELL ITS EXISTING PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET ON 8/8/16 WITHOUT HAVING TO GET FDA APPROVAL. SAVES E-LIQUID AND DEVICE MANUFACTURERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY NOT HAVING TO FILE BUREAUCRATIC PMTA APPLICATIONS THAT FDA WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY REJECT. KEEPS 99% OF VAPOR COMPANIES IN THE U.S. FROM CLOSING THEIR DOORS. LITERALLY KEEPS THE VAPOR INDUSTRY ALIVE BUYS US TIME TO FIGHT FOR AND CREATE A RATIONAL REGULATORY SCHEME THAT WILL TREAT OUR PRODUCTS AS VAPOR PRODUCTS, NOT TOBACCO PRODUCTS. YOU ARE WASTING MONEY BY TRYING TO FIND LOOPHOLES IN THE DEEMING REGULATIONS OR PLANNING TO TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ‘UNDERGROUND’ INVESTING MONEY INTO THE IRRELEVANT (NEW BRANDS, UPGRADES TO EQUIPMENT, ETC.) IGNORING THIS! WITHOUT ACTION THERE WILL BE NO INDUSTRY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO UNITE AND FIGHT A LEGITIMATE FIGHT THIS YEAR. CONCENTRATE YOUR EFFORTS ON SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE COORDINATED LOBBYING & PUBLIC AFFAIRS STRATEGY THAT WILL SUCCEED VISIT THE VAPOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION TO CONTRIBUTE TODAY DONATE TIME, MONEY, RESOURCES AND SPREAD THE WORD!