<div>The Tennessee Smoke Free Association is a not-for-profit corporation comprised of consumers, retail vendors, manufacturers, and supporters. This is a fundraiser to crowdfund resources required to hire additional Lobbyist to represent the Vape industry in the state of Tennessee to help fight Big Tobacco from banning Vapor products from being sold within the state.

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<div>This legislation seeks to create new state-level registration and enforcement systems targeting vapor products, particularly flavored options. Under the guise of strengthening FDA compliance, these more burdensome measures would require retailers to prove federal or judicial authorization for every product they sell – an impossible standard given the current regulatory environment and pending litigation, including a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, this bill picks winners and losers by creating a de facto ban on most vapor products to the benefit of Big Tobacco, forcing small businesses to either remove products from shelves or face severe criminal and civil penalties.

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<div>While proponents claim these bills protect public health, it is a market consolidation tactic used by Big Tobacco to eliminate competition and boost profits in the vapor industry as cigarette sales continue to decline. This overreach threatens to destroy an entire industry of legitimate businesses.

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<div>This bill does nothing to address the youth vaping crisis in our state. TACIR recently considered a registry approach and did not recommend it is an effective way to combat youth access. Instead, a registry solidifies convenience stores as the main sales location of vapor products and rewards bad actors for being

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<div>The bill also proposes an unfair wholesale tax scheme with cigarettes being taxed at $0.62/pack, other tobacco at 6.6%, or $0.07/ml for closed vapor systems. Meanwhile, open-system vapor products that are only sold at vapor specialty stores would be taxed at a higher rate of 10%.

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<div>Key Economic Impacts:

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<div>This legislation would force the closure of hundreds of small businesses and independently owned vapor businesses that have served adult customers for years.

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<div>Store closures would result in significant job losses and vacant retail spaces in commercial districts.

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<div>State and local governments would lose substantial tax revenue from the closure of legitimate vapor businesses.

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<div>Anti-Competitive Favoritism for Big Tobacco:

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<div>Requires retailers to purchase all vapor products from “tobacco product” distributors or wholesalers, which would create a state-endorsed monopoly in the vapor industry.

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<div>To date, the FDA has only formally approved 34 products – all owned by Big Tobacco.

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<div>Zero flavored options have received formal FDA approval.

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<div>Adult smokers transitioning away from cigarettes would have fewer options, effectively forcing them back to traditional tobacco products.

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<div>We urge you to VOTE NO on SB0763 by Yager / HB0968 by Hawk.

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<div>Please any and all help is appreciated and will help fund the fight against Legislative Over Reach and Big Tobacco.

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