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Blu Cig Settles with Dragonite and Dragonite gets new patent issued

http://www.tobaccotoday.info/2012/04/23 ... nt-issued/

Hmmm... this is worrisome folks!! Has potential to put a lot of little vendors out of biz if they can't afford to pay licensing fees. Damn depressing!!

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars ... N/08156944

CASAA Member meeting: Mar 25, 2012 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT

CASAA is only as strong as it's members. You vape? Want to protect your right to vape? Consider joining CASAA.org. Come to a meeting and learn more about it if you're not familiar with CASAA:

http://casaamedia.blogspot.com/2012/03/ ... unday.html

http://www.casaa.org

Hopefully some will make time to come to this member meeting.

Here is the link for the meeting:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/204379094

For more information about CASAA, you can access their site here:
http://www.casaa.org

Hope to see lots of you there.

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If you can please respond to this urgent call to action from CASAA. We DO support bans on sales to minors but do NOT support banning use of electronic cigarettes by adults in places smoking is disallowed!! Help protect your right to vape (and others) by responding to the call to action.

If anyone is in the local area there and would be interested in going and speaking...CASAA can arm you with information and help ...

Alameda CA about to bring smoking & vaping bans to a new level - Including electronic cigarettes in their proposed ban for public housing and workplaces. Need letters by 7pm Pacific time. I sent mine ;) I hope they get a ton of letters!!

Here is the thread on ECF about the proposed ban:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ ... level.html

Takes only a few ...

Released on: October 30, 2011
Author: Maggie Luo
City: Shenzhen, China
Industry: Electronic cigarette, PV

After my investigation, there are more than 300 manufacturers in mainland China to produce electronic cigarette products, 90% locate in Shenzhen city. More than 200 companies are very small factory with less than 100 workers, even they don’t have exactly assembly line and management team. Only 20 companies have scale production line and facilities, also small engineering department, but there ...

A recent online petition to the White House supporting electronic cigarettes easily reached it's goal of 5,000 "signatures," so see more at http://ecigwerks.blogspot.com/ and feel free to sign if you haven't already.

Released on: October 1st, 2011
Author: Maggie Luo (from riva-ecigar.com)
Industry: Electronic cigarette, PV

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued warning letters to five electronic cigarette distributors for various violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) including unsubstantiated claims and poor manufacturing practices.
In a letter to the Electronic Cigarette Association, FDA said the agency intends to regulate electronic cigarette and related products in a manner consistent with its mission ...

Petition for recognizing e cigs as a smoking alternative

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...ustry/57vtB0QK

Hello,
I Think this is the right topic area ,If not please move to where it should be and Thanks,

Being alot of you(s) cold lil'brudda up north here in the frozen tundra Commie Town,
(formerly known as Canuckville...) I wanted to share,

They? HC+Can-Customs, starting immediatley are seize(ing)(sp) & NOT Sending back, ALL Products/Items Related to this Industry!
Meaning if they "get you",You lose both the product & money(s)
& by years end A ...