Opposed any Bill that allows citizens to smoke weed, cannabis, marijuana. Shameful policies by government officials who don’t care about people. https://www.foxnews.com/health/daily-weed-smokers-higher-risk-heart-attack-stroke-american-heart-association-study

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Alexandria is a vibrant city based on history, culture, a waterfront and lots of tourism. If Virginia has money and space to build an arena then you have money and space to build new schools. Our school system is deplorable. It’s overcrowded. Think of your citizens before thinking about your quick money grab that eventually leads to an inevitable loss. We don’t want or need an arena. This is pure greed.

I’m against

I oppose

I’m against it

I'm against

I oppose these bills.

Delta 8 is NOT a nicotine product. It is illegal as of July 1, 2023. Punish those who do not card. Use the intellicheck system to card identification.

I oppose

Smoked for short time 2018. Move to vape as it is was affecting my ability to breath while doing outdoor laborous job during that time period. Because of vaping, I can still run, sprint, exercise without feeling unable to breathe. Don't punish retailers doing a very good deed to the community. Kids getting their hands on the product should be the fault of their Gardians. Kids that are mature and disciplined know the consequences of underage smoking and will refrain until they are of age. These bills if passed will just create a black market, which in turn make it way more accessable to minors and products will also be more unsafe as there will be no one to be held responsible in selling unsafe products.

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Everyone should have the right to vape regardless of it’s effects

As a resident please don’t proceed with the act of banning vapes

Don’t ban vape

I'm against the vape ban

Don’t bane our vapes

America is a free country!

People will be addicted to cigarettes rather than vapes, which are 10x worse.

Military survives off of vapes

I’m against this bill. Vaping helped me get off of cigarettes and was a great alternative.

Don’t ban vape sales

CIGARETTES ARE CANCER NO ONE NEEDS TO SMOKE NOR BUY THEM

Vape products are a fantastic alternative to smoking harmful cigarettes. This option has helped me quit smoking cigarettes all together and I don’t even vape very much now too!

I'm against this.

We need these!

Being in the military I started to rape so the I wouldn't use chewing tobacco or smoke cigarettes. It helps relieve the stress from work. Parents should be held accountable for their children. On top of the ban, you would be putting hundreds of people out of jobs, and businesses will have to shut down. I am against the ban of the sale of vape products.

This bill would effectively kill the one thing that gives me and 1000's no millions of people a fighting chance against smoking cigarettes which is proven to be worse than vaping. I quit smoking cigarettes in 2012 and haven't looked back. This will kill any option or free agency that I have to decide and determine what i choose to use because it will drive me back to cigarettes. Myself and many others will reopen ourselves back to increased risk of cancer and other dreadful death causing ailments that smoking tobacco has been proven unequivocally to cause, and yet no one is proposing banning any cigarettes. People will lose jobs and businesses because of this. Please stop this. Cancer runs in my family (caused by cigarettes) and i can honestly say that vaping has and continues to save my life from the horrors of smoking tobacco and the effects that i have watched it have on people that I love and cherish. Respectfully please dont take away my choice, my right, and the only hope that i have to continue to keep from smoking cigarettes. People who are against vaping dont have to vape. And parents who are worried about their kids vaping need to parent their kids better. The state should not be their personal babysitter nor should my freedom of choice be infringed upon due to someone else. I fought for this country honorably. I am a 100% disabled veteran but to see bills that restrict and revoke the freedom of one group over another is not what I fought for.

Banning vaping and or implementing the PMTA will make businesses go out of business and that is not good at all. Keep in mind i quit smoking and started vaping because it was a healthier option. For someone who has heart problems I am not willing to go back to smoking cigarettes and supporting (big tobacco) we as grown adults have a say what we put into our bodies. If you are worried about children then you should hold the parents responsible and watch the numbers decrease while letting us adults control what we can/are allowed too. Implementing these bills will also put people who work at vape shops that have a passion for providing customers (21 and over) a healthier option out of a job . Working for a vape company has been the best decision of my life and knowing we are helping people become healthier is one of those big satisfaction moments we get to have. If you take that away from us because you are scared of big tobacco and big pharma then you need to reset your priorities. Thank you for your time and have a good day

I am opposed to the ban of vapes !

Vaping has helped me quit smoking s packs of cigarettes a day and definitely has improved my lugs over the time I’ve been vaping

Being a free individual of the state it is sad to feel oppressed by the governed body. Please take into consideration of our amendments and due process. Free individual should have the right to participate in legal activities if choosing to do so.

I'm against these bills because if they shut down vaping I will wind up moving back to cigarettes which have been proven as a higher risk of developing cancer, heart disease. Vaping offers a cleaner, and more efficient way of allowing others have a source of stress relief if vaping is banned, you will have completely destroyed a source of stress relief for so many people.

Vapes are almost essential in military towns like this

Please don’t ban something I can make my own health decisions on.

If bill goes through… I would have to have to go back to smoking cigarettes that I have tried to quit for years. Disposables and vape juice have been my go to for nicotine. It has been better for me as far as the taste, the smell, its discreet, there are definitely more health benefits to me than there are cigarettes. Being in the military & the stress of our day to day I would go through the worst withdrawals if taken away. Oppose. Not for bill.

Comments Document

Tobacco 21 opposes HB 1069 - Please do not advance.

Comments Document

Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments. The American Lung Association in Virginia opposes House Bill 1069 and Senate Bill 550 which would develop a liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products certification and directory. While we appreciate the desire to address the youth e-cigarette crisis, we do not believe that this type of legislation is an effective way to address the high youth use of e-cigarettes. These type of registry bills do not address the fundamental problem of manufacturers that make flavored tobacco that are attractive to youth. These types of bills are also distracting focus on proven public health policies to address tobacco use, such as: increasing tobacco taxes, funding for tobacco control and prevention and removing flavored products from the market. Registry bills that are tied to the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) process have very little public health impact. The American Lung Association supports proven tobacco control policies that provide public health benefits for youth. Tobacco industry registry bills like House Bill 1069 and Senate Bill 550 are unnecessary and will have minimal public health benefit. We encourage the committee to oppose these bills.

It’s my freedom to choose what I want

Please vote against this bill. It doesn't protect kids. Stop letting the government take away people's choices

I oppose.

I object!

I feel so much better since switching to vape products. This is a fraud to protect big tobacco companies.

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Oppose ban.

I oppose.

I haven't smoked a cigarette in nearly 10 years because I changed to vaping. My health has NOT deteriorated in the least from vaping and I haven't cougcoughed in a decade. Leave us Vapers alone.

After reading through both of these bills, they are truly one sided, In favor of banishing vaping as a whole. 1069 is much like most bill enacted politically, where you have to weed through the nonsense in order to get to the actual reasoning. Working for a well established vape shop in the Hampton roads area this bill does nothing but eliminate those finding a safer alternative to smoking. The PMTA when enacted federally was a large was of time for vape juice manufactures since those that submitted there paid out millions all for their product to sit in the FDA waiting status with no movement since 2016. Nearly 10 years later those same manufacturers are still waiting for a denial or an approval from the Fda. 1509 is a joke as to the wording, out right banni.g the sale of nicotine product if it is a vapor related product not smoking, vapor or hemp related. Never mind the fact that your fine with personal choice as long as it's benefits you pockets with financial gain (big tobacco) since for both of these bills so far the only ones allowed in virginia are owned and backed by Philip Morris and R.J Reynolds respectively. Hb 790 literally, tax the people more. My lord let's get one thing straight among the taxes the the virginians are already supposed to pay let's add one more to the Tab. Since that sounds alot like double/triple taxation, which doubled taxation is already frowned upon sound like greedy politician wanting more money to fund project that are unnecessary and unwanted. My lord, all of these bill go against the rights of the free people of the commonwealth, hindering the right to choose how the people work and live, taking their hard earned money to give to your pockets to find you campaign/s. In short good luck running for office the fall and years to come we vape we vote. Take the rights of freedom to do as we please we make sure your not in office much longer by voting you out and voting in better people that only look at the small picture of the harm (which is less than %1) instead of the larger picture the people that have used vaping to get of cigarettes and leading healthier live thank to vaping. I oppose all bill against vaping thank you.

Marlboro only wants to ban vapes because it cuts into their profits

I appose

The fact that the state is choosing tobacco companies over the people is absurd. Instead of trying to temporary not tank the tobacco economy, invest into something else. It's been proven tobacco has been dying off over generations. Don't punish the people for other's mistakes.

Don’t take my vapes, it’s a form of free will

i’m against

Vaping has helped me quit smoking cigarettes and I feel way healthier ever since I started vaping. I oppose these laws. Cigarettes are terrible.

I oppose. Blame the parents.

Keep my vapes

I oppose the banning of flavored vapes

Vaping has actually improved my health. Making this illegal will only tempt black marketers to move in and fill a void that is missing. Keep vaping legal.

I am opposed to any vape ban

I oppose this

Vaping has allowed me to avoid smoking and it’s far better for the environment as it does not require people to feel the need to leave cigarette butts everywhere. There is zero chance that vaping is more harmful to one’s health than cigarettes. Do not ban vaping.

Vaping has allowed me to avoid smoking and it’s far better for the environment as it does not require people to feel the need to leave cigarette butts everywhere. There is zero chance that vaping is more harmful to one’s health than cigarettes. Do not ban vaping.

I’m against, this is against my freedom to choose as an adult.

Against banning vapes see no harm

This keeps people from smoking tabacco that kills

Against

i’m against

Don’t ban vapes cigarettes are worst

These products may not be healthy but they are a lot healthier than going back to cigarettes.

I have not smoked a single cigarette in 7 years thanks to vaping. And taking away an alternative is just not right

I oppose.

Don’t start a vape prohibition, waste of time, people will get it still

I strongly oppose these bills

Been smoke free for 20 years. Still want vape products available for purchase

Better then cigarettes

I oppose this as this is one of my stress relievers

I vape on a daily basis and oppose these bills

I’m against

I oppose this bill.

I'm against

Vaping helps quit smoking and other worse substance abuse. In my opinion it would lead to a worse society if vaping were banned.

Please don't ban Vapes in Virginia

I’m against.

I just want to say please don't change anything vape related. I was an avid smoker for 30 years and have been smoke free since 2012. Thank you for your time

Vaping has been a much preferred option vice smoking cigarettes for myself and my family.

Please don't ban vaping.

I oppose

Recommend vaping not be banned

I would prefer to continue to have a healthier alternative to smoking instead of going back to cigarettes.

Don’t ban vaping

Don’t do this!

I don’t support this ban, it’s pointless and less harmful than actual cigarettes

Please don’t ban vaping .

Please don’t ban vapes.

Vaping saved my life.

Please don’t band vapes it’s a stress reliever.

Don’t ban vapes!

Shouldn’t be banned

I oppose the Willett & Seibold bills.

Don’t ban vaping

I’m sorry, I thought this was America. Don’t ban a safer alternative to smoking you morons.

Do not support a ban on vaping

Don’t ban vaping helps with anxiety

Granite smoking is bad but vaping is more convenient and last longer than cigarettes. Banning vape sales will not make anyone just want to buy cigarettes. All Cigarettes mainly taste the same but vapes you have different flavors which makes it less boring to smoke.

I oppose

If we're gunna ban vapes we might as well ban cigarettes. Ban all or none

I want to choose what I want to do with my time and my money without government intervention

How dare you? This is a clear violation of our rights. We can do what we please.

Vaping is a great relaxent for me in times of stress. It’s also a perfect alternative for people who smoke cigarettes. There’s also been many accounts of people who turned to vaping to stop smoking completely.

I oppose

We don’t want vapes to be band

As a member of the Armed Forces, I do not want this bill to be passed. I rely on stores like these everyday, and I know plenty of others that are in the same situation.

I oppose

Vaping is more than a hobby or something people do for fun. Vaping got me off of 5 years of cigarette smoking. My lung health dramatically improved as has my overall health. Vaping is a valid need in the community.

Please do not ban vapes and juices

Don’t ban vaping

Keep vaping

Please don’t Ban Vaping!

Vape helps with my anxiety

Yes, I support as this is not a vape ban. This will remove illegal product from the market.

Don’t ban vapes help military with stress

Dont ban vaping

Please don’t ban vaping

Adults of age should be allowed to make their choices on whatever if it effects their bodies.

I stand against any ban on vaping. I work at a vape shop and any bill restricting vaping more or completely banning it based on arbitrary FDA rulings would cause me a loss of my job, as well as hundreds maybe even thousands of others across Virginia.

Hey I’m against banning vaping

Comments Document

Also Attached: Chairperson and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments today on HB 1069 / SB 550. My name is Kevin K. Barney. I am Executive VP of Atlantic Dominion Distributors, Headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA. Our company has been in business since 1875, We supply over 300 retail locations in Virginia, mostly Convenience stores, Grocery stores & Tobacco Outlets in Virginia and have 108 employees. Currently most e-vapor products in the Virginia market are in violation of the FDA rules and federal law. We do not sell any vapor products that has not submitted a valid PMTA that is under review by the FDA. It is challenging for wholesalers, retailers, and consumers to discern which products are authorized to be sold and which products are not. This is due to the sheer number of PMTA applications that have been rejected or remain under review by the FDA. The adoption of an e-vapor directory in Virginia will allow responsible distributors and retailers to know what is compliant and what is not. In addition to protecting consumers, an e-vapor directory would facilitate an equal playing field for all distributors in the state and protect Virginia businesses from federal enforcement for selling or distributing noncompliant products. Right now, we have no clarity and may be enforced against at any point. This proposal is good for Virginia law abiding distributors in our state want to adhere to the rules, but we need a mechanism to understand what products are legal for sales and distribution. We are competing with some rouge “pop up” distributors and on-line sellers that are ignoring the FDA vapor product bans and selling these wantonly to C-stores & Vape/CBD Shops that have sprung up across the state. Many of these distributors and on-line sellers are not collecting and remitting the state vapor tax and they encroach on our retail customer base with these products and other goods they supply. What are the ingredients of these illegal products and where are they coming from? Many 21 and under children and young adults can purchase these products which is very concerning. This unregulated and unenforced market has also been a detriment to our sales as we are unwilling to break the law by selling products the FDA has deemed illegal. With the “Wild West” market that currently exists we are uncertain if we will be able to sustain our business to 2025 for our 150th year anniversary. An e-vapor directory will provide wholesalers with the information we need to ensure that we are distributing compliant products and avoiding penalties. The proposed e-vapor directory will also help fund equitable enforcement across the state. Registry fees and violation fines will help support the enforcement efforts needed to ensure that all distributors and customers are compliant. An organized and regulated market will facilitate the long-term sustainability of a category that has been shown to be substantially less harmful than traditional combustible cigarettes. In conclusion, I urge you to support HB - 1069, an e-vapor directory in Virginia. Thank you. Kevin K. Barney Executive VP Atlantic Dominion Distributors 5400 Virginia Beach Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-648-8102 Direct Kevin.barney@atlanticdominion.com

Don't do it

Getting ride of vaping will definitely bring a lot of people into more bad habits or an outlet to actually go to when they want to quit on a sustance that’s actually the same as what they’ve already been doing something that’s less harmful …I can go on and on about it but my son passed away two years ago instead of going into a hard substance I choose to vape nicotine it helped me realize that I didn’t need anything else but my vape to realize that what I went through wasn’t a dream or try to block it out

I support this bill. It is time for state to address the thousands of illegal vape products on the market in Virginia.

I support this measure to keep manufacturers accountable.

Vaping is much better than cigarettes. I smoked for 20 yrs and have been vaping now for 7+ years and do not want to have to go back to cigarettes ever

Banning vapes isn’t going to stop underage tobacco use.

Do not ban vapes. Thanks

No no and nooo!

it keeps people from smoking tobacco it's our body to do with as we wish.

It’s my right to vape. You shouldn’t have to decide for me. I know the dangers of it

Please do not close down VapeXotic. It’s a convenient location for me and the employees are amazing. It’s not fair because the FDA is dragging their feet to approve the products.

It’s a right to choose the way we gat nicotine and its consumption

VAPING saved my life please done take it way

I'm a smoker that has switched to vaping. This bill makes it harder for me to get products legally. The bill proposes that it will make it harder for children to get products however children are getting them through illegal outlets that will still be available after the bill is passed.

I oppose

Please don't take away my nicotine. All my military service has made me dependant and I'm ok with that.

Vapes help me get through my day

Don't pass this bill

Should keep Vapes for adults

Vaping helps me not smoke cigarettes and helped my mother quit smoking cigarettes after decades of not being able to quit.

Banning vaping would be a hide loss of income to the stores and the state. It would encourage individuals to spend that same money over the state line in other states. Vaping will continue just at a revenue loss for the state of Virginia.

These businesses are tax paying and there is no reason to close them down. The state will lose tremendous revenue which could go to social program funding and infrastructure. You vote yes and I will do everything in my power to campaign against everyone and support your opponents.

Alternatives to smoking should remain legal

They help release stress. Cigarettes have been out for so long, what is the problem now ?

Against

Vape really helped me with my tobacco addiction

No reason for people to not have access to nicotine, it makes no sense. We understand it’s not good for us but we know what we’re doing to ourselves. Regardless, it doesn’t make sense to restrict us based on the FDA knowing this is a toxic chemical.

I don’t think it’s right to take away our choice of vaping, no one’s bans cigarettes so why is vaping getting taken away from everyone same boat same actions should be taken

Vaping does not harm the body any more than cigarettes do. Vaping has been a proven method to help stop smoking. After 8 years in the Marines and 6 of those years smoking cigarettes, vaping helped me stop and now I'm completely off of smoking. Banning vaping would take away healthier and easier ways for people to get off of tobacco and help stop their habits.

Against bills. Detrimental to community

I highly oppose these bills. I rely on local vape stores for my products.

I oppose these bills

I’d rather vape than smoke cigarettes and risk cancer.

Opposed it

Opposed it

Stay away from our vapes. People can kill they self with tobacco what's the difference?

I love vapes. I’m a 50 plus woman that smoked cigarettes and this help me avoid the horrible smell of cigarettes.

Dont

Please allow vape stores to continue to stay in business

I’m against this bill because we had this happen to juuls along time ago

Stoping the sales of vapes, can lead to even worse things like buying them off the black market

Stoppage of Vape sales could potentially start the black marketing of Vapes and really wouldn't stop people from buying them.

Vaping helps me with my stress. Better then smoking cigarettes

Numerous small businesses, which serve as the main source of income for their respective families, would face the risk of closure and face severe financial losses as a consequence of this bill. It is my professional opinion that depriving individuals of their freedom to pursue their desired endeavors is unjust.

Please keep vaping alive, it's helping so many people quit smoking cigarettes

Vaping helps relieve steer in the military

No reason to restrict what people want to do

Vaping changed my life. I can actually breathe much better and don’t smell like cigarette smoke 24 hours a day

I think the mental health will decline drastically. Keep it legal!

Because I don’t want to smoke cigarettes

Helps me stop smoking

Against

Vaping has helped myself and people I know successfully quit smoking.

Didn’t do it right I love vaping

Didn’t do it right I love vaping

Vaping helps my anxiety

If cigarettes are not banned, than neither should vaping.

Keep vapes

I believe it would be very detrimental to the United States military personnel to limit the sale of nicotine products in the state of Virginia For a lot it’s a relief from work and a lot of the traumatic stuff we have done on deployments. To expand on that point a lot of people are using caping to stop chain smoking cigarettes which are worse for us military members , a lot of us are known to be soo stressed that military members will smoke a whole carton of cigarettes a Day which is very bad long term then just inhaling nicotine. The VA offices already don’t do very well with the mental health of most veterans like me and others that I’ve served with and I think it would be a bad idea all around.

no don’t do it please

Passing laws to increase sales for tobacco is a monopoly.

Against this big time

Screw big tobacco! I started vaping to quit smoking cigarettes, other people should also have that option.

Don’t take away my way of quitting cigarettes

What is your reasoning for getting rid of Vape products? If your are staying it is harm full why have we not gotten rid of cigarettes? Sounds and awful lot like we are just picking and choosing.

Against. Vaping helped me quit smoking cigarettes.

Stop this and let us choose to vape!

Just stop interfering in my life choices.

Adults right to make personal choice on their method of consuming nicotine needs to stay out of lawmakers hands.

I appreciate how much vaping has helped me quit smoking cigarettes and helped me feel healthier, and it would help if we do not ban vaping.

With a majority of the military vaping trying to quit smoking it would be a detriment to them and their progress. Being safer then cigarettes it wouldn't make any sense to ban something better. Why not ban cigarettes if they are so concerned.

Smoke less than ever.

Vaping has improved my quality of life. I refuse to give up capimg to support the big tobacco and caner industries

Don’t ban

Vape sales should not be banned as it’s part of what keeps businesses open and operating in order to provide for themselves or for families.

I am against banning vape sales. People over the age of 18 should be able to do as they please.

Its not th3 product buy the irrespnsible people who do noy properlu ducard

Don’t do it.

I am in complete disagreeance and I hope this will not be allowed to pass.

Freedom of consumption is a basic human right

Vaping has helped me quit smoking and I believe the sale should still be available for those who choose to participate in vaping.

This bill could put great people out of business who have worked hard to form their businesses. This will also affect employees of vape shops and their well being. They have many healthy alternatives in the stores as well and buy quality products.

Tobacco products have always been a staple of Virginia. Making people go through withdraws will just force them to go elsewhere. A small drive just to get vapes is a small price to pay a ban wont stop anything.

Keep the vapes dawg

I'm an adult over the age of 21 and I have a history of agressive behavior. I use Vaping to directly decompress in highly stressful situations and this has directly helped others to remain safe and helped me to stay out of prison.

Don’t ban you have no right to chose how I live

My life, my decision please

Vaping is a better alternative to smoking, and yet we won’t take down big tobacco? Come on.

I’m a currently stationed in virgina beach and vaping helps me cope with all the stress from the military. There is no need to ban vaping, it is a lot better than smoking cigarettes!

Internet crimes are more important than stopping vaping. Bigger issues then vaping

I wish to vote against. Everyone uses these for relaxation and would be a huge disappointment to have this happen to us

I STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill. I am writing as a voter and taxpayer in Virginia urging you to reject HB1069, which would force the state to enforce the FDA’s disastrous anti-vaping regulations. If this legislation is enacted, I and thousands of people like me in Virginia will lose access to smoke-free products that are helping us live smoke-free lives. This law would ban the sale of more than 80% of products sold in vape shops. These products would remain available in neighboring states as well as online through unscrupulous, unregulated sellers on social media sites like Snapchat and TikTok. To be blunt, support for these bills is sacrificing the lives of people who smoke in the name of protecting a tobacco company’s share of the nicotine vapor market--not protecting youth or public health. The FDA is failing to regulate smoke-free nicotine products in a way that protects public health. The federal regulator’s delay in decision making and arbitrary denial orders are also bogging the agency down with the lawsuits and reputational damage. Enforcing a de facto ban on products that FDA is supposed to be reviewing will come at the expense of Virginia taxpayers and public health. Please reject HB1069 and thank you for listening to my comments. I, and my fellow members of the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association appreciate your time and look forward to your response.