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First of all, thank you Christopher for doing this. I really appreciate your dedication, your time and your efforts to keep us informed on this. You are a gentleman, a scholar, and a hell of a piano player. Thank you for putting VaporTalk here. the first thing I want to discuss is on line age verification. I have never had to do this. I'm curoious about how it works, what is required and the implications of leaving a hard trail and possibly compromising security, personal information and privacy issues as well as identity theft. it's one thing to walk in to a place and flash an ID in front of a clerk and be on my way. It's another matter when I have to supply information via electronic transfer to another location in cyberspace, personal info that I may not want "out there" that can be accessed by a 3rd party (or 2nd party for that matter). Particularly, if I have to do this multiple times with multiple vendors. Seems messy and I don't like it. So so my questions are: How is age verified on line? What exactly is required? Also, is there some way I can verify my age with ONE action and then obtain an "age verification status" that can then be used in multiple transaction sites - in other words, I prove to "A" that I'm over 21 and then "A" issues me a cyber stamp that I can use at numerous locations without having to give out the specific information over and over again? How does that work? I would rather have a notary verify my age, for instance, and issue me a "this guy is cool" card which is then accepted by vendors without having to give these vendors my "proof of age" every time I purchase. Does such a thing exist? All I need is to show that I'm over 21, not my actual birthdate tied to my name and address, for example. Im not overly paranoid when it comes to my on-line footprint but I believe in the right to privacy and the right to protect myself from excessive distribution of sensitive info. Mike

Hi Folks, I will be repairing a number of issues with the forum this evening. Some have been reported by the members (thank you) and others by the VT tech team. Below is the changelog if you so desire to read it - Bug: Floated search trigger has # as HREF. Needs to be linking to search page - Bug: Follow button unstyled inside topic view - Bug: RTE editor “Size” dropdown has weird vertical alignment - Bug: Activity feed & mark site as read links stacking onto new line when ‘restore breadcrumb’ feature is enabled - Bug: Various main titles missing - Bug: Notification counts has bad positioning in footer navigation block fixed - Bug: Logged out view - “Sign Up” user nav button has weird vertical alignment fixed. Also tweaked style - Bug: login bar responsiveness messed up in tablet portrait views fixed - Fixed issue where back to top covers multi quote button - Fixed issue with blog post posted date corrupted - Fixed user nav height being intermittent depending on what items are active - Latest updates to become more compatible with the latest version of the forum software. (This will fix a number of occasional oddities on the forum) We will also update the Tapa Talk API for our TapaTalk users.

I wanted to take a moment to chime in and post a link to the VT blog: http://www.vaportalk.com/fda-regulation-explained/ SAFTA released a very easy to understand breakdown of the upcoming regulations. (Though a few things have changed) I've been pretty stretched over the last few weeks working with partners to ensure we don't go to the way of the wind when all of this comes down, with that said though, I'll try to update the first post shortly later with the SAFTA PDF and an easier to understand bullet point of what's coming. (It's confusing even for me)

This was one of the intended goals of the FDA's overreach through their deeming regulations.... to discourage anyone from taking up vaping (or at least vaping that wasn't backed/approved by Big Tobacco). At this time, don't get discouraged, and don't give into Big Tobacco (and Big Government)... start vaping now and begin your life away from analogs... forever! As @Tam suggested... get involved with, and join CASAA. You'll always have the most up-to-date info about vaping regulations and receive info on what you can do (and when) regarding political activism for vaping.

That's putting the cart before the horse. The deeming regulations have been put aside for the time being, but there will be other things coming down the pike. Get involved with CASAA, they're a wonderful organization dedicated to the cause of vaping. Don't give up just yet, there are many people working to make vaping better... become one of them.