New York needs our help guys.

[Myvaporsavior]

after last month's article I wrote about my opinion and stance on the political spectrum of vaping, a close friend of mine reached out to me after reading it.

He told me it shouldn't matter that folks are already fighting to keep electronic cigarettes from being banned or over regulated, that I have a voice and given the time i've been a member of the community, I should use that voice and be just as vocal about the political issues surrounding our industry as the rest of the advocates.

I digested his comments and let them sink in before I even responded. In fact, I never actually responded until now. I woke up this morning and began reading the alarming news coming out of New York.

Apparently there is a state senator by the name of Kemp Hannon who think's it's a good idea to ban the sale and distribution of eliquid due to his own "research" that concludes that nicotine in eliquid can be absorbed faster, even when diluted.

This long island politician even went on to admit that while the state of New York was regulating all electronic cigarette devices to only be sold to citizens of the age of 18 or older, he was pushing to have the entirety of the industry made illegal.

This is where my eyes have finally opened, and the old advocate has woken up. To the new vapers in the community who may not remember what happened originally in NY a few years ago, if not for the original New York vaping groups stepping up back then and fighting tooth and nail for our right to continue to use these devices legally, none of you may have had the opportunity to quit smoking with these devices in the first place.

Now that may seem a bit dramatic, but I can assure you that it is most definitely not the case. New York is a very important state in regards to politics, and the politics surrounding ecigs is no different. You see, if the state of NY were to fall in the terms of vaping rights, the rest of the country may very well follow suit, that's what you call a domino effect.

If this type of bill were to be passed in NY, you can bet your last dollar that every state will have a politician proposing the exact same ban, and use NY as their prime example to get that bill passed in their state.

This is where each one of you can start helping with very little effort. Almost everyone one of us are members of some vaping group on Facebook (I myself am a member of 3 in my local area, and 5 others country wide). These vaping groups have been used to show the new Mods we purchase, trouble shooting when we all have issues with devices, and raffles and giveaway's that we all end up liking and sharing in order to get the chance to win a new device.

What most of you don't realize is that these are very powerful groups we have all been members of, and never actually taking advantage of their political muscle, until now.

Whether you are a New York citizen or not, take 30 minutes out of your evening tonight, join 1-2 New York vaping groups and show your support to them, because they are on the front line of a battle we are all going to end up having to fight if they fail. Write a letter in Microsoft word, in your email and save it. This letter is for future use to email state politicians whenever things of this nature come up.

On the letter it should explain that you are a member of the vaping community, and 100% do not agree with the ban or over regulation of electronic cigarettes and eliquid. Send that letter to Mr. Hannon and a few other NY politicians, and then keep that letter, so when the time comes (and it will) that your home state has a Kemp Hannon emerge, you have your something to send out.

It's important for these politicians to be reminded now and again that they are public servants, not tyrants who make up rules on their own. You pay their salary, you pay for their insurance, and your voice is ultimately the one that counts. And if your local vaping community of thousands on Facebook comes together (should this happen in your state) you've got your army ready, and letters loaded to be sent out to oppose such bans.

The power of numbers is a beautiful thing in the vaping community, especially when they all come together at once and turn these vaping groups into unions for one common goal.

Our right to vape.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Myvaporsavior

[Mtdobies]

I read the article, I'm from long island he should worry a lot more about the chemicals he's breathing being poisoned w everyday, no wonder he's confused....