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Well That Didn't Go as Planned

Well That Didn’t Go as Planned

Life is cray cray up in the house of Stoopid! Needless to say, now that the holidays are over, I should probably have some normalcy return to my life and find time for you, my lovely readers, once again. However, I fear that may not be the case for quite some time to come. I am only writing this now because I owe you all an apology for not being around as much as I should have been. I am going…

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I’ve taken breaks from my blog and social media before, but this time I am pretty sure I am done. I’ve run my course as VapeMeStoopid and I don’t have the fire I once did anymore. I will leave my facebook page up and I’ll continue to pay for my website hosting for the old information on there throughout 2017 but I don’t picture myself writing anymore. I’ll also stay active on my twitter because…

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UKTAS commentary on WHO report - Electronic Cigarettes, ENDS, Vaping

UKTAS commentary on WHO report – Electronic Cigarettes, ENDS, Vaping

WHO IS INVOLVED? John Britton UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Nottingham John Britton is employed by the University of Nottingham where he is Professor of Epidemiology. He holds unpaid roles as chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group and a member of the Board of Trustees of Action on Smoking and Health. He has no conflicts of interest. Ilze…

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This is what I do, if you don't like it, I STILL don't care!

This is what I do, if you don’t like it, I STILL don’t care!

I had this huge blog planned out. I wanted to make an example of someone who got on my nerves today (I still might yet.) but then I realized I had things to do. I had to go to work and finish the costume for one of the autistic guys I help take care of (check it out on my Twitter, pretty bad ass if I do say so myself!) then I had to come home from work. I decided that popping a pimple on the side…

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The Rage on Self Preservation - When do we Start Supporting Each Other?

The Rage on Self Preservation – When do we Start Supporting Each Other?

I was super excited when I heard that A Billion Lives was going to be in Rapid City, South Dakota. That’s only 5 hours from me and my good friend Jodi was totally down for a road trip. A dual user (smoker and vaper) she’s excited to see the documentary because I have been yabbering about it for nearly a year to her. We’re booking 3 days off of work to travel the 5 hours to Rapid City, staying…

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#ABillionLives and the #teamfreeshit Brigade

Unfortunately, I have heard of theater cancellations because tickets are not selling out as fast as they should. This is greatly disappointing not only for me but for the entire Attention Era Media team and the folks behind A Billion Lives. A Billion Lives has announced its global launch date as October 26th. However, A Billion Lives needs our help and thankfully many vapers stepped up and…

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October 11th was a pretty exciting day for me as a vaper, an advocate, and as a Billings, Montana resident. The Right to Vape Tour was coming to my hometown! I have been pretty disappointed in advocacy since moving back home. It is basically non-existent in Billings, let alone, the entire state of Montana. This was a great opportunity to get residents, vapers and some of the leaders of advocacy together with locally owned small businesses and fight back.

Hosted at uBlaze on 24th Street, 3 pm kicked off with the #RTVTour bus pulling into the parking lot and being assigned a prime spot right along the street so lots of drivers going by could see the bright unmissable bus. I was actually surprised to see so many people show up to the event considering the lack of organization here in Billings. Managers from stores like Vapor Craziness and Old Skool Vape Society showed up and connected to share stories about vaping and advocacy.

I was delighted to finally meet Julie Woesnner, president of CASAA.org. I missed her in Milwaukee at the A Billion Lives North American Premiere unfortunately. We chit chatted for awhile and it was an honor to hear that a lot of the things I believe when it comes to advocacy being validated by someone as brilliant as Julie. We talked about shops pushing the boundaries when it comes the FDA regulations. Sadly we both agreed on the time frame we have as an industry before we start seeing shops succumb to the harsh and ridiculous FDA regulations.

October 11th also was another day in Vaping History. The Nicopure and Right to Be Smoke Free coalition had their oral arguments in front of a judge with the FDA lawsuit. Crazily enough this also gives me a serious reason to bitch. I was disappointed to hear that while the judge asking a lot of questions, she admonished the industry for vapers calling her and asking her not to ban vaping. Here begins my bitch fest.

ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID?

This is a judge in a massive lawsuit against an organization of un-elected government officials that has an endless amount of financial backing, fighting to shut this entire industry down and you dumb twits are calling her and basically harassing her. Do you really think that hearing your stories is beneficial because it is not. She is hearing a legal case and really has no interest in our sad stories of quit smoking success. I know it sucks to say that, it really does but her interests don’t lie with whether or not we quit smoking with vapor products. Her interest right now needs to be focused on what the FDA is doing and whether or not it is legal and what the industry is doing to ensure that the FDA doesn’t need to overstep their boundaries. PLEASE DO NOT CALL EMAIL OR HARASS THE JUDGE HEARING THIS CASE. Please sit back and let the professionals handle this. This is not the place right NOW, for us small time advocates to step in an raise our voices. Focus raises your voices on your local and state reps.

Now back to the #RTVTour!

They are travelling around the country focusing on key cities in almost every state, you can follow their EVENTS HERE and find one that is closest to you. If you are near one, please attend. Bring your smoking friends, non smoking friends, contact your local and state reps and invite them along to listen to the great information provided by the American Vaping Society and CASSA as well as small business owners. Also follow the Right to Vape Tour on Twitter @SaveVape

One of the things that was talked about that I wish we had a little more time to focus on, was the lack of organization within the city of Billings. Vape shops here need to come together and work as one. Montana is a lucky state where the state itself does NOT recognize vapor products as a tobacco product and our fight here is minimal. But that won’t last forever.

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#RightToVape Tour Billings, Montana October 11th was a pretty exciting day for me as a vaper, an advocate, and as a Billings, Montana resident.

What's New in the VMS World?

What’s New in the VMS World?

Hey everyone! Quick apologies for not having written anything for quite some time. Things have been a little cray cray this past month and I have been trying to keep things on the down low in hopes of avoiding some of the more annoying issues. I’ll give you a quick recap of what I think has been the most important stuff to happen this last month and then tell you what’s been going on with me. …

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Vaping and The FDA’s Cloudy Language: The 8/8 Edition

The latest FDA regulations on e-cigarettes, released on the 8th of August, have received quite the backlash from the vaping community. This has left many people angry as the regulations do not seem to match with current research – such as that acquired by Public Health England and the Royal College of Physicians in the UK. Instead, the FDA likes to cherry-pick evidence based on negative…

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Right To Be Smoke Free & NicoPure Labs respond to FDA

[gview file=”http://vapemestoopid.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Joint-Petitioners-Opposition-and-Reply-Brief-AS-FILED.pdf”%5D Please see this PREVIOUS Post on The FDA Responds to the Right to Be Smoke Free Coalition

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#Food and Drug Administration #Lawsuit #Right to Be Smoke Free Coalition

FDA Vapor Deeming Ban - Bill Godshall

FDA Vapor Deeming Ban – Bill Godshall

FDA Vapor Deeming Ban FDA/DOJ file 102 page cross-motion for Summary Judgment in Nicopure Labs v FDA that protects cigarettes by making many more false fear mongering claims about vaping http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/…/2016-08-17-nicopure-fda.p… http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/…/nicopure-v-fda-defendant…/ Jacob Sullum – FDA says nicotine free e-liquids are tobacco products in ‘certain…

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#Bill Godshall #Bonnie Herzog #Carl Phillips #Holman Jenkins #NicoPure #Vapor Technology Association

A Shameful Moment as a Smoker

Back in 1999, I was pregnant for the first time in my life. I was going to a midwifery and they asked me to quit smoking. I couldn’t use the patch or gums at the time so they set me up with hypnosis. I had 6 sessions, all 6 sessions did not result in me quitting smoking. Instead I had a nice hour long nap once a week in my hypnotherapists office. I soon found out that my baby was actually…

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What is the FDA Thinking? The Benefits of Quitting Smoking

[gview file=”http://vapemestoopid.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WHATS-THE-FDA-THINKING.pdf”%5D Compliments of The Vapor Technology

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Molecule Labs Present the A Billion Lives recap

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#ABillionLives #A Billion Lives #Aaron Biebert #Phil Busardo

5 Shocking Myths About Vaping – DEBUNKED I found this via a Facebook group and decided to add it here on my blog.

The FDA Responds to the Right To Be Smoke Free Coalition Lawsuit

First, I want to tell you that you only need to read the first 3 pages after the table of contents in order to get your blood boiling. The FDA makes some sweeping claims about electronic cigarettes and the plaintiffs in the case. I am going to quote them first… Keep in mind, while I may be intelligent, I am not very educated in this area of law, these are just my interpretations of the FDA’s…

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#ABillionLives Big Announcement 8-16-16

What’s next? Thanks to all who joined us to celebrate our big premiere in North America. It was a giant success with over 1400 people there, a full house! Here are some of the highlights: – Senator Johnson met with us before the red carpet to listen to concerns and explain his fight against the FDA. See what he released the following workday. – Herman Cain not only attended the premiere, but also…

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