Greetings Gents. As everyone here is no doubt aware, the FDA has attacked our part of the world. The full text of the “final ruling” is a 500 page bureaucratic mess that illogically imposes unreasonable, unwarranted and far overreaching regulations not just to the consumer but to the entire industry. If left unchallenged, the potential for permanent damage to the industry that brings so much enjoyment to each of us, is all but a certainty.
Forget losing your local “brick and mortar” (a friend of mine who owns a shop in town has already decided to close his doors), this will impact all involved right down to the farmers who grow our tobacco. As bad as this sounds, ALL IS NOT LOST (as we sit here today). The regulations will take effect 90 days from the May 5th announcement date unless, congress decides to defund the FDA on this topic.
There are two bills floating through congress that will stop this madness; House Resolution 662 and Senate Bill 441. It is imperative that a strong show of solidarity be made to ensure these bills pass through congress. This forum has thousands of members, if everyone would sign the petition on the link provided or take your own initiative and call or write your Senators and Congressional representatives, we have a strong chance of defeating this heavy-handed policy.
The move is already afoot from a legal stand point by the industry itself, let’s band together and support what they are doing. This is one we can win together!
p.s. I am including some additional links for informative purposes.
http://www.cigarrights.org/main.php
http://www.ipcprlegislative.org/
http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/default.htm
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Forget losing your local “brick and mortar” (a friend of mine who owns a shop in town has already decided to close his doors), this will impact all involved right down to the farmers who grow our tobacco. As bad as this sounds, ALL IS NOT LOST (as we sit here today). The regulations will take effect 90 days from the May 5th announcement date unless, congress decides to defund the FDA on this topic.
There are two bills floating through congress that will stop this madness; House Resolution 662 and Senate Bill 441. It is imperative that a strong show of solidarity be made to ensure these bills pass through congress. This forum has thousands of members, if everyone would sign the petition on the link provided or take your own initiative and call or write your Senators and Congressional representatives, we have a strong chance of defeating this heavy-handed policy.
The move is already afoot from a legal stand point by the industry itself, let’s band together and support what they are doing. This is one we can win together!
p.s. I am including some additional links for informative purposes.
http://www.cigarrights.org/main.php
http://www.ipcprlegislative.org/
http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/default.htm
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
