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lectronic cigarette resources are
literally all over the (global)
map these days.
Tobacco Business
recently compiled some U.S. “e-support”
for the nascent industry—in both group
and individual form—from those who
can serve as reliable resources for our
readers:
American E-Liquid Manufacturing
Standards Association (AEMSA)—
Founded in 2012, AEMSA is a
manufacturers’
trade
association
dedicated to creating responsible and
sustainable standards for the safe
manufacturing of “e-liquids” used in
electronic cigarettes. AEMSA is an
all-volunteer organization formed by
American manufacturers of e-liquids
to promote safety and responsibility
through
self-regulation.
(www.
AEMSA.org;
;
877-68-AEMSA)
Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free
Alternatives Association (CASAA)—
Founded in 2009 by members of an
online forum as an advocacy group to raise
awareness and protect consumer rights to
access tobacco harm reduction (THR)
alternatives, CASAA was created as an
answer to the anti-tobacco harmreduction
groups’ efforts to ban THR products. It
now tallies over 7,400 members. (www.
casaa.org; 202-241-9117)
Smoke-Free
Alternatives
Trade
Association
(SFATA)—
Founded
in 2011, SFATA serves as an
educational and lobbying resource
for manufacturers, wholesalers, retail
sellers and distributors of Personal
Electronic Vaporizing Units (PEVUs),
which includes, but is not limited to,
e-cigs. SFATA keeps members abreast
of state and federal regulatory issues
and intends to serve as a powerful
industry advocate with government
officials. SFATA is also committed
to providing a framework for
meaningful industry standards, Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and
furthering the advancement of peer-
reviewed scientific studies.
.
org;
; 218-22-SFATA)
Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette
Association
(TVECA)—
Founded
in 2008 as the Electronic Cigarette
Association, TVECA wants to be
known as the responding voice to all
media and legislative requests for
information on electronic cigarettes.
TVECA invites all industry players to
reach out to it for further information
of all completed science, all current
and past legislative and judicial
actions, or any general question
about “this amazing new technology.”
;
888-99-TVECA)
How Very
Resourceful
The electronic cigarette industry is now burst-
ing with association and expert support; here
are some trusty “e-resources” in one compiling.
By Renee M. Covino
SFATA’s Cynthia Cabrera
AEMSA’s Lou Ritter and Linc Williams
TVECA’s Tom Kiklas
