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Take Action: #WeAreVapor
It is up to you. We will only be successful
if we stick together and make our voices
heard. So, the Vapor Technology Asso-
ciation (VTA) is issuing a call to action
to all of the vapor product manufacturers,
wholesalers, small business owners and
entrepreneurs, as well as to all the cus-
tomers that they serve.
We urge everyone in the vapor com-
munity—industry leaders, manufactur-
ers, small business owners and consum-
ers—to get behind this campaign that is
already underway. Go to
and get involved in our community-wide
effort to save vapor. There you will be
able to find your representative and par-
ticipate in the #WeAreVapor campaign, a
grassroots effort to organize our commu-
nity in a way that will make your voices
heard in Washington.
As we all know, social media can be
a powerful tool if we all come together
around this common objective. This is
how our vapor community’s first and only
social media campaign directed at Con-
gress works. TBI
We urge everyone
in the vapor
community—
industry leaders,
manufacturers,
small business
owners and
consumers—to
get behind this
campaign that is
already underway.”
Tony Abboud is
national legislative
director of the
Vapor Technology
Association.
Follow these three easy steps
to make your voice heard:
TAKE A PHOTO!
Businesses: Take a photo in front of your place of business
with your colleagues. Customers: Take a photo in front of
your nearest vape shop.
TAG YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS!
At you can look up the Facebook and Twitter
handles of your two senators and one representative by
using the Find Your Federal Officials module. Jot down the
handles so that you can tag them in your posts and tweets.
POST YOUR PHOTO WITH A MESSAGE!
Post your photo to Twitter and Facebook using
#WeAreVapor and #SupportColeBishop with one of the
simple messages suggested by our public affairs team.
All these details can be found at VTA’s advocacy website,
which also gives you many other advocacy
tools to call your member of Congress and/or send him/
her an email. Use social media as an avenue to make your
position known. Write a letter for your local paper. Do
your part to save the vapor industry now, before it is too
late.
To learnmore about the Vapor Technology Association or how
to get involved, visit our website at
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VTA VOICE BY TONY ABBOUD
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