Now is the time to get involved! HB 6283 would ban use wherever cigarettes are banned, ban flavors and impose burdens on manufacturers/retailers including classifying as tobacco products, requiring same marketing restrictions as cigarettes, strict manufacturing and labeling requirements, and warning labels similar as cigarettes.

Call, write or tweet your legislators:http://www.vapersclub.com/ct-get-involved-now-hb-6283/

Bill text: That the general statutes be amended to require (1) electronic cigarettes to be (A) defined as a tobacco product, (B) subject to the same smoke-free laws as cigarettes, as defined in section 4-28h, (C) subject to the same marketing restrictions as cigarettes, (D) flavorless, (E) subject to standards for contaminants and strict quality control of manufacturing, (F) carry labels disclosing the materials used in the electronic cigarettes and the sources of such materials, and ( G) carry warning labels on the health consequences of inhaling its contents, similar to those warnings required with regard to cigarettes, and

(2) the Department of Public Health to adopt regulations to implement the requirements with regard to electronic cigarettes.

Please get involved and let your legislators know where you stand! It's time to band together and say "NO!" Please share this with everyone you know in Connecticut and let's stop this bill!