Dear Colorado Vaping Store Owner and Ally,
HB 1064 – the statewide vaping flavor ban bill – will be debated in the State House Health & Insurance committee on Wednesday, March 16 at 1:30pm, MST.
HB 1064 is the first bill up in committee.
We need 100 people to testify either in-person or virtually. This is our day to shine!
The committee room is located at the State Capital in Denver at 200 East Colfax Avenue in the basement in room 0112. An overflow room will be created down the hallway and in the basement cafeteria. Parking is available on the streets and in the parking lot on Grant Street.
Each witness will have three minutes to testify. The committee Chairwoman (Representative Susan Lontine) will most likely alternate between proponents and opponents of HB 1064.
To testify in-person for three minutes, simply show up on March 16 by 12:30pm and sign up to testify.
To testify virtually, follow the steps in the link below beginning with “Remotely via Zoom”.
https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf/signIn.xsp
Regarding messaging, you will have three minutes so collect your thoughts, speak clearly, respectfully, passionately, and boldly.
Always address the Chair of the Health and Insurance committee as “Chairwoman” and address each Representative as “Representative Last Name”.
Regarding talking points, if you are a vaping store owner, share how you prevent youth from accessing vaping products, the negative consequences of a flavor ban (it will close your doors and bankrupt you), your overall positive economic impact of owning a store (number of employees, taxes you pay, number of sales), and how you help customers stay alive by quitting smoking.
If you are a store employee, share similar talking points listed above and share your story of how you got involved in the vaping sector.
If you are a customer, share how you use flavored vaping products to quit smoking more harmful cigarettes.
If you need additional talking points, use some of the facts listed below or in the attached power point presentation and vaping public policy memo
Next, continue to ask your store employees and customers to sign the www.Change.org petition at: https://chng.it/DKKhgSZsrG
We have over 2,300 signatures. Let’s increase this number to 5,000 signatures.
Next, thank you to those store owners who signed up to speak to the media, Matt Moseley, our Communication's Consultant, will contact you later today and tomorrow to arrange Zoom media interviews with local media outlets. Thank you!
If you have not signed up to join RMSFA, please do so.
Visit https://www.rmsfa.org/join-now to donate.
Call or text me at 303-919-4748 with any questions.
Onward!