{"id":15040,"date":"2017-03-18T11:18:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=15040"},"modified":"2017-03-18T11:18:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:18:41","slug":"a-message-from-tony-abboud-from-the-vta-calling-new-york-vapor-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/15040","title":{"rendered":"A MESSAGE FROM TONY ABBOUD FROM THE VTA &#8211; Calling New York Vapor Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would love to see everyone in NY <em><strong>COME TOGETHER<\/strong><\/em> for this!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Calling New York Vapor Companies &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>New York vapor companies are under attack and we need to get organized. \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vaportechnology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">VTA<\/a> invites you to an on-line meeting to discuss the state legislative threats confronting the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Please register for New York Vape Meeting on Mar 20, 2017 4:30 PM EDT at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/5593810867672364801\">https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/5593810867672364801<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jake Butcher, VTA&#8217;s State Affairs Manager, will discuss the unprecedented attacks facing New York vape companies, including A. 3009 &#8211; a proposal to tax vapor products at 75% of their wholesale price as well as a tax of 40 cents per milliliter on consumable product. \u00a0In addition, A 3009 defines vaping as smoking for purposes of indoor use laws, and prohibits coupons or price reductions.<\/p>\n<p>Please join manufacturers, wholesalers, and shop owners to discuss this and other attacks on the vapor industry in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Join the call to discuss how to start an <em>independent<\/em> state vapor association and fight back!<\/p>\n<p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for joining in!<\/p>\n<p>Tony<br \/>\nTony Abboud<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n<p>Vapor Technology Association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/box769.bluehost.com:2096\/cpsess8188525545\/3rdparty\/squirrelmail\/src\/compose.php?send_to=abboud@vaportechnology.org\">abboud@vaportechnology.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>312-498-6060<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"A%20MESSAGE%20FROM%20TONY%20ABBOUD%20FROM%20THE%20VTA%20-%20Calling%20New%20York%20Vapor%20Companies\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would love to see everyone in NY COME TOGETHER for this! Calling New York Vapor Companies &#8211; New York vapor companies are under attack and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent_news","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}