To all of the volunteers and community members who reached out to the House Human Services Committee - Your voice made a HUGE impact! The Committee received calls, letters, postcards, and emails from folks across the state urging support and last Friday, the Committee voted 10-0-1 in support of S.18!
You stepped up, and because of that, we are one step closer to decreasing the number of Vermonters addicted to nicotine/tobacco!
We still need your help to get this bill through the Vermont House! The tobacco industry knows that 95% of adult smokers start by age 21. They are working hard to tell lawmakers to vote no.
It's critical that lawmakers hear from us NOW! The week of February 5th, the House Committee on Ways & Means will be reviewing the financial part of the bill. Please click to send an email to tell your lawmakers to Vote YES for the health of kids! Here is a Flavors Hook Kids FAQ sheet for talking points to tell your lawmakers why we need to protect kids over profit!
Your voice in needed at the Statehouse for these Flavors Campaign events:
Join us on February 6, at 8:00 A.M. in the State House for FHK's Legislative Breakfast! This is a great way to speak to your lawmakers about ending the targeting of youth, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Vermonters with flavored tobacco products; RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbweyj3WhXjsDmnWD6qNgfJeophuzEj_IECMlGSIB81GKmxA/viewform
On February 13 from 9:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M., Join youth from around Vermont on February 13th as they stand up and speak out against Big Tobacco! Schools and student groups from around the state are invited to attend! You can register (by February 5th) here.
Do you have an event coming up that Will or Olivia could attend? Feel free to reach out to us via email.