🚨 ATTENTION VAPE BUSINESS OWNERS & ADULT VAPERS 🚨

🔥 VAPING IS UNDER ATTACK IN ARIZONA – TAKE ACTION NOW! 🔥

Arizona lawmakers are pushing SB 1272, a bill that threatens your right to choose proven smoking cessation tools and will eliminate access to flavored vapor products. If this bill passes, it will destroy small businesses and take away adult consumers’ ability to choose safer alternatives to smoking.

We MUST take action before it’s too late!

Join us at the Arizona Capitol to tell legislators to VOTE NO on SB 1272 and SAVE VAPING IN ARIZONA!

📢 WHEN: February 12th at 9 AM
📍 WHERE: Arizona State Capitol – 1700 W Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85007

Your voice matters! Show up, speak out, and protect your right to vape!

🔹 Defend small businesses
🔹 Protect adult access to harm reduction alternatives
🔹 **Stop government overreach on vaping

Arizona SB 1272: Precision Crafted to Benefit Tobacco Industry

Arizona lawmakers are considering SB 1272, a bill that would integrate vapor products into the state’s regulatory framework for alcoholic beverages, creating a directory and certification process with significant penalties for non-compliance.

While it claims to ensure compliance with federal standards, this bill would place unnecessary burdens on small businesses, create a new layer of job killing bureaucracy and limit consumer access to harm reduction products while increasing the sale of cigarettes. 

Why You Should Oppose SB 1272

✅ Vapor Products Are Not Alcohol – They Shouldn’t Be Regulated Like It

• SB 1272 treats vapor products as if they were alcoholic beverages. While both are adult activities, vaping serves as an alternative to smoking whereas alcohol is purely recreational. 
• Applying a liquor-style regulatory framework to nicotine products creates unnecessary red tape and compliance challenges for retailers.
• Nicotine, while addictive, is a not psychoactive in the same way that cannabis and alcohol are, thus necessitating a more balanced approach.

✅ A Public Directory Puts Businesses at Risk

• The bill requires a public directory listing compliant products, which will reward the tobacco industry with their teams of lawyers. This will lead to unfair market restrictions, overregulation, and favoritism toward certain manufacturers.
• Small businesses and independent vape shops may be left out if their products do not meet arbitrary directory standards.

✅ Severe Penalties for Non-Compliance Will Hurt Local Businesses

• While compliance with federal regulations is important, SB 1272 introduces excessive penalties that could drive vape retailers out of business.
• Business owners selling currently legal nicotine products to adults will face severe fines. 
• Arizona already enforces strict age restrictions and retail compliance measures—this bill only adds more hurdles and costs for responsible sellers.

✅ This Bill Limits Access to Harm Reduction

• Vaping is proven to be a superior alternative to smoking, helping millions of adults quit cigarettes.
• Increased regulations, penalties, and compliance costs will reduce access to these crucial alternatives for Arizona consumers.

Contact Your Representatives

Tell Arizona lawmakers you oppose SB 1272 and want fair, sensible regulations for vapor products—not excessive oversight that hurts businesses, limits consumer choice and funnels adults back onto cigarettes. Study after study has shown how restricting vaping products increases cigarette sales. Use these talking points when reaching out:

📌 "I oppose SB 1272 because vapor products should not be regulated like alcohol. This bill creates unnecessary barriers for businesses and consumers."

📌 "A public directory gives unfair advantages to select companies while restricting small retailers and limiting consumer choices."

📌 "Excessive penalties and compliance costs will push small vape shops out of business, forcing consumers to seek unregulated alternatives."

📌 "I urge you to vote NO on SB 1272 and focus on policies that support harm reduction and responsible access to safer alternatives."

📌 "A vote for SB 1272 is a vote for the tobacco industry, as it will kill jobs and adult consumers while pushing current nicotine users back onto tobacco products."

📞 Take Action Today!

As a business owner, your voice carries more weight as you are the lifeblood of the economy.

Call or email your state representatives and urge them to vote NO on SB 1272.
Share this information with other business owners, consumers, and advocates.
Stay updated as this bill moves through the legislative process.

You can find your elected officials using VTA’s Action Center.

Join the Arizona Smoke Free Business Alliance

Join the Arizone Smoke Free Business Alliance today to protect your business and the lives of your customers. Shape the future of vaping and help defeat legislative manuevers and regulatory capture designed to kill the independent vaping industry and force brick and mortar stores to rely solely on less profitable tobacco-industry products.

More Information on SB 1272

SB 1272 Bill Overview

Arizona businesses and consumers deserve fair regulations, not overreach that threatens harm reduction and economic stability. Act now to protect access to safer nicotine alternatives! 🚨