Save Vaping in Wisconsin! Statute 995.15 Threatens Your Choices – Act Now!

Wisconsin Statute 995.15, passed in 2023 Act 73 and effective September 1, 2025, is a prohibitionist law that could eliminate most vaping products, leaving only Big Tobacco brands like Vuse, Blu, and Logic. This threatens your access to safer alternatives and our local vape shop. We need your help to fight back through WiscoFAST’s advocacy efforts!

Why This Law Hurts You:

• Big Tobacco Wins: The law requires vaping devices to be FDA-approved, favoring tobacco giants (backed by $28.3M in annual U.S. lobbying, ASH 2023) and limiting your flavor and device options to their products.
• Vape Shop Closures: Wisconsin’s ~200 vape shops, including ours, face 50–100 closures (25–50%, estimated from 5,998 DOR licenses) due to costly compliance and inventory seizures, hurting local jobs.
• Return to Smoking: Restrictions may push 20,000–60,000 of ~200,000–300,000 Wisconsin vapers (10–20%, CDC-based) back to cigarettes, which are 95% more harmful (Public Health England).
• State Profits Over Health: Increased cigarette use could boost Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds, prioritizing revenue over your health.

How You Can Help:

1. Join WiscoFAST: Visit https://lnk.bio/WiscoFAST to access resources, stay updated, and join efforts to repeal Statute 995.15. Your voice is crucial!
2. Contact Leaders: Email or call Governor Tony Evers (https://evers.wi.gov) and legislators (legis.wisconsin.gov) to demand the law’s repeal. Share how it limits your choices.
3. Spread the Word: Post on X: “@TonyEvers, repeal 995.15! It favors Big Tobacco & kills vaping. Join WiscoFAST: lnk.bio/WiscoFAST #SaveVaping” and share with friends.
4. Support Local: Keep shopping with us to help sustain our fight against this law.

Why It Matters: Without your action, vaping options will shrink, and many may return to harmful cigarettes. Join WiscoFAST at https://lnk.bio/WiscoFAST to protect your choices and our shop. Reply to share your concerns or learn more. Verify details at docs.legis.wisconsin.gov.

Thank you for standing with us!

Sources: Wisconsin Statutes, WiscoFAST (lnk.bio), ASH Tobacco Lobbying Tracker, CDC, Public Health England, DOR data (5,998 licenses, May 2025).