September 10, 2019 Norman E. Sharpless, M.D. Acting Commissioner Food and Drug Administration 1903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 Mitchell Zeller Director Center for Tobacco Products Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Dear Acting Commissioner Sharpless and Mr. Zeller, We are writing to you today to express our concern for small businesses in the open vapor product industry in regard to the current PMTA guidance. Thousands of small vape shop owners and vapor product manufacturers are on the precipice of extinction. We are facing vague, unattainable regulatory gates and the terrifying threat of regulatory termination of the most impactful tobacco harm reduction products to date. We are being forced to prepare for a future where we will not be able to afford costly and unclear premarket approval, casting small businesses out of the lifesaving industry that we once created. It is our hope that the FDA can convene with our industry representatives to develop a pathway to clear and concise industry regulation that is mutually agreeable. Current PMTA guidance recommends extensive research into each product, which includes bottle size and nicotine variations, as well as environmental assessments. We are not large corporations that can afford to fund departments devoted to regulatory affairs, science, toxicology, and legal matters, nor do we have millions of dollars to secure these services. We are mostly “mom and pop” small businesses. Many of us started with nothing but a few thousand dollars and a desire to help smokers quit, using the same method we used ourselves. Through hard work, and a firm belief in our mission, we have been able to develop successful small businesses that have not only created job opportunities for thousands of people, but helped countless people quit smoking cigarettes, and even quit using nicotine entirely, for good. This industry was created by thousands of small business owners who exemplify the American Dream—that through dedication and hard work, everyone has the opportunity to be successful. The current PMTA structure may well turn out to be impossible to navigate or comply with, at least to any distinction of consistency and dependability for advancing products and incentivizing improvements. Thus far, efforts to engage consultants, laboratory services, and legal counsel all seem to produce professional regulatory experts that are just as unclear on how to advance through FDA’s current regulatory structure successfully. This leaves the industry even further confused, and effectively paralyzed, as we consider the risk of potentially spending ourselves out of business – because none of these entities can provide definitive answers to a process that remains completely subjective. The estimated costs given to us by the very services we would need to utilize to achieve adequate PMTA submission, amounting to millions of dollars per SKU, are
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September 10, 2019 Norman E. Sharpless, M.D. Acting Commissioner Food and Drug Administration 1903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 Mitchell Zeller Director Center for Tobacco Products Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Dear Acting Commissioner Sharpless and Mr. Zeller,
We are writing to you today to express our concern for small businesses in the open vapor product industry in regard to the current PMTA guidance. Thousands of small vape shop owners and vapor product manufacturers are on the precipice of extinction. We are facing vague, unattainable regulatory gates and the terrifying threat of regulatory termination of the most impactful tobacco harm reduction products to date. We are being forced to prepare for a future where we will not be able to afford costly and unclear premarket approval, casting small businesses out of the lifesaving industry that we once created. It is our hope that the FDA can convene with our industry representatives to develop a pathway to clear and concise industry regulation that is mutually agreeable.
Current PMTA guidance recommends extensive research into each product, which includes bottle size and nicotine variations, as well as environmental assessments. We are not large corporations that can afford to fund departments devoted to regulatory affairs, science, toxicology, and legal matters, nor do we have millions of dollars to secure these services. We are mostly “mom and pop” small businesses. Many of us started with nothing but a few thousand dollars and a desire to help smokers quit, using the same method we used ourselves. Through hard work, and a firm belief in our mission, we have been able to develop successful small businesses that have not only created job opportunities for thousands of people, but helped countless people quit smoking cigarettes, and even quit using nicotine entirely, for good. This industry was created by thousands of small business owners who exemplify the American Dream—that through dedication and hard work, everyone has the opportunity to be successful. The current PMTA structure may well turn out to be impossible to navigate or comply with, at least to any distinction of consistency and dependability for advancing products and incentivizing improvements.
Thus far, efforts to engage consultants, laboratory services, and legal counsel all seem to
produce professional regulatory experts that are just as unclear on how to advance through FDA’s current regulatory structure successfully. This leaves the industry even further confused, and effectively paralyzed, as we consider the risk of potentially spending ourselves out of business – because none of these entities can provide definitive answers to a process that remains completely subjective. The estimated costs given to us by the very services we would need to utilize to achieve adequate PMTA submission, amounting to millions of dollars per SKU, are
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significantly higher than the FDA’s “average application cost” of $131,643 for initial e-liquid submissions. PMTA guidance, by its very nature, gives the vapor industry a loose understanding of what will and won’t result in approval. These recommendations, combined with high costs for only a potential chance of approval, create an unrealistic paywall to industry compliance.
We are already beginning to see vape shops and vapor product manufacturers shut their
doors—the smallest partnerships and family-owned businesses in the industry are steadily beginning to disappear. Some vapor product manufacturers are moving their American-based businesses to more vapor-friendly countries that have clear, attainable regulatory structures. Those manufacturers who do not have the ability to uproot their lives to make such a business move are instead selling their livelihood for pennies on the dollar, rather than risking a total loss when FDA exercises their enforcement discretion. Many members of the open vapor industry are making the difficult decision not to renew leases on the buildings they occupy because the pathway to remain on the market is completely subjective, undefined, and makes compliance extremely difficult, if not impossible. We will continue to see this industry slowly collapse under the heavy burden of the current regulatory framework that is unlike any other and offers no consistent baseline for the industry to follow.
It is clear that the outcome of the current regulatory structure will hand the entire vapor
product industry to massive tobacco companies who have a long, sordid, and extremely profitable history of damaging the health and wellbeing of this country. The open vapor industry has and hopefully always will be able to be committed to helping combustible tobacco users transition to a nicotine delivery system that has been proven less harmful by orders of magnitude. We represent a group of businesses prepared to work with the FDA towards reasonable, realistic and sustainable regulations that are attainable for industry participants and more consistent with established and commonplace regulations for other consumable products.
Perhaps our most important concern is that combustible tobacco products, which are
clearly and demonstrably harmful to public health, will be allowed to remain on the market in every smoke shop, gas station, grocery store, and convenience store in the country with little more than an age restriction and modest tax as a use deterrent. The only remaining choices Americans will have are combustible tobacco products, big tobacco company owned vapor products, or potentially hazardous, unsafe, and illegal black market products. Not only will these vague and unattainable PMTA guidelines reward tobacco companies for their current and past behavior, but they will also surely undo much of the hard work open vapor product manufacturers, distributors, and resellers have done to help millions of combustible tobacco users transition to safer nicotine delivery systems and even quit nicotine altogether.
Tobacco companies created the distrust that now exists. They also followed our lead into these less harmful alternatives while vilifying our products without factual basis. They have exponentially more resources, lobbyists, and influence, but current realities will give them the harm reduction market that we established and advanced. The current regulatory structure will take this from us and hand deliver it to those companies who created and advanced the harms of combustible cigarettes with no concern for the consequences. Furthermore, the FDA’s own age-of-sale enforcement stings show that youths are not obtaining these products from our industry participants, they obtain them from the tobacco distribution pathways.1
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So why allow tobacco companies to commandeer this industry when we are the ones who have introduced these products, created this new harm reduction strategy, and are verifiably (by the FDA’s own enforcement evaluations) maintaining youth sales prevention and discouragement?
Our concerns go beyond the loss of our businesses or the added power those losses would hand tobacco companies. We are equally concerned about vapor product manufacturing being handled by irresponsible, potentially dangerous black-market entities. These black-market entities will have no incentive to ensure that their illegal products follow standardized, unadulterated manufacturing practices. Consumers will unwittingly be put at risk by potentially hazardous and unsafe vapor products.
We understand and respect the FDA’s mandate to ensure reasonable consumer protections. We, the undersigned, are prepared to meet with FDA to cooperate and work together to find mutually satisfactory structures to regulate these products that will provide the requisite consumer protections, and also create a regulatory approach that is defined, clear, and attainable by those industry participants, like us, who are fully prepared to preserve and solidify the harm reduction public health benefits these products are capable of providing.
We hope the FDA will recognize and consider that this industry is different than any other. Most consumable products get introduced by big conglomerates or multinational manufacturers with correlative budgets and regulatory experts. Meanwhile, vapor products are facing regulatory approaches advanced many years after the products were already on store shelves. We acknowledge and respect the difficulties this adds for both the FDA and the industry. We are prepared to work with the FDA to find regulatory frameworks that meet our mutual goals. If we cannot find some realistic, consistent, and compliable common ground, businesses will close, thousands of jobs will be lost, many leases broken, investments lost (some even at life-changing levels) – many may lose their homes, savings, and much more.
On behalf of the undersigned 1,464 small vapor businesses, I respectfully request that you engage with us in a timely manner to navigate an attainable solution for small business owners so that we can reach our common goal: to save the lives of more than 480,000 American adult smokers a year without subjecting a new generation to nicotine addiction.
With warm regards,
Amanda Wheeler, Co-Owner Jvapes E-Liquid 1201 Iron Springs Rd., Suite 3 Prescott, AZ 86305 (928) [email protected]
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Dustin & Cassy Pitts, Owners Cloud Addiction, LLC Anniston, AL
Joe Ferrell, Owner Attalla Vapor, Centre Vapes, Gadsden Vapes & Southside Vapes Attalla, AL Jay & Meghan Hardesty, Owners VapenJays, LLC & The Amish Collection Eliquid Auburn, AL "Melissa Anderson , Owner Vapor Craft of Auburn Auburn, AL"
Landon Barton, Owner 205 Vape Shop Bessemer, AL
Amy Albers, Co-Owner Vaper Forge Birmingham, AL
Michael Ibe, Owner Cahaba Vapes, LLC Birmingham, AL
Rhonda Osment Lambert, Co-Founder The Vapor Apothecary Birmingham, AL
Gordon Tinsley, Owner Earths Bounty & The Vape Place Boaz, AL
Keith aldijaili, Owner Vapors of Alabama, Inc. Cullman, AL
Rod Cochran, CEO/Founder Vape Radio Daphne, AL
Zack Carpenter, Owner Cyclops Vapor, LLC Daphne, AL
Eric Slaick, CEO Save A Smoker Dothan, AL
Keith R Lewis, Owner North Alabama Vape Florence, AL
Tina Roberts, Owner TJ’s Juices Florence, AL
Debra Gruwell, Owner Nu Way Vape Florence, AL
Karen Gean, Vice President Southern Vape Florence, AL
Tina Roberts, Owner Nu Way Vape & TJs Juices Florence, AL
Daniel Duncan, Owner Vapor Craft Fort Payne, AL
Gordon Tinsley, Owner Sweet Home Vapor Co. Gadsden, Guntersville & Hampton Cove, AL Phil Ferguson, Owner Fergy’s Vape Gardendale, AL
John Hurd, Owner Mystik Vape, LLC Hartselle, AL
Randy Toffel, Owner Vapeology, LLC Hoover, AL
Stokes Tod Yarbrough, Owner Vape On!, LLC Madison, AL
Stardust Martin, Owner Vapor Magic McCalla, AL
Buzzy Owen, Owner Vapor Dreamz Mobile, AL
William H. Robertson, Owner Vapor Craft of Montgomery Montgomery & Tuscaloosa, AL
Cornelius Hampton, Owner Hit it N Quit it Vape Lounge Muscle Shoals, AL
Lisa Murray, Owner S & L Vapes Opelika, AL
Robert Ware, Owner Tiger Vapor Opelika, AL
Wayne Murray, Owner S & L Vapes Opelika, Auburn & Montgomery, AL
Cindy West, Owner Downtown Vape, LLC Pell City, AL
Jon Roundy, Owner Tasty Haze, LLC Rainbow City, AL
Ryan Austin, Owner Cold Vapes 907 Anchorage, AK
Shaun D'Sylva, Founder Fatboy Vapors Anchorage, Wasilla & Fairbanks, AK
Ryan & Tanya Kitka, Owners Kodiak Steam Trunk, LLC Kodiak, AK
Steven Mapes, Owner Mapes Vapes Soldotna, AK
Elia Najm, Owner V.World Avondale, AZ
Parviz Barati, Owner Vapor Solutions Bisbee, AZ
Tim Tibbles, Owner Bullhead Vape, LLC Bullhead City, AZ
Richard Blodgett, Owner White Mountains Vape Concho, AZ
Elizabeth Browning, Owner Vixen Vapes Cottonwood, AZ
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Alex & Jessica Griffith, Owners The Ohm Factory Gilbert, AZ
Dan Short, Owner Short Designs, LLC Glendale, AZ
Debbie Pearson, Owner Red Vapor, LLC Glendale, AZ
Jessi Bell, Owner Red Vapor, LLC Glendale, AZ
Amanda Rice, Owner Vape Escapes Glendale Glendale, AZ
Frank Zeiter, Owner Frank N Juice, LLC Glendale, AZ
Ali A Odeh, Owner V. World, LLC Goodyear, AZ
Carlos Olea, CEO Exotica Vapor Shop Hermosillo, AZ
Patrick Legenzoff, Owner Designer Vape, LLC Laveen, AZ
Randy Miller, Owner The Vapor Pimp, LLC Laveen, AZ
Anthony & Sonia Perkins, Owner Oracle Vapory Mesa, AZ
Craig Larsen, Owner Kidney Puncher, LLC Mesa, AZ
David Riddle, Owner Vape Era Mesa, AZ
Declan Clarke, General Managing Partner Gourmet Vapor Mesa, AZ
James Thompson, Owner Mt Baker Vapor Mesa, AZ
Karim Salem, President Lite it Up, Inc. Mesa, AZ
Kris O'Connor, Owner Irican Mods Mesa, AZ
Melissa Shedd, Owner Southern Beginnings, LLC Mesa, AZ
Tony Valenzuela, Owner The Habit Smoke Shop Mesa, AZ
Igor Vojvodic, Owner BroScience Vapes, LLC Peoria, AZ
Carlos Coe, Director Mr. Vape USA Phoenix, AZ
Dave Morris, Owner Vape Gravy Brands, LLC Phoenix, AZ
Edward Townes, Owner Synergy Mixing Labs, LLC Phoenix, AZ
Eli Kaczka New Method, Owner This Old Vape Shop, Co-owner Phoenix, AZ Geoff Habicht, President SV3, LLC Phoenix, AZ
James Willett, Owner American Vapor Group Phoenix, AZ
John-Paul Willett, CEO Red Star Vapor Phoenix, AZ
Keith Higgins, Director of Operations Kure Phoenix, AZ
Kyle Adolph, Co-owner Cream Vapor, Adult Geared Eliquid & Loverly Phoenix, AZ Layal Aoufe, Owner Liquid Vape Phoenix, AZ
Minh Tran, Owner/CEO Vape Central Phoenix, AZ
Rick Avila, Owner Spartan Distribution Phoenix, AZ
Ronald Beneduce, Owner Nimbus House Phoenix, AZ
Ronn Beneduce, Owner Nimbus House, LLC, TrapT Eliquid & Juice Fiend Phoenix, AZ
Steve Johnson, Co-owner Glenn Johnson Ventures, LLC Phoenix, AZ
William Sagert, Owner Phoenix Vape Supply, LLC Phoenix, AZ
Amanda & Jourdan Wheeler, Owners Jvapes E-Liquid Prescott, AZ
John Fisher, Owner Jvapes Prescott, AZ
Michael Brown, Owner Valor Vapor Prescott Prescott, AZ
Joel Rivera, Owner Steam Heaven Rio Rico, AZ
Sofia Coert, Owner The Vaporium/A Vape Escape, LLC Sedona, AZ
Benjamin Cruz, Owner Monstro, LLC Surprise, AZ
Gunnar & Katie Birtel, Owner GK Vapor Surprise, AZ
Josh Aguiar, Owner Redline Vapor Surprise, AZ
Conor Rauen, Owner Mums Fantasy Factory Tempe, AZ
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Beecher Howard, Owner Coilturd, LLC Tucson, AZ
Brett Flagg, Owner Southwest Smokeless Tucson, AZ
Eddie & Maggie Jayko, Owners Southwest Smokeless Tucson, AZ
Kyle Barnett, Owner The Vape Zone Smokeless Tucson, AZ
Luke Carnathan, CEO Double Tap Vapor, LLC Tucson, AZ
Rod Criger, Owner/Operator Vape or Dye, LLC, dba Southwest Smokeless Tucson, AZ Allen Epley, Owner Vapor Pros Tucson, AZ
Joshua Stewart, Owner Vapor Pros Tucson, AZ
Nicholas LaBanca, Owner/CEO Vapor-Riffic, Inc. Conway, AR
Michael Glisson, Owner New Era Vapours Corning, AR
Jamie Weaver, Owner Drippers Vape Shop El Dorado, AR
Alicia Fanning, Owner Vapor Springs Eureka Springs, AR
David Lawson, Owner Buffalo River Elixirs & 2 Pimps Juice Lab Flippin, AR
Scout Stubbs, Owner Drippers Vape Shop Greenbrier, AR
Supreet Momi, Owner Vapor House Little Rock, AR
Troy & Melissa Meuret, Owner Rogue Vapers Little Rock & Russellville, AR
William & Brenda McCullough, Owners My Home Town Vapor Little Rock, AR
Shawn Bresnahan, Owner Brooklyns Vape Shop Morrilton, AR
Topher Kent, Owner Rogue Vapers 2 North Little Rock, AR
Sharon Goodson, Owner/Operator JRILY Enterprises, LLC Rogers, AR
Rhonda Yi, Owner The Velvet Vapor & Hillbilly Hooch E-Juice Co. Rogers, AR Bobby White, Owner Rogue Vapers Searcy Searcy, AR
Donna Miller-Stacy, Owner Payless Tobacco & Vape Sherwood, AR
James H Stacy, Owner Alishas 3 Cs, dba Payless Tobacco and Vape Sherwood, AR Mark Fabela, Owner Cool Whic Cotton Alhambra, CA
Garrett Mann, Owner E-Cig Vault, LLC Aliso Viejo, CA
Anthony Garcia, Owner Cyber Liquids, LLC Anaheim, CA
Kiyo Sato, Owner Sugarlicious E Liquids Anaheim, CA
David Vanburen, Owner Big City Vapor Anderson, CA
Hani Tannous, Owner Tannous Enterprises Belmont, CA
Brian Buenaventura, Owner BJC Cerritos, CA
DJay Salas, VP The Finest Eliquid Chatsworth, CA
Jimmy Fung, Owner VPR Collection City of Industry, CA
Peter Koch, Chief Operating Officer Cosmic Fog Vapors Costa Mesa, CA
Shane Simpson, Owner C3 Vapors and Coffee, The Company MFG, LLC & Crumbz Vapor Costa Mesa, CA Suzanne Gearhart, Owner High Tide Vapes Crescent City, CA
Inho Choi, Owner VAPE Couture Cypress, CA
Mac Chu, Owner Sensual Cloud Vapors Daly City, CA
Molly Sylvester, Owner Vapin the 619 El Cajon, CA
James Raymond, CEO South Coast Vapor Co. Encinitas, CA
Marlow Younan, Owner TVL and PlanB Mods Escondido, CA
Anthony Jaramillo, Owner Flawless Vapes and Supplies, LLC Fountian Valley, CA
Jason Davis, Owner Midas Vape Garden Grove, CA
Patrick Mulcahy, CEO Streamline Vape Co., LLC Garden Grove, CA
Huy Nguyen, Owner USA Vape Lab Huntington Beach, CA
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Bert SY, CEO Ism Vape, Inc. Huntington Beach, CA
Daniel Coleman, Owner Desce, Inc. Huntington Beach, CA
Chris Wheeler, CEO Savage Enterprises Irvine, CA
Jay Oku, Partner Five Pawns, LLC Irvine, CA
Mark Mathis, Owner Voltrove Kelseyville, CA
Chris Messick, Owner Vapor Meister Lakeside, CA
Kristen & Dwane Morrison, Owners Liquid EFX, Inc. Long Beach, CA
Travis Anthony, Owner Vapor Land Long Beach, CA
Samer Kauzman, Owner Smoking Box Long Beach, CA
Arsen Stepanyan, Owner Aspire Vape Co Los Angeles, CA
Ash Mazarei, CMO Liquid Barn Los Angeles, CA
Brett Goldenberg, Managing Member All Day Vapes Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Cacavas, Owner J2 Productions Los Angeles, CA
John JJ Jenkins, Owner The Vapor Spot Los Angeles, CA
Kai Chen, Managing Member All Day Vapes Los Angeles, CA
Ryan Thomas, Owner Lost Art Liquids Los Angeles, CA
Scott Friedman, CEO Tasty Cloud Vape Co., LLC Los Angeles, CA
James Whiting, Co-Owner E-Cig City Mission Viejo, LLC Mission Viejo, CA
Brian Weber, Owner Mohawk Vapors Moreno Valley, CA
Ryan Stump, Owner Charlies Chalk Dust Newport Beach, CA
Brandon Acosta, President The Neighborhood E-Liquid Norco, CA
Ryan Chalme, Owner Vapor Delux North Hollywood, CA
Daoud Muwahed, Co-owner The Right Investment Oceanside, CA
Fabiola Elias Ramsey Feels Good Vapor, Inc. Oceanside, CA
Fig Ramsey FGV, Inc. Oceanside, CA
Yazan Muowahid, Owner Aroma Avenue Vape Oceanside, CA
Monica Schick, CEO North Guide Solutions, Inc. Ontario, CA
Russ Smelser, Owner Desert Vapors Palm Desert, CA
Susan Decell, Co-Owner Vapor Capers, LLC dba LunaVapes Palm Desert, CA
Victoria Drower, Owner Desert Vapors Palm Desert, CA
Steve Shazad, Owner Premier Smokes Palmdale, CA
Eddie Yin, Owner Asmodus Distribution Paramount, CA
Raffy Tasmajian, Owner The Clean Vape Pasadena, CA
Lacey Miller, Owner The Vapour Lounge Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Jeff and Kari Hess, Owner Nor Cal Vape Redding, CA
Rami Issa, Owner Royal Smoke Shop Rialto, CA
Brian Bereber, Owner/CEO Drip More Riverside, CA
Brian Heacox, President Doomsday Gourmet, LLC Sacramento, CA
Khaled, Owner Cig Zone San Bernardino, CA
Jake Rubenstein, President Nude Nicotine San Diego, CA
James Mitchell, Founder Vapor Invasion, LLC San Diego, CA
Mike Ebrahimi, Owner Vapor Authority San Diego, CA
Todd Skezas, Owner Vapor Authority San Diego, CA
Elia Baida, Owner Tobacco Spot San Fernando, CA
Nam Nguyen, Owner Stay Vaped San Jose, CA
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Tony Doan, CEO Shijin Vapor San Jose, CA
Mike Guitron, Owner Cloud 9 San Marcos, CA
Austin Hopper, President Tailored Vapors MFG Santa Ana, CA
Patrick Taylor, CEO Nicky Drops Santa Ana, CA
Travis Hostutler, President Arc Distribution Santa Ana, CA
Nathan Kinghorn, Owner Simple, Inc. Santa Ana, CA
Patrick Visconti, Co-founder Tailored Vapors, LLC Santa Ana, CA
Dr. Andrew Dyson, Owner Mothers Milk WTA (MMWTA) Santa Clara, CA
Tarik Dugum, CEO DripNvape, Inc. Santa Clarita, CA
Randolph B Freer, CEO/Owner P.O.E.T. Ind. Inc. Seal Beach, CA
Steve Green, Owner Mountain Vapors Sonora, CA
Raymond Yang, Owner BLVK Unicorn South El Monte, CA
Jimmy Wilson, Owner Vapor Mo's Stockton, CA
Lonnie J. Bozeman, President & CEO Saveurvape Torrance, CA
Luis Martinez, Owner VAME Vapory, LLC Torrance, CA
Jacob Nesheiwat, Owner Vaperack, Inc. Whittier, CA
Louis Peick, Owner Unique Vapors Wildomar, CA
Joe Vondruska, Owner Cignot Colorado Arvada, CO
Justin Ganoe, Owner Inno-Vapor Arvada, CO
James Corey, Owner Woodshark Trading Company Aurora, CO
Patrick Vandiver, Owner High-Voltage Vapes Aurora, CO
Timothy Roberts, Owner Perfect Alternatives Aurora, CO
Caleb Vannice, Owner Merkury, LLC Bailey, CO
Ginger & Sean Tanner, Owners Boulder Vapor House Boulder, CO
Nathan T Keller, President The Game Trader, Inc., dba Steampunk E-lixers Brighton, CO Peggy Hegler, Owner VAPEz, LLC Castle Rock, CO
Mark Branson, Owner Centennial Vapor Centennia, CO
Michael & Jennifer Mahaney, Owners Headed West Centennial, CO
Sarah Walter, Owner Vapewize Centennial, LLC Centennial, CO
Christofer Parker, CEO A Perfect Vape, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO
Joshua L Sprague, Owner Absolute Vapor Lounge Colorado Springs, CO
Margaret Shable, COO Flavor Monster Colorado Springs, CO
Tanner Adams, Owner Chief Vapor Colorado Springs, CO
Laura Riggs, President Artisan Vaper, Inc., DBA Flavor Monster Colorado Springs, CO
Clayton Kelley, Owner/Managing Partner Vape Loft - Denver Denver, CO
Cory Vigil, President Boosted Ejuice Denver, CO
Ian Firth, Owner Cloud Provisions, LLC Denver, CO
Robert Lindsey, Owner Vapor HQ Englewood, CO
Chris burgess, CEO E cig, LLC Federal heights & Denver, CO
Dan Rzonca, Owner The Magic Dragon Vape Shop Glenwood Springs, CO
Raquel Morton, Owner 970 Vapor Cigs / 971 Vapor Cigs Glenwood Springs, CO
Shylo Harlan, Owner 970 Vapor Cigs / 971 Vapor Cigs Glenwood Springs, CO
Monica Vondruska, Owner Free Range Vapor Golden, CO
Monica Vondruska, Owner Uska Designs Golden, CO
Bill Lash, Owner Lost iN Time, L.i.T iN GJC LLC Grand Jct, CO
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Dominette Celli, President Lizard Lounge Vapor Grand Junction, CO
Dominette Celli, President Indy Vapes Grand Junction, CO
Andrew Salsbury, Owner Cloudy Peak Vapes, LLC Greenwood Village, CO
James Beutler, Owner Vapergate Lakewood, CO
Keith Pettersen, Owner Rocky Mountain Ecigs, LLC Lakewood, CO
Robert South, Owner Budz House of Vape Lakewood, CO
Shaune Walter, Owner VapeWize, LLC Lakewood, CO
James & Kelly Cline, Owners FogTown, Ltd. Lamar, CO
Anthony Acosta, Owner Skys The Limit Industries Littleton, CO
James Evans, Owner Skys The Limit Industries Littleton, CO
Michael Huff, Owner Moutain View Vapes Littleton, CO
Daniel Garcia, Owner Legacy Vapors Loveland, CO
Francesca Gettler, CEO Vapor Source, Inc. Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Fountain, Trinidad & Canon City, CO Jason Casados, Owner Vapor Source, Inc. Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Fountain, Trinidad & Canon City, CO Beverly Strength, Owner Crazy B’s Smoke Shop Ridgway, CO
Corbin Elliott, Owner/Operator HTO, LLC, dba Up in Vape Thornton, CO
Ann Fulgham, Owner Elite Vapes Thornton, CO
Kateri & Shawn Hillis, Owner Mountain Pass Premium Elixirs Westminster, CO
Shawn and Kateri Hillis, Owners The Vapor Shop Westminster, CO
Lori Johnson, Owner Steep Slope Vape Supply Wheat Ridge, CO
Betti & Dave Anderliter, Owners Mountain Vapor Lounge Woodland Park, CO
Evan M. Cochran, Owner Odysseus Vapor, LLC Alpharetta, GA
Melissa Anderson, Owner Vapor Craft of Auburn Columbus, GA Auburn, AL Craig Perryman, Owner Crazy Vapors, LLC Augusta, GA
Kristy Valdes, Owner Empire of E Cigs Blairsville, GA
Robin C Carter, Owner Art of Vaping Bremen, GA
Sheryl Whitaker, Owner Smokers Wanted Vapor Company, LLC Brunswick, GA
Karen Norris, Owner VapeWares Buford, GA
London Osborn, Owner Working Class Vapors Cairo, GA
Jacob Menard, President Maximum Vapor Canton, GA
Eric Albright, Owner Cool Vapors Carrollton Carrollton, GA
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Michael & Donya Davis, Owners Cedartown Vapor Lounge, LLC & Tasty Wicks, LLC Cedartown, BA Michael & Donya Davis, Owners Cedartown Vapor Lounge Cedartown, GA
Michael & Donya Davis, Owners Tasty Wicks E-liquid Cedartown, GA
Eric Turner, Co-Owner Vapourizen Clayton, GA
Fredrick Setelin II, Co-owner Rivertown Vapor, LLC Columbus, GA
Keith & Sherry Gossett, Owners Buckys, LLC, dba Buckys Vape Shop Columbus, GA
Michael Reynolds, Co-owner Rivertown Vapor, LLC Columbus, GA
Joseph Cacciatore, COO JC Vape Shop, LLC Columbus, GA
Melissa Anderson, Owner Vapor Craft of North Columbus Columbus, GA
Jason Carroll, Owner Peace Pipe Vapors Cornelia, GA
Noah Richardson, CEO Colonial Vapor, LLC Cumming, GA
Scott Tripp, Owner Vapors Emporium GA LLC Cumming, GA
Eric & Susan Stutzman, Owners Ciggys2 Dallas, GA
Carrie Heffner & John O'Connor, Owners Vapers Alley Dalton & Chatsworth, GA
John Ashley Fields, Owner MidKnight Mods, LLC Danielsville, GA
Bobby Lewis, Owner My Vape Shack Dawsonville, GA
Alan & Vicki Futch, Owners Vaping Easy Douglas, GA
Donald &Tracy Shelnutt, Owners Atl Vaping Douglasville, GA
Justin Flores, Owner Venture E-Liquid Lab Elberton, GA
Scott M Wolkow, COO Victorious Vapors, LLC Evans, GA
Angela Funderburk, Owner Emote Vapes Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Joe King, Owner The Shoppe Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Billy Lowery, Owner In the Cloudz, LLC GA
Donna Turner, Owner Electric Smoke, LLC Griffin, GA
Michael Lee Bailor, Owner Olde Towne Vape Shoppe Griffin, GA
Deidra Casey, Owner Sundance Southern Vapors Grovetown & Harlem, GA
Anthony Cecchetto, Owner Crazycanadiangrass Hiram, GA
Cathy Stonemark, Owner Ciggys Hiram, GA
Keith England, Owner FogItUp! Vape Shop Hiram, GA
Justin Kicklighter, CEO My Vape Bar MFG Kennesaw, GA
Amy Washington, Owner Smoke Stop Vape Shop Lagrange, GA
Bob Lewis, Owner Hard Rock Vapor, LLC Lawrenceville, GA
Tobey Cox, CEO Juanavape Leesburg, GA
David & Jennifer Higginbotham, Owner HiggyCigs, LLC Lilburn, GA
Wesley Swanson, CEO Bulldog Vapor, LLC Loganville, GA
Eric & Lori McPherson, Owners Flatland Vapes Shawnee, KS
Dave Scott, Owner Puffs Magic Vapes, LLC Wichita, KS
Elizabeth Webb, Owner Puffs Magic Vapes, LLC Wichita, KS
Kirk Schminke, Owner Element Vapes Wichita, KS
Scott Mchargue, Owner Mcvapour Wichita, KS
Tom Rogers, Owner Lucky's Convenience &Tobacco, LLC Wichita, KS
Melissa Goodwin, Owner District 4 Vapor Ashland, KY
Stephen Hosfeld, Owner Hosfeld's Vapor Berea, KY
Matt Stringer, Owner Iconic Vape & 270 Wirez Bowling Green, KY
Randy George, Owner Club Vape Florence, KY
Chad Johns, Operating Partner Dripwell Vapors, LLC Fort Wright, KY
Rob Bowen, Owner Nice Guy Vapors, LLC Henderson, KY
Angelique N Sulfsted, Owner Vape Shop Mafia Independence, KY
Blayne Hogue, Owner Vapor Vision Junction City, KY
Russ Scarbrough, Owner Vigilante Juice Co Lexington, KY
Tony Florence, President 723 Vapor & Vapor Stockroom Lexington, KY
Jerry Scrivner, CEO Magic Vapor Shop, LLC London, KY
Jerry Wayne, Owner Magic Vapor Shop, LLC London, KY
Andrew Watkins, Owner Magic Vapes E-Cigs Louisville, KY
Edward LeBlanc, Owner OPMH Project Louisville, KY
Brian Chrystal, Owner Mr. Salt-E Midway, KY
Bill S, Owner Elevated Vaporz Newport, KY
Bobbi Ironmonger, Owner Vapor Gear, LLC Nicholasville, KY
Robin Trego, Owner eCig Source Owensboro, KY
Richard Keith Hall, Owner Mountain Vapors Pikeville, KY
Kristi Kendall & Johna Lawson, Owners Kickin’ Ash Prestonsburg, KY
Michael P Regan, Owner Kick Ash Vape, LLC Providence, KY
Christopher Grayson & Wade Grayson, Owner Twisted Vapors Russellville, KY
Joshua LaVigne, Owner Allen County Vapes Scottsville, KY
Robert Crume, Owner Main Street Vape Taylorsville, KY
Jason Sutton, Owner Cloudville Vapor Tompkinsville, KY
Tabitha Sutton, Owner Michael Sutton, Owner The Flappy Flower Tompkinsville, KY Jamie Harris, Owner 3 LaBordes, LLC, dba The Hotbox Juice Bar and Vaporium Bossier City, LA Robert owens, Managing Member Great American Ventures Bossier City, LA
Brittany Guidry, Owner Vapor Springs Denham Springs, LA
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Adam Rivet, Owner Overcast Vapor Lounge Gonzales, LA
Peter Massoud, Owner Vapor Viper Vapes Lafeyette, LA
Kym Condon, Owner Cajun Vapes Lake Charles, LA
Brian Uzun, Owner Legacy Vapor Co. Mandeville, LA
Linda Bordelon, Owner Red Dog Vape Shop and Collectibles Marksville, LA
Jeff Weber, Owner The Vaping Tiger & Crescent City Clouds Metairie, LA
Victoria Wood, Owner The Vaping Tiger & Crescent City Clouds Metairie, LA
Suzanne Thibodeaux, Owner City Vapes, LLC New Iberia, LA
Anthony Kolesa, Owner Smokecignals, LLC New Orleans, LA
Chad Rogers, Owner Calhoun Vapor New Orleans, LA
Heather Hutton, Owner Big Chief Vapor Products New Orleans, LA
Tim & Carmen Champagne, Owner Troposphere Vapors, LLC Scott & Lafayette, LA
Daniel Borel, Owner BukuVapor Shreveport, LA
Raymond Odom, President Great American Vapes Shreveport, LA
Crystal Hambrick-Burdick, Owner The Vapor Stop Sulphur, LA
Dale Stevens, VP Empire Vape Shop Augusta, ME
Steven Roy, Owner Vapor City, LLC Biddeford, ME
Minh Q Nguyen, Owner Vapor Room Lewiston & Gardiner, ME
Max Sobol, Co-owner Lunar Rover Baltimore, MD
Antoinette Shaffer, Owner NettMix Custom Vapes Inc. Baltimore, MD
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Charles & Candice Gott, Owners Vape Jungle, LLC Waldorf, MD
Joe Rondoletto, Owner My Ecigs, Inc. Agawam, MA
Jonathan Lau, Owner Dragon Vapors, dba The Vape Shop Brighton, MA
Jamey Petruzzelli, Owner North Shore Vapor Everett & Malden, MA
Anthony Caldalda, Owner Vapers Edge Holyoke, MA
John Nathan, Co-Owner SN Holdings, Inc. Kingston, MA
Brian Philips, Owner Sixty-2 Distribution, Inc. Mansfield, MA
Sean Conway, Owner Branded Vapors Mansfield, MA
Ian Devine, Owner Wicked Vaped Mansfield & Walpole, MA
Jaymin Patel, CEO Royal Smoke & Vape Natick, MA
David Bershad, Owner Vape Daddys, Inc. Newton, MA
Chad Perry, Owner The Vape Way Plymouth, MA
Thomas Coniaris, Owner Vape Cod, LLC Sandwich, MA
Patrick Smith, Owner Safehouse Vapors, LLC Waltham, MA
Christian Henriquez, Owner Uplifted Vapor and Smoke Supplies, LLC West Springfield & Agawam, MA
Michael Portelle, Owner Front Line Vapor, LLC Woburn, MA
Josh Flavin, Owner Expressive E-liquid, Inc. Worcester, MA
Marc O’Connor, Owner Dawn of Hope Vapor, LLC Worcester, MA
Navi Sengaloune, Owner House of Vapors Worcester, MA
Anne Switala, Owner Smokin Vapor Bay City, LLC Bay City, MI
Richard LaFramboise, Owner Smokin Vapor Bay City, LLC Bay City, MI
Kaleb Spicer, Owner Encounters of Big Rapids Vape Shop Big Rapids, MI
Christopher & Angela Davey, Owners Eliquid Master Byron Center, MI
Joe & Nicole Barhoumi, Owners Ritual Vape, Ritual Craft Vapor Eliquid & Ritual Distribution Canton, MI Ramon Garcia, Owner Ritual Vape, Ritual Craft Vapor Eliquid & Ritual Distribution Canton, MI Tommy Huynh, Owner Vape N Chase Canton, MI
Jennifer Marsack, Owner Mad Buck Vapes Laboratories Clinton Township, MI
John & Christy Miller, Owners Johnnys Juice, LLC Clinton Twp., MI
Chris Bacho, President TVS Distributors Detroit, MI
Duane L Peterson, Owner TatJu, LLC Edmore, MI
Earl Fisher, Owner Great Lakes Vapor Farmington, MI
Marion Ayar, Owner Vaporia, Inc. Fenton, MI
Todd Melancon, Owner The Vapor Shop, LLC Flushing, MI
Sammy Garip, Partner Smoke & Vape Depot Grand Rapids, MI
Rhiannon Oleson, Owner Steaming Bull Vapors Greenville, MI
Pete Calkins, Owner The Vape Shop Hazel Park, MI
Marc Slis, Owner 906 Vapor, LLC Houghton, MI
Kimberly Manor, Owner Moose Jooce Vape Shops Houghton Lake, MI
Scott Church, COO KVS Licensing Company, LLC Kalamazoo, MI
Michael Lowery, Owner Nature Vaper Lowell, MI
John Miller, Owner Johnny’s Juice Macomb Township, MI
Eric Curtis, Owner Rustic Vapor Ecigs, Inc. Marquette, MI
Alice Engelman, Owner Cig Free Vape Shop Midland, MI
Carol Akiyama, Owner/Operator Vaped Ape Vapor Shop Mount pleasant, MI
Mark Mills, Owner E-Cig Outlet Muskegon, MI
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Ryan Dalga, Owner PushVape, LLC Portage, MI
Bill Kosinski, CEO Tattoo Vape Premium E-Juice Saginaw, MI
Chris Hilanto, Owner Inline Vape Shelby Charter Township, MI
Samuel Kis, Owner Heritage Vapor Bar Taylor, MI
Michael Mead, Owner EVC Labs & Vapor Lounge Wayne, MI
Lloyd Patton, Owner LDP Designs, LLC Westland, MI
Stephen Knight, CEO Vapejoose, Inc. Wyoming, MI
Bill Boldenow, Owner Infinite Vapor Alexandria, Burnsville, Coon Rapids & Minneapolis, MN Darren Tollakson, Owner Pops Vape Shop Aitkin, MN
Christopher Potvin, Owner E Cig Innovation Becker, MN
Heather Bewley, Owner Northern Vapes Bemidji, MN
Nathan Ruesch, CEO The E-cig Café, LLC Blaine, MN
Eric Trotter, Owner Thee Fantastics Bloomington, MN
Jesse & Angie Griffith, Owners Smokeless Smoking, Inc. Bloomington, MN
Tim Koester, Owner Smokeless Smoking, Inc. Bloomington, MN
John Dundas, Owner Vapor North Brainerd, MN
Melissa Plotnick, Partner Vapor North Brainerd, MN
Tom Murray, Owner Lakes Vape Supply Brainerd, MN
Tyler Burg, Owner Smokin Monkey Buffalo, MN
Brian Annis, Owner/President Lake Effect Vapor, Inc. Duluth & Hermantown, MN
Justin Danberry, Owner Lincoln Vapors, LLC Fergus Falls, MN
Candy Carsella-Kee, Owner Northland Vaporium, LLC Grand Rapids, MN
Mike Harris, Owner PBDragon, LLC Inver Grove Heights, MN
Brandon Alshouse, Owner eCig Market Maple Grove, MN
Jason Thompson, Owner Black Sun Minneapolis, MN
Andrea Ramaglia, Owner The Plume Room, LLC Minneapolis, MN
Michael Wolberg, Owner The Plume Room, LLC Minneapolis, MN
Jason T Wiler, Owner Twisted Vape Shop Montevideo, MN
Ryan Wolff, Owner Midwest Vapers, LLC New Brighton, MN
Sally Phelps, Co-owner Ohm Premier Vaping Ramsey, MN
Sean Condon, Owner eCig Store Shakopee, MN
Tony Spoden, Owner MegaVapes St Cloud, MN
Susan Sindt, Co-owner/CEO Simply Vapour St. Paul, MN
Brian La Rochelle, Owner CBs Custom Vape Biloxi, MS
Rob Roberts, Owner Nu Way Vape Columbus, MS
Allen & Ashley Hollman, Owner Southern Vape Company Ellisville, MS
Ann Jennings, Owner Delta Vapors, LLC Greenville, MS
Bill Wikstrom, Owner Vaporized Hatteisburg, MS
Floyd Gray, Owner Cloud 9 Vapors Hattiesburg, MS
Jim Shearon, Owner Camelot Distribution Hattiesburg, MS
Joann Wilson, CEO/Owner/Operator Paradigm Distro Hattiesburg, MS
Robert Brad Labiche, Owner A1 Vapor, LLC Hattiesburg, MS
Kristina Leach, Owner Pops Vape Shop, LLC Philadelphia, MS
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Belinda Dudziak, Owner Big Time Vapes Picayune, MS
Bryan Robbins, Owner Pbr Vapors Pontotoc, MS
Ryan Armstrong, Owner Mystic Joose Purvis, MS
Mike Jefcoat, Owner Magnolia Vapes, LLC Ridgeland, Laurel & Richland, MS
Amanda Stone, Owner Amaza Vapors Tupelo, MS
Josef Enfinger, Owner 1810 Vapors Tupelo, MS
Jason Terrell Kornman, Owner Kornman, LLC dba Vaporied Wiggins, Biloxi, Ocean Springs & Laurel, MS Stewart Finertie, Owner Vape Cape Cape Girardeau, MO
Kevin Lacey, Owner Pinnacle Vapor Carthage, MO
Jeff Hicks, Owner USA Vapor Trails Farmington, MO
John Huck, Owner E-cig Mania, LLC Fenton, MO
Rose Fogarty, Owner Fogarty's House of Vapor Florissant, MO
Darrel & Debbie Wood, Owners VaporWyse, LLC Gladstone, MO
Wyeth Ervin, Owner VaporWyse, LLC Gladstone, MO
Annette Burns, Owner Stella Blues Vapors, Inc. High Ridge, MO
Michael Bracken, Owner 510 Vapers, LLC Imperial, MO
John Baker, Owner Twizted Vapes, LLC Joplin, MO
Mitchel W. Bush, Owner The Vapor Lab, LLC Kansas City, MO
Wyeth Ervin, Owner VaporWyse, LLC Kearney, MO
Zackwrie Parr Sr., Owner Three P Investments, LLC Kennett, MO
Rhonda Shafer, Owner Ozarks Vapor, LLC Lebanon, MO
Brenda & John Callaghan, Co-owners Nina & Phil Brown, Co-owners Vapur Of Lee’s Summit Lee's Summit, MO
Shane Deines, Owner Jesters Juices, LLC Neosho, MO
Shelly Morrow, Owner 4 State Vapors Neosho, MO
Cole McDonald, Owner McDonald Consolidated Contractors New London, MO
April Aubuchon, Owner Kaleidosmok, LLC Pacific, MO
Wesley Bringer, Owner Blind Rabbit Vape Supply, Grindhouse Eliquid, LLC, Fog Chaser Vapes, Elusive & Salvage Poplar Bluff, MO Leonard Young, Owner Def Liquids, LLC Saint Charles, MO
Zach Parsons, CFO Tri Guys Vapor Salem, MO
Joe Forsee, Owner Joe Vales, LLC Sedalia, MO
Alisha Shepard, Owner Nimbus Cloud Lounge St Louis, MO
Avery Evans, Owner Gillbert & Parsons, LLC St. Louis, MO
Bryan Grubbs, Owner Gillbert & Parsons, LLC St. Louis, MO
Chris Clinton, Owner Sy2 Vapor, LLC St. Louis, MO
Joseph Butler, Owner Cloud Creators E-Juice, LLC St. Louis, MO
Robert Boesing, Owner Lemay Vapor St.louis, MO
Travis Huddleston, Owner NU2U Vapors Warrenton, MO
Sally Haley, Owner Custom Vapors, LLC Weldon Spring, MO
Frank Vanhorn, Owner Firehouse Vapes, LLC Willow Springs, MO
Jason Cornfeld, Owner Old Skool Vape Society Billings, MT
Matt Culley, Owner SMJ Co. Kalispell, MT
Tony Dobbs, Owner Liberty Smoke, Inc. Missoula, MT
Brett Erpelding, CEO Northland Vapor Company Fargo, NE
Lane Shannon, Owner Celtic Elixirs, Phoenix Elixirs & Kearney Vaper Supply Kearney, NE James Newell, Owner Lefthand Vapors, LLC LaVista, NE
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Chad Svoboda, Owner Big Red Vapor Lincoln, NE
Joel Jedlicka, Owner Creative Juices Premium Elixir Lincoln, NE
Sarah Linden, Founder & CEO Generation V Lincoln, NE
Jacob Vrbka, Owner Hardknock Hooligans, LLC Malcolm, NE
Tooryalai Gul, Owner Vapor Laze Omaha, NE
Ann TeVelde, Owner Smokin Hot Vapors Henderson, NV
Christopher Tan, Owner Elephant Vapor Henderson, NV
Erika Pearce, Owner Local Vape Enterprises, Inc. Henderson, NV
Juan Gonzalez, Owner VapeSling, LLC Henderson, NV
Thomas Harmon, Owner Sin City Vapor, LLC Henderson, NV
Nicholas Mullen, Owner Vapor Rage, LLC Henderson & Las Vegas, NV
Alex Mazzola, Owner Mob Liquid Labs Las Vegas, NV
Brandi Mazzola, Owner Flavor Vapors, LLC Las Vegas, NV
Catherine Wong, Owner One 2 Vapor Las Vegas, NV
Chris Finch, Owner Vapetasia Las Vegas, NV
Christopher Stanley, COO Alt Zero, Inc. Las Vegas, NV
Elmer Yumul, Managing Partner The Vapery Las Vegas, NV
Greg Belcher, Owner Vapeco Las Vegas, NV
Jamie Reza Homampour, President Blue Diamond Vapors Las Vegas, NV
Joey Chung, Owner Vape Avenue Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Kevin Whelan, Owner Decent Juice Co., LLC Las Vegas, NV
Matthew Lewis, Owner Cape City, LLC Las Vegas, NV
Michael A Torsiello, Managing Partner Vegas Vapor Emporium Las Vegas, NV
Nicholas Mercado, Owner Desu, LLC & Vapeverine, LLC Las Vegas, NV
Patrick Blount, Owner Fillco, Inc. Las Vegas, NV
Penn Elletson, Owner Pink Spot Vapors Las Vegas, NV
Alex & Brandi Mazzola, Owners Mob Liquid Labs Las Vegas, NV
Joseph Landolfi, Managing Member Hot Shot Vapor, LLC. dba Ohms 2 Vapor Las Vegas, NV
Wendy Pierce, Owner Vape Pros Laughlin, NV
Travis Centers, Owner Inked ATTY Pahrump, NV
Nathan Evans, Owner The School of Vape Reno, NV
Gary Janczura, Owner Black Rock Vapor Sparks, NV
Cavan & Jackie Westlund, Owners Guardian Angel Vapor Company & Wicked Angel Vape Company Belmont, NH Alex Moody, CEO Kinetik Enterprises, LLC Franklin, NH
Kara Tibbetts, Owner Lineage Vapors Nashua, NH
Kyle Ezzio, Owner Lineage Vapors Nashua, NH
Max Hager, Co-Owner Route 9 Vapors Somersworth, NH
Tom Slawniak, Owner Raven Vapes Tilton, NH
Chris Cook, Owner Coil & Co. Vape Supply Asbury Park, NJ
Bruce Guest, Owner Dream Drip Brick, NJ
Russ Jurczyk, Owner Gorilla Vapes, LLC E Brunswick, NJ
Robert Eichenberger, Owner Popies Vapor Lounge Evesham Township, NJ
Dan Donahue, Owner Good Karma Vapor Fair Lawn, NJ
Shobi Iqbal, Owner Good Guy Vapes Fairfield, NJ
Mark Anton, President What A Smoke, LLC Flanders, NJ
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Amber Brown, Owner Glassboro Vapor House Glassboro, NJ
Alicia Pizza, Owner The Vape Shop, LLC Hamilton, NJ
Scott Thompson, Owner Cloudride Vapor Hamilton Township, NJ
Sarah Rutland, Owner Top Notch Vapor Worthington, OH
Cory Linthicum, Owner Monkey Hut Vapor Lounge Ada, OK
Tera Schooley, Owner Dig Lyfe Vapor Co. Bartlesville, OK
Jeremiah Watts, Owner Vape Out Bethany, OK
Michelle Phillips, Owner Black Dog Vapes Bethany, OK
Ronda L McBrayer, Owner Main Street Vapors Bristow, OK
Fady Srour, Owner Vapor USA Broken Arrow, OK
Jennifer Burton, Owner Vape This Broken Arrow, OK
Michael Shrier, Owner Juiceguys Vapor Lounge & Juiceguys Distribution Broken Arrow, OK Stacy Reid, Owner The Vape Escape Durant, OK
Jack McCormack, Owner Plague MFG Edmond, OK
Jerald & Justin Holt, Owners Enid Vapor Emporium Enid, OK
Janine L Davenport, CEO Vapers Tek LLC Grove, OK
Katheryn Watson, Co-owner The Vapor Hut Newcastle, OK
Matthew Pelter, Owner/Operator Vape It Newcastle, OK
Hong Ritchal, CEO OKC Vapes Oaklahoma City, OK
Jason Waldron, CFO/Owner Heartland Vapes, LLC Oklahoma City, OK
Matthew Eaton, Owner Captivape, LLC Oklahoma City, OK
Melissa Bennett, Co-owner The Vapor Hut, LLC Oklahoma City, OK
Nadeem Khan, Owner Vapor Plus OK Oklahoma City, OK
Randy Eacret, Owner RLE Enterprises, LLC dba N2 Vapes Oklahoma City, OK
Steven Roper, Owner Ecig Depot Sapulpa, OK
Kristen Shelby, Owner Victory Vapor, Inc. Tecumsah, OK
Howard Parton, President Ecosmoke Tulsa, OK
Jeffery S Jacobi, CEO JEL Marketing, LLC, DBA Lifesaver Vapors Tulsa, OK
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Jim McEntire, Owner Rollin Vapor, LLC Tulsa, OK
Krystle Moore, Managing Member LoneStar Vapor Shop Tulsa, OK
Michelle Ragan, Owner Vapor Kings Tulsa, OK
Nick & Melissa Muller, Owner Elite Vapor Weatherford, OK
Spencer Knowles, Owner High Mountain Mist, LLC Bend, OR
Steve Johnson, Managing Partner High Mountain Mist, LLC Bend, OR
Kimberly Thorsgard, Owner Vape Junkies, LLC Coos Bay, OR
Jessica Black, COO Cloud9 Vapor Cornelius, OR
Colin Rau, CEO Emerald Vapors Holdings, Inc. Eugene, OR
Shaun D'Sylva, Founder Fatboy Vapors Gresham, OR
Timothy Porter, Owner Saver E Smoke, LLC Mcminnville, OR
Bob Foote, CEO ECBlend Flavors Medford, OR
Janna Collingwood, Member Smoke Free, LLC Portland, OR
Jason Weber, CEO Vape Crusaders Roseburg, OR
Jeremy Ellison, Owner Valley Vapors Salem, OR
Will Krause, Co-owner Northwest Vapors Salem, OR
Greg Gilfillan, Owner Liquivana Vape Shop, LLC & SnobJuice E-liquid Siverton, OR Eric Pinnell, Owner Oregon Vape Society Springfield, OR
Gary Vaughan, Owner Silver Lining Vape Shop Sweet Home, OR
Pam McBurney, Co-owner Vapor Galleria Allentown, PA
Carmine Dellamarco, Owner Casual Vapes Vaping Kicks Ash Bensalem, PA
Bonnie J & Harley Butz, Owners The Vaping Oasis & Tidal Distribution International Bethlehem, PA Daniel Artim, Owner The Vaping Oasis & Tidal Distribution International Bethlehem, PA Eric Cooper, Owner Vapor Tease Bethlehem, PA
Mariah J Bankes, Owner The Juice Vaporium Bloomsburg & Berwick, PA
Lea & Mike Scavello, Owner World’s Finest Vape Shop Bridgeport, PA
Raffi Farraj, Owner Vegas Vapes Bryn Mawr, PA
Adam Piper, Owner Cloud 9 Vapor, LLC Butler, PA
Ben Oesterling, Vice President Kingdom Vapor Butler, PA
Bob Oesterling, President Kingdom Vapor Butler, PA
Jack Riley, Owner Guntown Vape Canonsburg, PA
Christian Rider, CFO Fathom Vapor Carlisle, PA
Jay Ewideh, Owner Puff & Bean, Inc. Carlisle, PA
Steven Kane II, Owner Vast Vapor Chambersburg, PA
Jessica Oesterling, Owner Kingdom Vapor Wholesale Clarion, PA
Randy Shicks, Owner Shicks Gift and Tobacco Clarion, PA
John Dolan, Owner Smooth Vape, LLC Cleona, PA
Tracy Burk, Owner Goose Vapes, LLC Columbia, PA
Trevor Chrysler, Owner Iron Vapor, LLC Danville, PA
Anthony Cooper, Owner VaporCrux, LLC Downingtown, PA
Kenneth Cala, Co-owner/Manager The Local Vapor Doylestown, PA
Mick Duvall, Owner MaddCraft Vapors, LLC Duncansville, PA
Carrie Krouse, Owner Carrie's Smoke Shop Easton, PA
Ryan Strauss, Owner Final Boss Vapes Easton, PA
Cody Brown, Owner Tesla Vaping Elizabethtown, PA
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David Petrozzo, Owner Get Your Vape On, LLC Emmaus, PA
Kerry Medina, Owner Vapor Café Ephrata, PA
Marty Blevins, Owner Mother Vapors Gettysburg, PA
Mike Kaminkow, Owner Mother Vapors Gettysburg, PA
Amelia & Ismael Rivera Jr., Owner Sabor Vapors Hamburg, PA
Kelly Friedlander, Owner Vapors Paradise, Inc. Hanover, PA
Michael Curry, Owner LifeSmoke Vapors Hanover, PA
Dan Messner, Owner Elevape Worldwide, Inc. Harrisburg, PA
Dave Norris, Owner Blue Door Vaping & Foundation Vapor E-Liquid Harrisburg, PA Alan Fox, Owner VaporPhoxxe, LLC Hatboro, PA
Shannon Slane, Owner The Vape Shoppe Irwin, PA
Christopher Hare, Owner Nomad Vapors, LLC Jeanette, PA
Bill Nichols, Owner Top Grade Vapors & Rip It Vapors Kennett Square, PA
William Nichols, Owner Rip It Vapors, LLC Kennett Square, PA
Holly Freshwater, Owner The Vape Lab Kittanning, PA
Walter Wright, Owner The Vape Lab Kittanning, PA
Anh Mai, Owner King’s Vapor Lancaster, PA
Nancy Parrillo, Owner Nirvana Culture & Vapor Shop Mansfield, PA
James Martin, Co-Owner Photography by Renee and James Monaca, PA
Jesse Shore, Owner Jay Shore Liquids, LLC Monaca, PA
David Durley, Owner The Vape Spot Murrysville, PA
Chris McGrath, Owner Octopus Ink Vapor, LLC Natrona Heights, PA
Sarah Kastner, Owner Lehigh Vapor Nazareth, PA
Brian Wilson, Owner Fog Vapes New Castle, LLC New Castle, PA
Stanley Adelsheinrr, Owner Beer4Less New Castle, PA
Dan Messner, Owner DMV Distribution New Cumberland, PA
Jas Smith, Owner Kick’n Butts Vape House, LLC Oakdale, PA
Kathleen Dvorsky, Owner Kick’n Butts Vape House, LLC Oakdale, PA
Kenny Strickland, Owner Ken You Dig It? Vapor Philadelphia, PA
Robert Wiley, Owner Philly Vape Society, LLC Philadelphia, PA
Brent Brookstein, Owner Artifax Philadelphia, PA
Steven Rosenfeld, Co-owner Vapor Funky Monkey Philadelphia, PA
Eric & Clairissa Bordas, Owners EB Vape Attix Philipsburg, PA
Kate & Marc Conn, Co-owners Steel City Vapors & SCV Distribution Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Simko, Owner Zuro Enterprises & Vaper Shack Pittsburgh, PA
Olga Bazhutin, Owner SCV Distribution, LLC Pittsburgh, PA
Olga Bazhutin, Co-owner Steel City Vapors & SCV Distribution Pittsburgh, PA
Todd Zuro, Owner Zuro Enterprises & Vaper Shack Pittsburgh, PA
Eric Zurlo, Owner Swirling Wind Vapors Pittsburgh, PA
Gina Henkle, Owner Cool Vapes Pittsburgh, PA
Bethe' Boe-Corriere, CFO/Administrator Mountain Vaporz North Pocono Summit, PA
Jessica Matharu, Owner Six One Vapor Pottsville, PA
Christopher Wanner, President/Founder Dominant Vapor, LLC Reading, PA
Sheree King, Owner The Vapor Den Scottdale, PA
James & Leigh Anne Dargocey Infamous Vape Shop & Infamous E Liquid Scranton, PA
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Sean Slane, Owner Uis Vapes Somerset, PA
Todd Harhager, Owner Hopper's Retro Gaming & Vaping Union City, PA
Serena Richter, Owner/CEO Rich Vapors Uniontown, PA
Joshua Whoolery, Owner the Vaporium, LLC Waynesburg, PA
Mike Burgoyne, Owner MN Vapes Corp, dba Vapor Shark West Mifflin, PA
Lawrence Scholl, Owner Creekside Vapes, LLC White Oak, PA
Anthony Crook, Owner Apb VAPES, LLC Cranston, RI
David Cervone, Owner Tvlri Providence, RI
Lisa Ciarlone, Founder Vaporetti, LLC Rumford, RI
Keith Cohen-Skali, CEO/Owner Sunshine Vape Warwick, RI
Stan & Devon Holcombe, Co-owners Electric City Vapor Anderson, SC
Billy Bales, Owner Pirates Cove Vapor Lounge Bluffton, SC
Brad Rubright, Owner Mutiny Vapors, Airavata Vapors & Avalon Vapor Charleston, SC Ron Titus, Owner Columbia Vapes Columbia, SC
Lee Lance, Partner/COO Carolina Vapor Mill Greenville, SC
Deborah Gibbens, Owner One Stop Smoke Shop, LLC Hardeeville, SC
Whitney Black, Owner Urban Vapor, LLC Bountiful, UT
Edward Mock, CEO Vape Affliction Ogden, UT
Kyle Bertagnolli, Owner Nolli Designs Ogden, UT
Tyler Malan, Owner Nolli Designs Ogden, UT
Chris Talbot, CEO Ovapes Orem, UT
Paul Evans, Co-owner Vapor Craziness Riberton, UT
Riley Farr, Owner Vapor Craziness Riberton, UT
Grant Hiller, Owner iVape Salt Lake City, UT
Brandon Farnsworth, Owner The Chubby Baker South Jordan, UT
Weston Jarvis, Owner Freedom Vapors Spanish Fork, UT
Tysen Johnsen, Owner Cloud 9 St. George, UT
Kevin Henrie, Owner Rebel Goat, Inc. Tooele, UT
Juan Bravo, Owner VIP Vapors Vineyard, UT
Brendon Gunn, Owner Cloud 9 Systems, LLC Washington, UT
Farhan Iqbal, Owner Alternatives West Jordan, UT
Ahmad Kabir, Owner Liberty Vapors, LLC Ashburn, VA
Jennie Baxter, Owner Steam Mill, LLC Blacksburg, VA
Deborah Markwith, Owner Cape Vapes Cape Charles, VA
Tami Taucher, Owner Mom and Pop Vapor Shop Charlottesville, VA
Jay Taylor, Owner Voltage Vapin, Inc. Chester, VA
Jaimie Dobra, Owner Cushymod Chesterfield, VA
Yan Gleyzer, Owner Vape Guys, Inc. Colonial Heights, VA
Alexandra Morano, Owner The Valley Vape Company, LLC Essex Junction, VT
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Daniel George, Owner I95 Vapors Fredericksburg, VA
Kristen Pryor, Owner RVA Vapes Glen Allen, VA
Michael Maculley, Owner 7 Cities Vapes Hampton, Newport News, Gloucester & Virginia Beach, VA Don Sr, Don Jr & Andrew Henley, Owners DNA Enterprise, LLC, dba Mech Sauce Lynchburg, VA
Leonard Wright, Owner Lake Anna Vapes, LLC Mineral, VA
Justin & Amanda Jacobson, Co-Owners Dr. Fogsmiths Vaporium & SVC Distribution Moneta, VA Dennis Davis, Owner 7 Cities Vapes Newport News, VA
Alex Batista, Owner Vape Xotix, LLC Norfolk, VA
David Masker &, Owner Maskervape Plus, Inc. Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Enterprise, Toano & Simpsonville, VA Phillip Condrey, Owner Maskervape Plus, Inc. Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Enterprise, Toano & Simpsonville, VA Paul & Angela Harvey, Owners Cloud System Solutions, LLC Pearisburg, VA Sammy Gaita, Owner Frontline Vapes Poquoson, VA Andrew Byrd, Owner The Last Machine, LLC & Pinkies up, LLC Richmond, VA Chip Anderson, Owner Zen RVA Richmond, VA
Rodolfo Reyes, Owner Juiced Up Vapes, LLC Richmond, VA
Charles M. Hutsell WC Vapor Company & WC Vapor Distro Roanoke, VA
Jason L Williams, Owner Pro Vapes, LLC Roanoke, VA
Michael Provost, Owner Vapamotive Stafford, VA
Claudia Kabir, Owner Liberty Vapors 2, LLC Sterling, VA
Hoyt Adickes, Owner Driptography Suffolk, VA
Duane Lassiter, President 7 Cities Vape Virginia Beach, VA
Phillip Thompson, Owner Master Vapor Virginia Beach, VA
Randall Steele Smith, Owner Vapor Chasers Virginia Beach, VA
Elhoussin & Amy Baddi, Owners VA Vape Shop, LLC Virginia Beach, VA
Roger Gregoire, President Roovapes Waynesboro, VA
Denise Ann Forney, Owner Vapezone Williamsburg, VA
Tracy Musgrove, President Revolutionary Vapes, LLC & Colonial Vapes Williamsburg, VA Chelsea Karche, Owner Ohana Vapors, LLC Winchester, VA
Tanya Cagle, Co-owner Vaporzz, LLC Winchester, VA
Chris Davis, Owner Puffin Vape Allyn, WA
Eugene T Lee, Owner i-vape NW Auburn & Federal Way, WA
Patricia Haven, Owner Vapor Haven Enumclaw, WA
Levi Brennan, Owner Clouds the Limit, LLC Everett, WA
Michael Clark, Owner Vapor Cloud, LLC Federal Way, WA
Eric Green, Owner Voodoo Vapors Gig Harbor, WA
Gary Delgado, Owner Two Knight Vapors Gig Harbor, WA
Kathy Delgado, Owner Two Knight Vapors Gig Harbor, WA
Gary Fletcher, Owner SmokeStop Vapor, Inc. Kennewick, WA
Margo Ross, Owner Dr GoodVape Kennewick, WA
Craig A Bradford, Owner Tri City Vaperz Kennewick, WA
Austin McKinney, Owner Mega Vape Lynnwood, WA
Margo Ross, Owner Cloud 509 Moses Lake, WA
James Hoy, Owner Northwest Fog, LLC Oak Harbor, WA
Alex Lewis-Young, Owner South Sound Vapor Lounge Olympia, WA
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Allan Kettle, Owner Vape D Lish & Trekker Vapors Olympia, WA
Larry Pierini, Owner Miomi Ejuice Olympia, WA
Sopheara Buth, Owner South Sound Vapor Lounge Olympia, WA
Margo & Lawrence Pierini, Owners South Sound Vapor, LLC Olympia, WA
Shane Brooks, Owner Clandestine Vapes Pullman, WA
Jayson Silva, Owner Vape Fusion USA, LLC & VF Liquids, Inc. Puyallup, WA
Richard & Lisa Sauve, Owners MAXX Vape Puyallup, WA
Greg Todd, Owner Vapehead Origins Richland, WA
Gabriel Laurant, Owner/VP Sales Vertigo Vapor Seattle, WA
Kevin Knapp, Owner Pure Vapor Seattle, WA
Aaron Crisp, Owner Crisp Vapes Silverdale, WA
Chris Bateman, Owner Vapor Select Spokane, WA
Krew Cunnington, Owner Krew’s Vape Shop Spokane, WA
Judy Courchaine, Owner Freedom E-Cig, LLC Spokane Valley, WA
Kimberly Thompson, Owner The Vaporium Tacaom, WA
Margo & Lawrence Pierini, Owners MiOmi Ejuice Tumwater, WA
Aaron Oxford, Owner Vapor Factory Vancouver, WA
Josheph Fennen, Owner Vapor Factory & Avg Joes Juice, LLC Vancouver & Spokane, WA
Clint Pettee, Co-Owner River Reserve Eliquid Vancouver, WA
Shaun D'Sylva, Founder Fatboy Vapors Vancouver, Battle Ground, Hazel Dell, Belfair & Silverdale, WA Kristin Sealock, Owner All Things Vape N Smoke West Richland, WA
Roger Stout, Owner The Vaping, LLC Bridgeport, WV
Tiler W Lockhart, Owner Third Eye Elixir Charleston, WV
Andrew Hilts, Owner Capital City Vapors Charleston, WV
Marta & Robert Hays, Owners Vandalia Mist Extracts and Vapors Charleston, WV
Kevin Raymond Walker Schoolcraft, CEO Vapescape Clendenin, WV
Jason Lewis, Owner Elk River Fog Vapor, LLC Elkview, WV