TMA to Host Annual Meeting, Conference and Centennial Celebration

Source from:  Business Wire 04/13/2015

TMA, the global information center for the electronic cigarette/e-Vapor and tobacco industries, is celebrating its 100th year of industry service providing a steadily growing series of web-based and e-mailed information programs covering regulatory and market-related trends in these businesses. The event will be held May 18 - 20, 2015 at the Kingsmill Resort in historic Williamsburg, Virginia down river from Jamestown where tobacco was first successfully grown and exported in the US. TMA brings together all stakeholders from industry, government, public health and the financial community.

Opening remarks will be delivered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after which will begin a two and a half day intensive conference on "Evidence-Based Science and Regulation of the Tobacco and E-Vapor Industries." Sessions include:

The Decline in Combustible Cigarettes & Product Sector Updates

The Relative Risk Continuum & Communicating Product Risk

Tobacco Harm Reduction: Public Health Benefits

The Evolution of Tobacco Control

The E-Vapor Gateway: To or Away from Cigarettes?

Heat-Not-Burn vs. Open & Closed Systems

The Financial Outlook of the Industry

A Workshop: In Search of E-Vapor Product Standards: Is There a Divide Between Industry, Government & the Public Health Community?

A gala Centennial Dinner will be celebrated on the evening of Tuesday, May 19th. Enditem