MVSO Mission Statement
 
Michigan Vape Shop Owners is a trade organization;
​built on the belief that sensible industry regulation is essential to our existence and the health of our communities.
​At it’s core are the small business owners who embody the entrepreneurial spirit,
that this industry and Country were built upon.
 
We believe in the fundamental right of our members to shape the legislative process;
thereby creating just laws that support a sustainable and prosperous tomorrow.

Regulation is inevitable and should we fail to act: big tobacco and other groups will act for their own benefit.

We believe it is a self evident truth, that all members voices are equal. Your thoughts, contributions, and accomplishments: will be recognized, celebrated and respected. We succeed together or fail alone.
As individuals our voices will fall upon the deaf ears of bureaucracy.
Collectively though, our many voices become great ​by the synergy of a common purpose.
A purpose that conveys mutual benefit upon our customers, employees,
families, and the health of our communities.
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Join the fight and help preserve this industry for those that built it. 
Tomorrow is to late.
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“A single man of one, only pebbles can be moved, but many men together,
​stands no mountain that can't move.” Robert M. Hensel​

The Members of MVSO, our Lobbyists, and our Attorneys
believe in public transparency
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We are committed to act for the benefit of our members
​and the communities they serve

The MVSO is working with Lawmakers to support sensible regulation; that will assure peoples access to the widest selection of quality vaping products.  Some of the regulations we support include:
  • ​Mandatory use of age verification software (ID scanners)
  • Possible restrictions of sales to adult only establishments, or establishments that have adult only areas
  • Significant fines for retailers selling to minors
  • Significant fines for individuals purchasing vaping products for underage users
  • No taxation of vapor products.  The purpose of levying heavy taxes on cigarettes was to reduce usage of a product causing an incomprehensible level of harm.  We do not believe that taxing e-cigarettes in the same way, is a good public health policy.  Public Health policy decisions should be based on science, as exemplified by Public Health England's concluding that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than smoking. 
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In the words of Dr. David Abrams a Professor at NYU, e-cigarettes represent;  
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"the single biggest public health opportunity we've ever had in 120 years to get rid of cigarettes and replace them with a much safer form of nicotine for everyone."


 MVSO is a 501(c) non profit trade group, representing manufacturers and brick and mortar vape shops throughout Michigan.
​We've come together to work for sensible legislation, to keep vaping safe and legal in Michigan and beyond.