This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Ray Story (born in 1964) is an American businessman who is the founder and owner of The United Tobacco Vapor Group (UTVG) USA as well as UTVG Europe BV, both electronic cigarette companies.[1][2]
Ray Story | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Advocating for vapeing and founder/CEO of UTVG and founder/CEO of TVECA |
He is also the creator of Flavor Vapes, Premium Vapes, Vape Master Cigar, Wanna Vape, and E-Hitter, all of which are brands under the UTVG name. The company's vaping products are sold worldwide online and in store.[3]
Career
editIn 2008, Ray founded an Electronic Cigarette company called Smoking Everywhere. As owner of Smoking Everywhere, Ray initiated the litigation against the United States FDA claiming the e-cigarette was indeed a tobacco product and not a drug delivery device. On December 7, 2010, Ray and the E-Cigarette industry won a unanimous court decision siding with the industry position.[4]
He created of a new patented vaporization technology for the E-Cigarette called "qmos"[citation needed] which moved away from the traditional heating methods of first generation vaporizers and e-cigarettes in favor of a wick-less and coil-less technology for longevity and consistency.[5]
Ray later founded and became the CEO of The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA), a trade association dedicated to advocating for electronic cigarette market by providing the media, legislative bodies, and consumers with education, communication, and research.[6][7]
He successfully defended the position of the e-cigarette as an alternative tobacco product as opposed to a drug delivery device in the United States in 2009[8] and defended from the Dutch government in their attempts to ban the e-cigarette in 2012. Ray alongside the TVECA is currently working to duplicate this process in other parts of the world where there exists highly prohibitive or restrictive laws pertaining to the e-cigarette.
References
edit- ↑ "FDA E-Cig 'Deeming' Rule Imminent". CSP Daily News. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ↑ "When e-smokers breathe out, what do we breathe in?". The Washington Post. May 28, 2013.
- ↑ Susan Scutti. "Teens use e-cigarettes for 'dripping,' study says". CNN. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ↑ "Injunction Filing by Smoking Everywhere against The US FDA" (PDF). Food and Drug Administration. April 28, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-03.
- ↑ "New Vaporizing Technology, qmos, set to Revolutionize Vaping and E-Cigarette Industries". PR Newswire. December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Ray Story of TVECA addresses factasia seminar | factasia – consumer advocacy". factasia.org. Retrieved 2017-03-22.[dead link]
- ↑ "Vaping industry offers academic scholarships to high school kids". Reuters. January 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Will FDA regulation change e-cigarettes' billion-dollar industry?". america.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
External links
edit- fda.gov – The initial injunction filing against the FDA from Smoking Everywhere
- https://vapexpo.ru/en/post/rey-stori-generalniy-direktor-tveca-i-noviy-spiker-cis-vapour-dialogues – Ray Story speaking at VapExpo in Amsterdam
- http://ec.europa.eu/health//sites/health/files/tobacco/docs/ev_201300117_mi_en.pdf – Ray and the TVECA working with The EU Commission to form an E-Cigarette Regulatory framework (now, The Tobacco Products Directive).
- http://www.cspdailynews.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/fda-e-cig-deeming-rule-imminent – Ray Story interviewed by CSP about the new Deeming Regulations on tobacco products in the US
 | This article about an American businessperson born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |