Strasbourg, 26 February 2014

Today s vote in the European Parliament is a milestone towards a harmonised regulatory framework for electronic cigarettes in Europe and ideally globally. We will continue to work with the European Commission and EU Member States to ensure this less harmful alternative to conventional tobacco products is widely available to smokers while strictly and uniformly regulated. Ray Story, CEO of TVECA

Commenting from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ray Story, CEO of TVECA, said the Directive recognises e cigarettes as a specific product within the Tobacco Products Directive and introduces strict quality, safety, packaging and labelling standards thus setting a new standard for the protection for consumers in the world .

While the Directive will lead to higher costs for the sector to comply with all the new requirements it also will contribute to the sector s longevity and thus to a solid future for the electronic cigarette as a less harmful alternative to conventional tobacco products.

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Bumming Cigarettes is a short film about a brief and intimate meeting between a young Black lesbian woman who is in the process of taking an HIV test and a middle aged Black Gay HIV Positive man. Coming off of the devastation of a bad breakup with a girlfriend, Vee musters up the courage to go and take an HIV test to put her worst fears to rest. What she experiences during her trip to a local clinic is much more than she expects while sharing a cigarette with a stranger, Jimmy, during the 10 minutes that she awaits her test results.

Alia Hatch makes a strong debut in this short film, as a young Black lesbian woman looking to discover her status. This is a breakthrough performance for James Tolbert, a native Philadelphian and professional actor living with HIV for 21 years. Alia and James deliver a moving performance in this film that explores complex issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic including the loss of intimacy and stigma that persons living with HIV/AIDS may encounter, while also encouraging awareness around HIV/AIDS testing and the way we treat persons living with the disease.

Starring Alia Hatch, James Tolbert, Gerloni Cotton, Vincent Du, Zerandrian Morris, Kaamilah Milton, Gary Kramer, Peaches Jones, Katrina Clark, Johnny Rans

CREW
Executive Producer/Director/Writer tiona.m.
Cinematographer Sienna Pinderhughes
Sound Recordist Richard Hamilton
Original Music & Film Score Rucyl Mills
Line Producer Gala P. Goodwin

Film Festival Screenings

2012 Philadelphia QFest Philadelphia, PA

2012 BlackStar Film Festival Philadelphia, PA

2012 Corona Cork Film Festival Cork, Ireland

2013 Langston Hughes African American Film Festival

2013 Sistah Sinema Screening Tour Atlanta, Greensboro, Portland, Cleveland, Chicago,

2013 frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

2013 Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

2013 Fresno Reel Pride Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

2013 GFest Gaywise Fesitival London

2013 Queer Film Festival MEZIPATRA Prague & Brno, Czech Republic

2014 Queens World Film Festival2014 Massimadi Afrocaribbean LGBT International Film Festival 2014