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    Mellencamp could be a high profile advocate

    I just came across this article about John Mellencamp Mellencamp to quit smoking, if Facebook helps - Celebrities- msnbc.com whom seems as if he is a prime candidate for a concerned fan to coax him along his path of tobacco abstinence with our favorite smoking alternative. Think about it...
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    an explanation? as to recent missing/seized overseas supplier packages??

    This would seem to be a "black hole" that an ecig order would not likely be resurrected from: washingtonpost.com if your package is pulled into this dragnet, do you really think that it would get resealed and forwarded to it's eventual destination? Not to mention the possibility that due to...
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    A Misconception on vaping?

    I became convinced some time ago that the atomizers die an early death due to mechanical stress. Each time you remove and reinstall the atomizer to a spent battery you are subjecting it to a mechanical stress. It's sort of like when you bend a paperclip back and forth enough times it cracks in...
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    Melting 510 Carts - Solution?

    Something else that contributes to melted carts is "keep it wet, no melting" "allow it to run dry = overheating and melted cartridge" It is all pretty elementary. I think the best method by far is the 901 cartridges though.
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    Melting 510 Carts - Solution?

    If you orient the cart in the proper position they don't melt. The insulator inside the atomizer is shaped the same as the cart ( circular with 2 flat sides), and the cart needs to be installed so that the comparative shapes are 90 degrees offset from each other, or you can think of it as a...
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    ATTENTION: NEWBEES or FIRST TIME PURCHASERS FROM "X"SUPPLIER

    Someone who is going to bash a specific supplier owes it to all here at ECF to use the search function and do past performance research on thier target. If the supplier has a history of such behavior, then "bumping" the thread with a fresh posting would be more informative than adding to the...
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    addressing the potential of Li-Ion batteries that can spontaneously combust (fire!!)

    I have posted here on ECF before about this dreadfully dangerous aspect of the battery technology that we depend on for our devices, and this just hit the news circuit and concerns a manufacturing technique that could render this "malfunction-in-waiting" less of a concern for us all. A short...
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    If you had it to do over...

    I wish I could have avoided the whole standard "stick" style batteries for the 510 all together. My recommendation to a "never tried it" would be to get a couple of pass-throughs ( a spare for if one breaks ) , a dozen or so of the flat black atomisers, a couple 30ml bottles of 24mg juice (US...
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    Addicted to ecigs after analogs????

    I gradually tapered my traditional tobacco cigarette consumption to zero over a period of about 5 weeks, and the withdraw from the 4000 or so chemicals during that time was still fairly unpleasant, suffered almost all of the documented side effects of that removal of that host of crap. At this...
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    Thoughts and questions over the 510 after 2 weeks

    ALL of my qualms about the 510 were extinguished the moment that I steered clear of the standard batteries and built a nicostick boxmod. I use two 14500 batteries a day, and can keep the charge cycle from ever interfering with my needs. The last atomizer worked fine for 5 weeks plus before I...
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    CNN ireport -publication for the masses-

    About iReport I was trolling some news sites and was graced with the pop-up on the CNN site that included this dialogue: Welcome to iReport, where people take part in the news with CNN. Your voice, together with other iReporters, helps shape how and what CNN covers everyday. So you know...
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    Contact US Today Editors

    I follow just about all the news links that I find on the ECF, and usually enjoy reading the comments that follow most any article that provides interest to me. When I amble through the aforementioned comments, I invariably quit when I come across the shameless and ultimately self-serving...
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    Slate e-magazine -compromise to outdoor smoking bans-

    Since we seem to already be demonized as "smokers" in a growing number of municipalities, is this : Human Nature : Outdoor Smoking: A Compromise what we can expect to endure once decisions are made and imposed upon us about the "acceptable areas" for "consuming"? I can only imagine that...
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    New and un in proved reduced PG

    I've opted for reduced PG recipe from the start due to my obvious (to me) sensitivity to PG only juice. I have experienced many side effects (moderate to fairly severe) during each of my forays into the "PG only consumables" vaping products. For me, it has been a "better safe than sorry"...
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    How did you first hear about e-cigs?

    Originaly I read about them in an online news article, probably MSNBC, and that was close to two years ago. Late this spring, I was listening to Howard Stern, and one of the show producers was talking about how he had taken up vaping and how satisfying it was when compared to his prior smoking...
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    Reply from Governor Schwarzenegger about S.B.400

    I got this reply this evening concerning my letter to the Governor during the lead-uo to the California bill we were all so worked up about. I redacted the personalization(s) (of course), and thought that I would bring the reprint back here to help show that there is still some class evident in...
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    VIDEO: The Truth Will Come Out About Anti Smoking Groups

    video is very smooth, audio is sorta noisy, music somewhat problematic. Cute dog.
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    Poll on Captivate.com

    In the less than a hour from the time of the first post, positives grew by another 11%. Now up to 81% !! My IE8 is totally up to date, and I got no warnings or otherwise from my visit to vote the poll. Maybe your UAC or IE thresholds are set on the high side.
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    Formidable new foe

    Well it seems to be heating up folks, three instances of opposing propoganda from just as many major daily papers in a single day does not bode well for our adopted alternative to smoking. If Judge Leon's decision magically appears before the end of the week, and happens to bow toward the anti's...
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    China Airmail (i need a straight up answer)

    My packages (quite small) from Heaven's Gifts and DealExtreme both took every bit of 25 days to get to me. Once the tracking showed "New York" it was about 4 days to my door. The pigeons that they employ for airmail in China are quite overworked, and probably the only workforce over there that...