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    Tired of the hassles, buying a pack of cigs.

    I can empathize with the frustration of unsatisfying vape products. I too spent way too much money on e-cigs, moving from brand to brand, style to style, until I found what worked for me. In my experience, the cig-a-like vape products (like the one-shot disposables and the rechargeable...
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    Help please

    Haha, agreed. I'll be sure to look you up if I'm ever down in Texas. As far as the regulation issue goes, I suppose my opinion is a little in both camps. On paper, it sounds great. Standardized products and ingredients, tax revenue for states, guidelines for companies to follow to ensure safe...
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    Shortness of breath

    Let it be noted that no claims have ever been made that vaping is a healthy practice... just a far less harmful alternative to smoking tobacco. I have been a smoker on and off since I was 18 (I'm 29 now), and I've "quit" around seven times now. I can tell you from experience that the cold-turkey...
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    Help please

    No need to apologize, it's refreshing to see someone who can disagree and argue his or her point eloquently without resorting to ad hominem attacks. Please feel free to disagree with anything I say :)
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    Help please

    Agreed, agreed. I wasn't trying to suggest that regulation would solve the issues many of us face when purchasing from online vendors, just that the lack of regulation makes it easy for companies to screw over their customers (I'm looking squarely at YOU, SafeCig!). Having a physical location...
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    Help please

    One unfortunate side effect of the lack of federal regulation on e-cigs is that many companies offering the product can get away with being absolute ****bags. NJOY never responded to my emails after being 2 weeks late on delivering my order. Blu replied to my email regarding a non-functioning...
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    The general dislike of BLU

    I've tried and owned at least one of each of the various forms of e-cigs, from the disposables to the rechargeable "cig-a-likes" to the high-end PV mods, and I can say without a doubt the Blu was the most disappointing of the bunch. My first e-cig was the V2, which I really didn't have many...
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    New Member, greeting the forum with an essay! 'The Backlash'

    Long done with school, this is just for fun. Anything I'd write professionally would of course be riddled with citations and sources. By the way, LOVE the flying spaghetti monster! Long live logic and reason. :)
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    New Member, greeting the forum with an essay! 'The Backlash'

    Thanks, AngelDawn! It's great to post on a forum where people actually appreciate reading something that's longer than a sentence or two. Some subjects simply cannot be dumbed down to fit into a "Tweet", but the vast majority of internet denizens (even on supposedly "intellectual" forums like...
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    New Member, greeting the forum with an essay! 'The Backlash'

    Thanks, all! In case you haven't picked up on it, I do sort of fancy myself a writer, so please, if there are any subjects regarding vaping that you'd like me to research and opine on, I'd be more than happy to check out your suggestions. I'd love to be a respected voice of reason in the...
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    New Member, greeting the forum with an essay! 'The Backlash'

    Thanks, Kaezziel! Very good point about DHMO, too. It's found in household cleaning products, swimming pool chemicals, mass-produced beer, mass-produced food, preservatives, and dozens of other commonly consumed products that we interact with on a daily basis. It's also well-confirmed by...
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    New Member, greeting the forum with an essay! 'The Backlash'

    Thanks for the praise, Katmar! Much appreciated. As for the "C word" thing, I'm not sure if vaping would have taken off in the first place without the reference to cigarettes, but I certainly see your point. As long as people associate vaping with cigarettes, we will always have to deal with...
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    New Member, greeting the forum with an essay! 'The Backlash'

    Hello! I'm new to these forums, but I've been vaping for several years now and would love to contribute to the greater community. As my first foray onto the boards, I'd like to share an essay I put together regarding the negative backlash visited upon the vaping industry and its customers by the...