This simply gets worse and worse. I submitted 8 forms, detailing everything about the shipment of one bottle of E-Liquid and the sample cartridges. I had been emailed a truly complex "invoice" that the shipper was supposed to fill out. Now how do I get E-Cig's shipper to do that? They now say I can fill out the invoice that E-Cig should have filled out. Here's the latest exchange:
US Customs is requesting that the information all be submitted on an invoice. The importer (recipient) is authorized to revise the invoice in order to make entry with Customs. Please see below.
User ID . . . . . SARO Keyword . . . . .
fda referral fda hold need to provide revised invoice with better desc
c/o, mfg info name and address and also need to know end use, it is
for stop smoking device or not....saro/ftn
Please place all the information onto 1 revised invoice so that we can present it to US Customs.
IMO, the most important question here is "it is for stop smoking device or not?" I wrote that quitting smoking is not its advertised use. Frankly, I don't know what they want to hear, since I told the truth.
I'll add here two of the paragraphs I wrote Customs explaining the liquid and how it's used. I don't know how I could be clearer, or more truthful. I feel like this is "The Eve Incident" for e-smoking in the U.S.
These liquids are used for what has become known as e-smoking. It's a healthier way to "smoke." Basically, the liquid contains nicotine. That liquid is dripped into a cartridge. An e-smoking device resembling a cigarette, cigar or pipe contains the cartridge, a battery, and an atomizer. When air is drawn through the device, the atomizer heats up, creating a vapor that is then inhaled, as smoke is from a tobacco product. But here, there is no tobacco; there is no combustion. The liquid is the source of vapor, which is the source of nicotine.
Some are trying to quit smoking with this product. I myself have not smoked cigarettes since acquiring my e-cigarette, e-cigar and e-pipe. But that's not its purpose. It is an alternative to cigarettes, a way to satisfy a smoker's cravings without subjecting the smoker to all the carcinogens in smoke. The manufacturer does not call this a smoking cessation device. It's an alternative to tobacco smoking, a much healthier alternative.
