"Did the FDA Just Hand the E-Cigarette Market to Big Tobacco?"

[Katya]

I'm not sure who Blu is owned by, but I've seen articles where altria and lorillant appear to be apologizing for not recieving returns on their investment or comments that sales have been flat too. This seemed like one of the few honest reviews.

The Official E-Cigarette of SXSW Tastes Like Crap | Motherboard

Lorillard.

 

[Katya]

cigalikes are the market at this time. People on this forum are a minuscule percentage of vapers. njoy has done so well because they are the closest to having the feel of a real cigarette...

Err, not exactly, not anymore.

From the article linked by Bobbily:

According to Wells Fargo's recent Tobacco Talk survey, more than 70% of retailers carry or plan to carry VTMs (vapor-tank-mod) soon, and nearly 70% of retailers either already see a negative effect on traffic from vape shops or expect to see a negative effect soon,

 

[stevegmu]

Err, not exactly, not anymore.

From the article linked by Bobbily:

Actually, I do remember reading something about Walmart selling e-juice...

 

[Katya]

Actually, I do remember reading something about Walmart selling e-juice...

Very much so. Say hello to Haus!

Haus™ Personal Vaporizer Now at Walmart Stores in Oklahoma | Business Wire

 

[sonicdsl]

Very much so. Say hello to Haus!

Haus™ Personal Vaporizer Now at Walmart Stores in Oklahoma | Business Wire

Ummm...

No. 1 E-Cig Brand at World’s Largest Retailer Begins U.S. Rollout of its Personal Vaporizer in the Sooner State

 

[Katya]

Hey, don't blame me. I didn't write it.

I just link stuff.

 

[Berylanna]

It looks like NJoy changed their mind.

hxxp://www.cspnet.com/category-management-news-data/tobacco-news-data/articles/new-njoy-products-will-bring-vape-national

From the article, AMMUNITION for us to use when cities/counties try to ban "vapor lounges" (and they always exempt the actual convenience stores that sometimes fail to card!") Now we can show that promoters of such bans really TRULY are BT shills!

According to Wells Fargo's recent Tobacco Talk survey, more than 70% of retailers carry or plan to carry VTMs soon, and nearly 70% of retailers either already see a negative effect on traffic from vape shops or expect to see a negative effect soon, she said.