Does it bother anyone else...

[ejuiceconnoisseur]

Seriously, does it bother anyone else that the handful of celebrities who vape, with their millions of dollars that could afford them the coolest mods in existence, are all vaping convenience store e-cigs? What the hell!?!? Are they so pampered that they won't even do a google search on their own? We could really use a celeb who successfully quits a long smoking habit using "advanced" e-cigarettes with clearomizers, flavored E-juices, etc.

 

[emegaz]

some use provaries

 

[Dtori]

I know they are pampered but I also think some may be paid to use certain devices in public!

 

[Tiffany Smeggin Peak]

makes me think that they are getting a kickback from those companies, may not be true, but it is a thought...
would be pretty cool being a celebrity vaping on an mvp with a vivi nova full of some Mt baker juice... or anything that doesn't look like a ciggy or is well pretty imo

 

[DC2]

Katherine Heigl owns a Provari, but I have never seen any other celebrity that isn't using a stick battery.
And yes, it bothers me too.

 

[warrenao]

Seriously, does it bother anyone else that the handful of celebrities who vape, with their millions of dollars that could afford them the coolest mods in existence, are all vaping convenience store e-cigs? What the hell!?!? Are they so pampered that they won't even do a google search on their own? We could really use a celeb who successfully quits a long smoking habit using "advanced" e-cigarettes with clearomizers, flavored E-juices, etc.

They're being paid an absolutely terrifying amount of money to promote those products, most (if not all) of which are owned by tobacco companies.

 

[MJTP]

Honestly, I will not lie, I think Blu is tremendously smart when it comes to how their brand looks. The new $35 kit is fantastic to look at. Great lil charger kit, great looking batteries. Thing is, they don't turn on after 6 days, and include 1 faulty battery and 3 burnt cartos. Horrible quality.

Truth is though, my Blu, for the 4 days the charger kit and cartos that worked, produced a pretty darn good amount of vapor. I'm sure the celebrity's get a kit that works, and if they do, I'd use it if I were them. I'm switching to bigger set-ups, but I'm not leaving the house with it; going out, I'll still send my Blu in for repairs and fool with that.

Personally, I wish more celebs were even seen with the cigalikes; I've never once in my entire town saw a public person smoking an e-cig. It just doesn't happen, even with Blu being in every gas station and Walgreens. But it's probably because they throw them away a week later!

 

[Aoi~]

Shoot, if I had Njoy send me as many Njoy Kings as I want like Bruno Mars, I wouldn't even own any PV. Why bother? Fiddling, refilling, rebuilding. Just open a brand new one everytime I want to vape.

 

[DanMcVap]

I would venture to say that these celebs are a business, and their brand is themselves. So, an e-cig company contacts the celeb and says, "We will pay you $$$ to promote our product". Celeb says, "ok". Marketing, marketing, marketing.

 

[Equus5O]

Shoot, if I had Njoy send me as many Njoy Kings as I want like Bruno Mars, I wouldn't even own any PV. Why bother? Fiddling, refilling, rebuilding. Just open a brand new one everytime I want to vape.

That's what I was thinking. They can afford it, so why bother with the maintenance, etc. that is part and parcel of vaping.

 

[crxess]

Just our luck - Simon and Snoop

 

[vjc0628]

Image ,Cigalikes wont attract as many headlines as an expensive mod
I'm sure they have them but cigalikes for when out in public

 

[Abbell]

Just kids on the playground. They understand mom and dad got them GAP clothes because they demanded them, but they won't alter them unless there is a payoff.

Being in the spotlight I am sure has some influence. Be that a promotional offer or the fact that carrying a tank on a MOD may be a bit extreme for their image. This will eventually evolve for better or worse. If vaping takes hold in larger numbers you may see more interesting devices. Right now the cool kids are just using smoke-a-likes in general. In the end it will benefit the rest of us as long as some variety pops in from time to time.

 

[Ryedan]

Doesn't bother me in the least. The more exposure any ecig gets the more people will know ecigs exist. The alternative is no exposure, or companies like Provape start handing out PVs to celebs. Hmm, that might not be such a bad idea ...

 

[bleachboy]

This does not bother me at all. I can think of something like 8,271,294 things that bother me more. Like mosquitoes, for example. Dang South!

 

[RosaJ]

I don't know they get paid for it. The tobacco companies probably give them away for free like the pharma companies give doctors free samples of their medicines. If the patient tolerates it, then the doctor will write the prescription. All they're asked to do is to use them in public. It's a great publicity campaign.

 

[Plumes.91]

If I had 10 million in the bank I'd just have my assistant buy me 217 Njoy Kings each month and use/discard 7 a day. I wish I had that kind of money. It'd make vaping a whole lot easier. Too bad Njoy Kings didnt come 5 to a pack for the ridiculous price for ONE that they are at now.

 

[Xenu2112]

Blue obviously has the cool image, market recognition, and financial backing to be the most visible right now. It's just a shame that the system most newbies will reach for is so poorly made that, once they see it's limitations, their opinion of e-cigs is likely to be colored forever.

Plus, they surely could have found a better celebrity pitchman for their commercials...although it's probably the highest-paying gig Deacon Fr...I mean Steven Dorff has had since 'Blade'.

 

[warrenao]

I don't know they get paid for it. The tobacco companies probably give them away for free like the pharma companies give doctors free samples of their medicines. If the patient tolerates it, then the doctor will write the prescription. All they're asked to do is to use them in public. It's a great publicity campaign.

I'd bet the last thing Courtney Love did for free was Kurt.

 

[Leithan]

You think Katherine get's kick backs from Provape?