Hi @ all from Germany

[eve1331]

Hi,
I started vaping in december 2011 and had the last cigarette of my about 15-year-lasting smoking-career on december, the 14th. If you need some personal information: 30 years old, female, software engineer, one cat, no man, no cry

In the last few months I sucked in as much knowledge as possible from the two bigger german forums (dt & erf). So far I'm not infected by any mod madness (yet). Still vaping on eGo-T and C, practicing my reanimation skills on the attys from time to time (so far very successful - all of them are still alive and kicking) and sometimes even trying myself in the dark field of liquid magic (unfortunately only at a novice level, but maybe I'll get better someday).

The vaping community in Germany is growing stronger, despite the media campaign ... I hope that maybe some day people will have the freedom of and be able to obtain information on their own, so they won't be misled by our "independent" press organs and all that copy-and-paste-journalism...

I've learned lot in the last few months and hoping to find even more useful knowledge in the depths of this forum

Enough for today & happy vaping to all of you

 

[jimbill]

Hello and welcome to ecf

 

[jj2]

Big hi & welcome!!!!!!

 

[NaturesEncore]

Welcome abroad . . . wait . . . aboard!

This had me rolling -----> "If you need some personal information: 30 years old, female, software engineer, one cat, no man, no cry " I like you already!!!!

 

[Chris77]

Welcome to ECF!

Curious, what sort of media campaign are they running out there against e-cigs? Why?

 

[eve1331]

It started out with some negative statements from a researcher at the DKFZ (German cancer research department), which were copy-pasted through a big part of the german newsletters, then a politician from the Green Party spoke out a "warning" and overstepped her field of competence by stating a decree which forbade the selling of liquids containing nicotine in the German State NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen). Her argument was the e-cigs should be treated as a pharmaceutical product and should not be sold without a proper accreditation (I'm not sure, if I chose the proper translation here).

Just a few days ago a small court of justice decided, that the e-cig is definitely no pharmaceutical product and the decree was void...

 

[Chris77]

Interesting- nice to know that German politicians have fields of competence though! Here in the US, I'm not sure any of them do

With the smaller court's decision, does that permit the sale of e-liquid again in Germany?

(Was certification the word you were looking for?)

 

[Ratchet]

Hallo nach Dresden von einer Landsmaennin! Hi to dresden from a fellow German! Ich lebe schon seit 18 Jahren in den USA aber bin trotzdem Deutsche und werde es immer bleiben! Switching to English since most ECF users don't speak too much German. LOL! Well, went to Germany in December before switching to E-cigs so I'm glad that so far, it is not regulated there yet, either. Planning on going back home next year in February and not planning on carrying a bunch of liquid with me. Found a liquid shop only about 20 miles from where I live (Freakyalley.de) that I'll try once I get there...... Was a 20+ year, 1.5 pack a day smoker and after switching in February, haven't had an analog since. Mod madness has grabbed me a bit, I went from a mini to a Lavatube, but what's worse - juice madness has it's firm grip on me and my debit card is very mad at me this month! Gruesse nach Deutschland!!!

 

[eve1331]

I just found a thread concerning this subject: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/eu-legislation/282039-german-state-e-cigarette-ban-defeated-court.html

Well, the sale never really stopped afaik, although there have been some unpleasant (and maybe unrelated) actions in individual cases. But the image of vaping has been influenced (to the worse) by all these measurements and I believe that there has been a significant loss of sales...

 

[somasky]

big hi from hungary

 

[eve1331]

@jimbill, jj2, NaturesEncore, Chris77, Ratchet:
Thanks for the nice and warm welcome

@Ratchet:
Hallo zurueck aus Dresden in die USA
I'm pretty curious, how is it like moving from Germany to the US? Was it hard to get accustomed? Are there things from Germany you really miss? Is it really true what my aunt says about american food or is it possible to get and eat healthy stuff as well?
You should not have a problem with buying liquids in Germany, in the last months e-cig-shops sprang up like mushrooms
And about FreakyAlly: I did order a lot of software from them lately, they are well known for their good quality

 

[Tiny]

Welcome to ECF Eve, and congrats on 4 months away from the smokes! A King's Ransom of knowledge and helpful people in this place. Ask a lot of questions and pass on some helpful information and you'll fit in.

 

[Startle]

Thanks for the very well written and informative posts and good luck to you!

Vape On!

 

[DannyVIP]

Welcome congrats on 4 months !

 

[nansc]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

 

[dano-bri]

howdy from canada and welcome
u quit smoking about the same time as i
lots of great info and help in this forum
u might get lost in here, i did a couple of times lol
enjoy

 

[bushmasterar15]

Welcome to ECF.

 

[PaNiKoS]

And a big hi from Greece eve1331.

 

[EGH621]

hi from Phils.

 

[muhkuh0815]

Hi & welcome neighbour