Hi All

[G-Fog]

Greetings from New Zealand.
After puffing the stinkies for 50 years, I started vaping a month ago, and am pleased to say, have not had even one cigarette since.
Thanks for this extremely friendly and very imformative site. Look foward to getting more involved as I progress.
I presently have an Aspire nautilus Mini, a couple of Kangertech K3D's and a few X6's. Which will keep me going for a while.
Keep well.

 

[Maytwin]

Welcome to the forum @G-Fog

 

[Bobw1951]

@G-Fog Well done and keep it up, I smoked for 53 years and gave up 2 years ago last Feb, never looked back, hope your Gov is better than most of the idiot ones around the planet and allow you to carry on.

 

[K_Tech]

Welcome, @G-Fog , and congratulations on putting down the smokes!

 

[Txaggiesaunt]

Welcome to ECF and congrats on your new journey into the vaping life.

 

[G-Fog]

@G-Fog Well done and keep it up, I smoked for 53 years and gave up 2 years ago last Feb, never looked back, hope your Gov is better than most of the idiot ones around the planet and allow you to carry on.

I really don't know what our Gov will do. Nic is banned in NZ, but it is quite legal to import for private consumption, which is a worry if USA and UK ban it.
They seem to be followers rather than leaders, so will probably wait and see what other Gov's do before making a decision.
Go figure

 

[G-Fog]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks.

 

[Bobw1951]

I really don't know what our Gov will do. Nic is banned in NZ, but it is quite legal to import for private consumption, which is a worry if USA and UK ban it.
They seem to be followers rather than leaders, so will probably wait and see what other Gov's do before making a decision.
Go figure

From what I can make out the UK will be restricting Nic and eLiquids containing Nic to 20mg/ml or 2% and no more than 10ml bottle size, from November nothing higher can be bought by retailers for the public to buy, but it will still be available for eLiquid producers to make their juices, any stock that does not comply must be got rid of by June 2018, also tank sizes must not exceed 2ml and must be leak proof & childproof (that means they will be OAP proof as well already have trouble trying to open some eLiquid bottles), of course none of this stops us from getting larger tanks from outside the UK/EU, and hopefully after we actually get through the divorce, we should be able to lobby our Gov., who appear to be more pro vaping than a lot of others, to create a decent law to replace the EU Directive

 

[G-Fog]

From what I can make out the UK will be restricting Nic and eLiquids containing Nic to 20mg/ml or 2% and no more than 10ml bottle size, from November nothing higher can be bought by retailers for the public to buy, but it will still be available for eLiquid producers to make their juices, any stock that does not comply must be got rid of by June 2018, also tank sizes must not exceed 2ml and must be leak proof & childproof (that means they will be OAP proof as well already have trouble trying to open some eLiquid bottles), of course none of this stops us from getting larger tanks from outside the UK/EU, and hopefully after we actually get through the divorce, we should be able to lobby our Gov., who appear to be more pro vaping than a lot of others, to create a decent law to replace the EU Directive

Could it be that big tobacco are very concerned at potential loss of revenue, and that they will do anything to stave off all opposition, and possibly campaign contributions would be reduced so the Gov panic?. Or maybe Brussels are too concerned about losing their dictatorial grip on the member states which means a decrease in their finances. At the end of the day there is nothing in the world that does not revolve around money.
Or is it just me being cynical?

 

[Tommy-Chi]

Could it be that big tobacco are very concerned at potential loss of revenue, and that they will do anything to stave off all opposition, and possibly campaign contributions would be reduced so the Gov panic?. Or maybe Brussels are too concerned about losing their dictatorial grip on the member states which means a decrease in their finances. At the end of the day there is nothing in the world that does not revolve around money.
Or is it just me being cynical?

Welcome to ECF!

I think you understand big tobacco and the greed of govt very well.

 

[BrotherBob]

G-Fog,
Welcome and glad you joined.
Might like to read:
Australia - New Zealand Forum
Beginner | Guide To Vaping
ECigarette Academy: Essential Need to Know for New Vapers
One Stop Reference Shop For New and Experienced Vapers
Learn About Vaping Here - Everything Ecigs - From Beginner To Advanced
Ch. 4 E Cig Battery Basics: Cig-a-Likes, Egos, and Mods – Vapex
(10) Advancing Up the Vaping Ladder with Egos and Mods | E-Cigarette Forum
(4) Good Starter Setups for a Beginning Vapor | E-Cigarette Forum

 

[G-Fog]

Thanks Brother Bob

 

[Bobw1951]

At the end of the day there is nothing in the world that does not revolve around money.
Or is it just me being cynical?

It's always about Money, and it's not just BT but the Big Pharmaceuticals as well that are losing money on their silly NRT products that only work for a small % of people, that also contain Nicotine but for some reason are not classed as Tobacco Products like e-cigs

 

[avault]

welcome to the vape world!!

 

[G-Fog]

It's always about Money, and it's not just BT but the Big Pharmaceuticals as well that are losing money on their silly NRT products that only work for a small % of people, that also contain Nicotine but for some reason are not classed as Tobacco Products like e-cigs

Good point Bobw, maybe it's time that e-cigs were called something different? How about a drive to come up with a new name?
I think personal vaporisers might work.........suggestions?

 

[gingertalk196]

Hi G-Fog welcome to the ECF forum and good to have you here. Congratulations on giving up cigarettes after 50 years! WOW, that is really something to celebrate....

 

[G-Fog]

Thanks gingertalk196, it's great be here amongst so many like minded folk.

 

[Dan40]

Welcome. I am just a little ahead of you. I smoked for 40 years and haven´t had one cig in 7 weeks. Hang in there.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

*waves* from Arizona!

 

[G-Fog]

Welcome. I am just a little ahead of you. I smoked for 40 years and haven´t had one cig in 7 weeks. Hang in there.

Thanks Dan40, I'm actually enjoying all the new things that I am learning, and of course being smoke free