I Saw E-Cig Commercials On TV!!!!!!

[St. Nick]

Wow, I couldn't believe it, I saw 2 e-cig commercials on the TV tonight, one for EZSmoker, and the other for Vapor something. The EZ was nicotine free and the other company I think didn't say, but I was floored actually watching it & that the word was finally getting out in the media. Has any one else seen any television commercials, too? If so by whom and did they say if they had nicotine or not? Or is this the way that they can bypass the cigarette ad bans on TV by not having nicotine in their PV's? YES, SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Michael Curry]

Cool!

If you hit my banner, it takes you to the website of my local store - they only sell vaping wares. Anyway, on the website is the ad they run on TV here - and also embedded is an e-cig clip from Letterman that's just priceless.

Nice to see word getting out to the masses.

 

[apologiz2lat]

never seen on TV

 

[bondfire]

that is so cool.....

 

[Shannon65]

Cool that it's on tv but it's one of those autoship outrageously priced deals...so a lot of people are going to get shafted.

 

[Scottitude]

I suggest reading through the thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/65772-do-not-order-free-trials.html.

TV and radio commercials as well as magazine ads usually fall into this category.

 

[Mr. P]

FreedomsmokeUSA also runs a local tv commercial out their in Arizona also.

 

[Scottitude]

FreedomsmokeUSA also runs a local tv commercial out there in Arizona also.

Now that's cool!

 

[WVvet]

We've got the ads too. I like that the word is getting out BUT those overpriced "Free" crap deals will be a disappointment to so many...wish they could all just get on ECF.

 

[paulsonlaw]

ummm.... where did I read the EZsmoker was produced via big tabacco? It explains why the tv ad is so lame. BT wants you to buy a cheap POS at a high price so you give up on the vaping concept and keep smoking.

* Also, the tv ad is so lame as BT also want to sqash the cool image vaping is becoming. This is why people will ask/ tell you, "oh yeah, you got one of those fake ones"
We can all agree, vaping is about the coolest fad there is starting up, not to mention function. BT need this image killed quik.

Anyone want to second this?

 

[BlueMoods]

Yep, the outdoor channel is full of e-cig commercials. I guess they think hunters want it to avoid odors while hunting.

 

[paulsonlaw]

^^^ Same reason why no smoke shop around here carries a good PV, they are ALL knock offs here. It's not the high profit, they want you to try & fail so you continue to kill yourself!

 

[Mindfield]

Yeah, I've been getting them on digital cable from some US stations, too. They look like your average crappy gas station E-cig. I'd rather see some real E-cigs advertised so people don't try these expensively cheap ones and get turned off of the idea because of how bad they are. (Well, they may not be terrible, but the odds are against them.)

Hey, if we all donated, how much would it cost to get a public service announcement for the ECF on the air?

 

[Shannon65]

Something that can help is if people go into their local tobacco stores and educate the owners.

 

[paulsonlaw]

Yeah, I've been getting them on digital cable from some US stations, too. They look like your average crappy gas station E-cig. I'd rather see some real E-cigs advertised so people don't try these expensively cheap ones and get turned off of the idea because of how bad they are. (Well, they may not be terrible, but the odds are against them.)

Hey, if we all donated, how much would it cost to get a public service announcement for the ECF on the air?

Well, we have 20,000 members yes, so 5 bucks a pop would get it<??? (no idea)
Great idea!
I know if I hadn't found ECF & read about how those cheapo's are timed failures, I would still be smoking today I think!

 

[paulsonlaw]

Something that can help is if people go into their local tobacco stores and educate the owners.

!!! I tried & they was ...... I bought a real one! !!! They carry the NLA, real cheapo 510

 

[Michael Curry]

Something that can help is if people go into their local tobacco stores and educate the owners.

My local tobacco store closed. There's a vape store here now though.

Why spend the money on a public service announcement? According to this thread, all the TV ads are for the ripoff scams. Who'd want to be one of those, and who would pay attention anyway?

Seriously, some of the things that have been said in this thread... Educate others? Erm, I think it better start closer to home first if we want to have any chance of succeeding elsewhere.

 

[Michael Curry]

Cool that it's on tv but it's one of those autoship outrageously priced deals...so a lot of people are going to get shafted.

Not the one I mentioned. If there is one generalization that's actually accurate, it's the one that says generalizations are never right.

 

[Amraann]

I had never seen a e cig commercial until last week.
It was for smokeassist.com

Just total crap IMO. Yeah the cig is free but the carts are 89$ for 20! Which they "claim" last a month.
Although I think it is good that news is getting out about e- cigs and some consumers will do research before ordering.
I worry about those that do not try because of the expense or those that try that crap and think that is what it is to use an e cig.

 

[Uncle Willie]

Ads are a double edged sword .. they may get more folks into the fold, but they draw attention to the e-cig and will likely prompt a quicker Governmental / FDA testing/study, whatever ...

What this industry needs are standards ..