Smoke Assist TV commerical

[rival11]

This is the first e-cig commercial I've seen. It's for a company called "Smoke Assist" - the unbelievable thing? They advertised it as an alternative to smoking rather than a quit smoking aid. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Hopefully the positivity keeps rolling.

Anyone else seen this or any other commercials?

 

[R1ppy]

No I haven't seen any myself but I have heard people tell me "Hey is that an e-cigarette? I've seen them on an infomercial." In my opinion the commercials are great to show more people the benefits to vaping but I think I can accurately assume that ordering the ones from the commercials are not the way to go.

They usually sell poor quality PV's at crazy expensive prices and use the health benefits to explain why it's worth paying so much for them. Hopefully more people get on the computer to do research before calling them with their credit card...

 

[R1ppy]

I just looked up the Smoke Assist brand and it turns out they don't even offer carts containing nicotine, it's all 0 nic. That's why don't don't claim to help people quit...

 

[foggy1]

Suprised you saw this in NEW YORK, where they are trying to ban ecigs..
Hopefully people WILL go their computers and make good choices
Heard here on the radio today that they cannot sell these in Cal. as smoking censation(sic) devices
It's good that the word is getting out about these, more converts !

 

[Tam323]

It's absolutely ridiculous IMO that they are trying to ban "e-cigs". I am diabetic and asthmatic and have been trying to quit analog smoking for years. I have tried everything from cold-turkey to the patch to chantix. None of it worked for me but one day of vaping and I'm through with analog cigatettes and am already breathing better. As far as I'm concerned these PVs (e-cigs) are an god-send and if need be, I will join forces to keep them legalized and available!

 

[trashguy]

ive heard commercials in nyc on the am news channel 1010 wins for awhile , i think it was for
smoke asassin though. if i remember right its one of those trials where they send you carts every month.

 

[R1ppy]

I don't see how e cigs could be banned, if their argument is the FDA's "optinion" of e liquid thats just down right bull ..... Google PG and read the wiki page on it, testing started a long time ago that included inhalation and PG has been approved by FDA as a food additive. There are no test results that have come back to show any substantial negative effects, plus to allow tobacco products and ban vapor alternatives is like a smack to the face of consumers...

 

[Tam323]

There are no test results that have come back to show any substantial negative effects, plus to allow tobacco products and ban vapor alternatives is like a smack to the face of consumers...

I totally agree. It would be like saying, "we don't want you to take nicotine but we would rather you die from the 3000 poisons in a cigarette than get a coffee type hit off an e-cig and be more healthy." Everything always comes down to money though. In the end it will all depend on who stops making money because of the VPs and how much of a fight they put up over it. IMO

 

[rival11]

Yeah, Kinda crazy to see one air in New York - did not know they were zero nicotine either. If you go their main page you will see the commercial I saw earlier today:

https://www.smokeassist.com/

 

[Amutt]

how nice of them to give you the ecig free after you pay 90 bucks for the carts.

 

[kelleymcm]

I saw it here in oklahoma the other day, just the tail end tho, so I didn't catch the name .... but 0 nic that is just silly & can't be very helpful... the radio commercials have been running here for a while also or so friends have said ..."yeah you can get a FREE one so why would you pay for one ??" Just goes to show that folks believe what they hear/see with out really paying attention to what they are hearing/seeing

 

[WomanOfHeart]

What a crazy rip off! $90 for the carts?!? ZERO nicotine AND they send you replacement carts every month? Sounds like the BS we warn people about all the time. Love how when I closed the page I got a pop asking me if I really wanted to navigate away from the page and gave a "14 day FREE TRIAL" pop up.

 

[Petrodus]

This is just one of "many" examples of advertisement the public sees that gives E-cigarettes a bad reputation. Smokers who only recently heard about E-cigarettes order and then find they are useless for helping them quit smoking (no nicotine). They tell all their friends that E-cigarettes are just junk rip-offs.

I question if Big Tobacco and Big Pharma might not be silent partners with the radio & now TV add scams and the ones selling crap in smoke shops and convenient stores, which of course are close to worthless. Get a piece of the E-cigarette market and at the same time getting the public to spread the word that E-cigarettes are just nothing more than toys to blow smoke rings.

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[Matodd]

Went to the site its the same version of the e-health ecig that I ordered as my first pv (only mine had nic). I quickly moved on to something better. But I must say that it still works. And I soooo did not pay $90 for it I think I got it for like $30.

While at first this looks like good publicity for vaping IMO it's not, Petrodus is right. People try them they don't work to help you quit because you are essentially going cold turkey and tell their friends and family hey these are junk. There are too many people out there that don't do their own homework and just follow what someone else says.

M

 

[Petrodus]

Matodd wrote:
There are too many people out there that don't do their own homework and just follow what someone else says.

The Majority will not research. The sad truth is most don't even know how to research.

Many that do research depend on Google. Heck! Google "Electronic Cigarettes". One will be hit by an overwhelming number of "Commercials". The majority that are not commercials, have links to the" Blu" website and others offering (at the most) low levels of nicotine.

Every marketer of E-cigs should be required to include an ECF business card in every kit.

 

[Nixsdaddy]

Even if they do research, different people have different tastes. Someone can research for a year and have all the information they can get, buy a PV, and find out they don't like something about it. So they either send it back or use it until they can try something better. The main thing is to get off the analogs.

Not everyone can just pick up an eGo or a Riva 510 off the bat. Some it's not as much about the nicotine and more on oral fixation and the looks of a PV. Myself, I have a Blu. Ya, I paid a bit more for a substandard battery, but it's what got me off the analogs. So that's money well spent. I now have an eGo on order and ready to take the next step in my vaping experience. But I will still have my Blu as a backup and use for the "Stealth Vape".

 

[Matodd]

I found ecf by googling.

 

[msqun]

ANOTHER note to think about is if you look at their ingredient "label" on the site there is 1% vanill(IN) which is ONE of the things that is not overall thought to be so safe for inhalation from other threads here and what little research there is. 15% Vanilla extract in there that is "OK" But that vanillin is what really POPS out at me. Just another bad IDEA. Good to get the word out, BAD publicity for them seeings how MANY will fall victim and then as has been said, they will speak negatively to those around them about. SAD! ALMOST wanted to get excited about the commercial, but changed my mind. That's MY 0.02

 

[mgmrick]

I live in cny last week during prime network abc had a 30 second comerical from blu e-cig

 

[DocWyatt]

They have to call ecigs a smoking alternative and not a smoking cessation device. That is per the FDA, or at least that is my understanding. Personally I consider that definition more accurate anyhow. Ecigs do not assist in stopping smoking, they assist in people stop smoking analogs. Depends how you view things...

I believe to call it a smoking cessation device it has to be FDA approved....