Smokefree Innotec products are "vapor-free" ?

[neededandwanted]

"Smokefree Innotec, Inc. is in the business of designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing hi-tech, nicotine and non-nicotine cigarette-like delivery devices which are completely smoke and vapor-free and tobacco-free."

That quote is about halfway down this page:
http://www......................../press-releases/federal-court-ruling-opens-u-s-market-for-smokefree-innotec-products

It looks like this company is selling something very different. In Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg they are selling some sort of eCigs that come in packs of 20, like American analogs.

http://www......................../product/smokers-option#vending
(scroll up to see their eCigs in a store)

They claim to have about 5000 vending machines over there.

So far, it looks like they are only selling the non-nicotine ones while they wait for the legal difficulties to be handled.

So... any idea what they are selling in packs of 20 and cartons of 200 units that are "vapor-free?"

 

[malyden]

From their website

The device is an electronic stick on which a filter fits which contains the aroma and the nicotine. From time to time the battery has to be charged with a Zippo-shaped power unit.

IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – 12/13/10) – Smokefree Innotec, Inc. (Pinksheets:SFIO – News), an established international distributor of e-cigarettes ()| Electronic Cigarettes : Smokefree Cigarettes : Smokers Option

 

[jtpjc]

That's new to me. And I'm Dutch. Never heard of them. That would certainly have made some headlines over here. I need to investigate.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

the links seem to be broken.

 

[basilray]

Innotech?

Didn't they burn down after a hilarious plot to steal the fractions of a cent moved in every transaction went awry? That reminds me...I need to update the cover page on all my TPS reports!

 

[jtpjc]

"It will be available soon in vending machines, tobacco stores , gas stations and supermarkets, as well as on certain airlines and in duty free shops all over Europe!"

Available soon they say. If they can actually pull that off, I applaud them.

By the way, a pack of twenty disposables from a vending machine!? You would spend half an hour putting all the Euro's in.

 

[jtpjc]

Basilray, how's your stapler doing?

 

[jtpjc]

If you ever visit my part of the world, I have some printers laying around.

 

[neededandwanted]

I still don't get the "vapor-free" bit. Also, those 20 packs on the store shelf look like the smallest unit they sell. I know they also sell some more normal PVs, but what are those things in the 20 packs? Maybe micro-disposables with tiny batteries?

jtpjc, they state they are already selling all over Benelux (the non-nic versions) and have 80% of their 5000 vending machines filled and placed in retail locations, mentioning specifically bars and hotels.