Something easy we can ALL do.

[F4u5t]

I had to start keeping stock in my car .People would either ask where in the hell did i you get that or Ya some guy was selling them for $125 .So I started keeping extra new units in my car .I will sell them at my cost and even give them a free 3 mil of juice and poly fill . So far i have sold 15 and have given 3 away to friends




Love of the Dammed

 

[Mitty]

why not just put our personal stories up on youtube. maybe make an e-cig awareness channel on there. Youtube vids have a very good record for going viral. We could be our own lobby.

here's hopin'

-Mitty

 

[yvilla]

I've been doing essentially as Surf Monkey suggested for 8 months now - using my ecig just about anywhere and everywhere I go (where not wholly inappropriate) - and never once has anyone gotten angry, or even had cause to get angry. Nor have I ever once stuck anything in anyone's face!

So I fail to even comprehend what Sun is going on about. Maybe it's because I don't use a device that looks like a cigarette, or even more likely it's simply because I have common sense and use common courtesy wherever I go and whatever I do, but to equate what Surf Monkey is suggesting with "intentionally trying to get a lot of people angry" is ludicrous, IMO.

 

[webtaxman]

I will use them to make people angry. But only my "enemies," which thankfully are not many. I am talking about when you get pulled over for a ticket, and you know you can't talk your way out of it...the officer needs you to sign the ticket, I'll take out the wrong "pen" and vape while I look for a pen (no, never use the cop's pen).

Tomorrow I have an administrative hearing over a parking ticket I appealed. I know once I get to the Superior Court of CA, that my appeal will be granted. The lower level administrative hearings are a joke. I already know what the decision will say word for word. I shall vape until told not to. I've done this too many times. I keep a digital voice recorder in my shirt pocket. Am I allowed to record the hearing? I never asked, and no sign said I couldn't. Apparently it is okay, since they see it when the metal detector goes off. I'll vape while they hand scan me. You see, I am not making everyone angry, the other people are there for some infraction too. I will only anger those who work there. Trust me.

I'm with you surf monkey--if not us, then who? No, not the W.H.O.

 

[imsewsure]

I think this is a great idea and have been spreading the word every chance I get. I will be traveling to NY (where you can't smoke indoors) from Florida (where you can't smoke indoors if food is served there)) in a couple of weeks and will see my mom who is a bartender in Denver (where smoking is also not allowed indoors) and hope to educate her and her boyfriend on e-cigs and everyone I meet in NY. I plan to make small informational business cards to hand out and hope that the smokers I meet will visit this site and read up on e-cigs. Even if they don't convert, at least maybe they'll be educated. Also, I have become a member of e-cig groups on my facebook where my friends see my groups and ask about the e-cigs. One already has her order placed. I've also educated my local family members and have sent them the web sites to check out when they have time.

 

[imsewsure]

Jeez...I just read my last post and it sounds very much like I want a pat on the back. I do not, I'm just trying to give everyone different ideas for spreading the word.

Also, if you are a member of facebook, e-smokey-treats has a group and he gives monthly coupon codes.

 

[JustMeAgain]

I agree it's important to get the whole concept out there...

I've read some threads that advocated keeping it low key, and that doesn't make sense to me. I thought maybe there was some risk of being beat up with a baseball bat before I could explain that it wasn't a regular cig.

I recently got my first ecig and plan on showing it off whenever I can.

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Surf--IMO--I think your statement you made here is more on point:

"I think the answer is somewhere in the middle. Be polite, but be open too. There's no reason to be a jerk about e-smoking. But there's also no reason to be cowed into not doing it when it's not likely to bother anyone else.

For example: I wouldn't appreciate someone blowing vapor up in the air in front of me in a movie theater. By the same token, I wouldn't give a crap if someone was e-smoking in the lobby of a movie theater. It's about being respectful but assertive."


That sounds about right--but like Jim Davis points out---"I don't flant it" If I get the opportunity to explain what is is all about to someone and it is in the right place, I do. But like Jim, I too also stick to designated smoking areas.----Sun

 

[Surf Monkey]

Respect, but don't cower. Teach but don't intrude.

Make Thursday "vape in public day!"

 

[popsec]

I've been vaping for over 3 months now and getting braver each day about vaping in "non smoking" places. It's thanks to e-cigs that I've finally managed to kick a 40 year habit and I want to spread the word

 

[Bones]

Well -
I know I got some attention last week without even trying -

I had one of the E-9 cartomizer models - sent it back cause it sucks But anyway -

I was walking down the sidewalk at a local shopping center. Right in front of the door to the place I was going was a little cafe table with 4 people sitting and sipping sodas. I was just puffing away with the little red light going and they all noticed me because I was right in their line of sight - On my way into the shop I took one last long drag and as I exhaled a huge cone of vapor I shoved the e-cig in my pocket - I saw all of their eyes get big as saucers and over my shoulder I heard a conversation start up - something along the lines of -

"Did that guy just stick a lit cigarette in his pocket?!? Did you see that? What was that?"

Hehehe - I didn't engage them - but a conversation certainly was had - As well as a good chuckle on my part

 

[solonguniverse]

I'm just a waiter, but I work at an Irish Pub. We allow smoking in the bar, so I bring it up with my customers a lot of the time. They're all intrigued and you can tell that if you talk to someone who's never heard of them before they're much less likely to pass judgment. It's funny I've turned most of my co-workers onto the idea really quickly, because it worked so well for me. I haven't hidden my vaping from anyone yet. I'm really happy to be a good example for once.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Good to hear! Those are the kinds of stories that will help solidify vaping as a "normal" public behavior.

 

[seminolewind]

Done..........

I have smoked for 35 years. That's 255,500 cigarettes. Nothing helped me quit. Now I have found something that works even tho it wasn't advertised as such. I have not smoked in 9 weeks. Not alot but I will not ever smoke a tobacco cigarette again.

I understand that Big Tobacco, the Government, the Pharmaceutical makers, and so on will lose an astounding amount of money if a large percent of smokers quit smoking tobacco. In my lifetime, all the cessation aids that have been offered to smokers have only helped less than 5% of smokers stop smoking. The 3 groups mentioned above constantly remind smokers that smoking tobacco is harmful, causes cancer, and causes 400,000 tobacco related deaths a year.

When a device gets invented by someone, and it truly works for more and more people, why does the FDA want to remove this device when they should be embracing it for potentially saving so many lives? Why does it feel like I and many others can't count on the Government to help us ex-smokers remain tobacco free?

Do Tobacco companies, the Government, and Pharma really want people to be tobacco free, or are they just pretending?

I spread the word at every opportunity. I pass out vendor cards I get with my orders. I must have spoke to hundreds of curious people in the last 8 weeks. Some non smokers have even tried a puff or two (I carry alcohol swabs). I'm having alot of fun doing it.

Karen Fletcher

 

[RandallFlagg]

Everywhere I've gone into the public eye, a cloud of vapor follows me.
I've had no rage or disgust directed towards me to date. Only curiosity.
I've printed out and passed out 2 sheets of business cards detailing the device and it's functions, with the link to this forum.

I fully intend to continue.

 

[Surf Monkey]

It's very cool that everyone seems to be doing advocacy all on their own. Nice work!

 

[RandallFlagg]

It's very cool that everyone seems to be doing advocacy all on their own. Nice work!

As a forner smoker, there comes a point when one says, "This far, no farther."
I can do this, and expose the bigotry for what it is.
My vaping is a nicely suited tool to do this, even though I haven't seen the bigotry yet.
But I know it will come soon.

 

[RoswellGrey]

Done..........

When a device gets invented by someone, and it truly works for more and more people, why does the FDA want to remove this device when they should be embracing it for potentially saving so many lives? Why does it feel like I and many others can't count on the Government to help us ex-smokers remain tobacco free?

Do Tobacco companies, the Government, and Pharma really want people to be tobacco free, or are they just pretending?

Karen Fletcher

First of all, never depend on the government to help you in any way, shape for form.

Despite everything, cigarettes rake in billions of dollars -- especially for the government. It would be relatively simple at any time to simply ban cigarettes (the U.S. did this with alcohol once) if the government really cared about your health. This will never happen for the simple reason that too much money is at stake.

Eventually, the government will figure out a way to tax e-cigs and Big Tobacco will get into the manufacturing of them and life will go on as always under the ever-intrusive eye of the FDA.

 

[seminolewind]

As a forner smoker, there comes a point when one says, "This far, no farther."
I can do this, and expose the bigotry for what it is.
My vaping is a nicely suited tool to do this, even though I haven't seen the bigotry yet.
But I know it will come soon.

I think it was you that had those cards online. Can you give me a link for them? I would like to copy them if it's alright.

The ecig does bring out bigotry. I get alot of (but you still have the habit) , and my reply is that the habit alone, the urge of hand to mouth, does not hurt anyone. Does biting your fingernails?

 

[seminolewind]

First of all, never depend on the government to help you in any way, shape for form.

Despite everything, cigarettes rake in billions of dollars -- especially for the government. It would be relatively simple at any time to simply ban cigarettes (the U.S. did this with alcohol once) if the government really cared about your health. This will never happen for the simple reason that too much money is at stake.

Eventually, the government will figure out a way to tax e-cigs and Big Tobacco will get into the manufacturing of them and life will go on as always under the ever-intrusive eye of the FDA.

RoswellGrey, good point about never depending on the gov. My idea to bombard them with mail is to get some of the public to see them for what they really are.

Do you think that attending Tea Parties , handing out info would be a good idea?