Vaportrailz Contest- Who would you like to see stop smoking?

[darkstorm]

I will be announcing the winners about this time tomorrow night!

 

[Hokus]

Thank you darkstorm!

And good luck to all of the hopeful future vapors we wish to convert

Saving lives were people, we are saving lives

 

[dolphins35]

Thank you DarkStorm!
Cheers to all the new Vapers that this will help!!
Awesome theme for a contest

 

[wandawag]

morri.....that is awesome news! so happy for you!

 

[wandawag]

i was going to enter this contest, but so many others need the stuff...such sad stories. good luck contestants. and thanks for this wonderful contest that is going to help many! that is awesome!

 

[darkstorm]

First off thank you to all those who participated and shared their stories. If I had the means I would send out kits to everyone who entered as all the entries are more than worthy. As a micro business I offer excellent starter kits at very low overhead so they are accessible to all. That is my mission. For me profit is not my primary motive, its reaching people who are addicted to a deadly product. One that has killed several of my most dear and to change that fate for as many people as I can. I would ask that you please consider me for your entry level kit needs and encourage you to try some unique juices you will not find anywhere else.



DreamingButterfly81

Ok here's mine. I lost my Dad to smoking related illness, I swore I'd quit. I tried frequently using various techniques, but it wasn't till I found ecigs five years later that I saw success.

My mom and my brother both still smoke. It breaks my heart! They live in another state, so while they have heard of my success, they haven't *seen* it. I've been working on them since I've quit, but without the financial ability to ship them start up gear and info its been very hard. Lo and behold! Last week I got a text from my little brother with some questions, including where to buy. I wanted so badly to just be able to say "hey, bud, don't worry about all that, its in the mail!" I'm convinced if my bro could get the setup in hand he'd make the switch. I'm also convinced that if my mom were to *see* him quit with ecigs, she'll follow his lead. So my entry is for my brother, who after a year of pushing the concept away is finally showing interest. Massive bonus for the domino effect of my mom quitting too!

Thank you for the chance!

cocoabellaRSD

Who do I want to see get off analogs and onto vaping :
My son's best friend and his wife. (My son's best friend is like my adopted son) I have been trying to convert them from analogs to vaping for the last yr, since I started vaping.
But they both continue to smoke. They recently have had 2 life changing events that make me want them to quit smoking more than ever. He (my son's best friend) lost his mother a few months back to oral cancer b/c of her smoking. And b/c he and his wife recently had a baby. They need to both quit analogs so they are not exposing that baby to any second hand smoke!!!! They need to quit analogs so they
can assure that new baby that both parents will be around for a long long time! My son's best friend has PTSD from spending a year in Iraq and he smokes like a chimney due to the stress of his PTSD. I want him to convert over to vaping instead of consuming all
those carcinogenic analogs.

Aurora-Oblivion

I'm not a good story teller, but I'll try to give you some thoughts on the loved ones in my life that have lost the battle, and some that I'd love to see get away from analogs but can't quite convince them just yet. Maybe with your help I could get them started and away from the terrible analogs!

We've lost a few in our family due to smoking, but the one that affected me most was my grandfathers passing. He was only 67, and smoked most of his life I believe. In the last 5-10 years he was diagnosed with a throat cancer due to smoking, and then was also diagnosed with emphysema later on too. About 5 years before his passing he had to get a tumor removed from his throat, and things got so bad he had to have one of the Laryngectomy surgeries leaving him talking out of his throat with one of those dreaded boxes.

That surgery sucked so bad for him, he hated it (For the way it made him feel, scared some of the grand-kids) and knew it would end up happening if he couldn't quit smoking, and he tried very hard too but just couldn't win. He tried cold turkey many times before this happened, over several years, but could only make it a few days or a week or so, and then the stress would make him give in. He also tried some meds, not sure which were around back them, but he was really trying hard and couldn't win no matter what. Sadly, he ended up loosing the battle a few years ago, and the grand-kids have been scared for life I'm sure, so hopefully they wont pickup the habit.

We do however have a few long time smokers in the family that his passing hurt badly as well, and it sacred them about analogs and they'd like to quit, but of course have a terrible time trying. And so I've tried to convince them to try vaping, but with all the devices out there, and all the fear talking going around by haters and the misinformed, they are worried about it and think it doesn't work. I've showed them mine, and even let them try it, and that's what got them looking around for more info, but they just say it's all scary and too much to take in.

I would get them kits to get them started, but funds are always super tight for our family, and they can never agree with me on what hardware they might like. I even tell them it may take going through a few devices, tanks, ect before they find what works for them, but I just can't get them to take that initial jump to get started. If I could afford it I would have already grabbed a few cheaper kits for them and just told them to start with those, and then get them in here, but sadly I can't afford to do that and they just seem scared to take that initial jump without a push.

It makes me so terribly sad to read all of the stories of lost loved ones here, I feel badly for you all and only wish we could all help out our loved ones before it's too late!

Thank you for the generous and thoughtful kit offering darkstorm, if only everyone could have a kit on hand to give to everyone we'd like to save, then the world would be a much healthier and happier place!

priorities

I consider myself so lucky to have found vaping. It has changed my life and my health as well. My father died of throat cancer after smoking for decades as well as his father. I so wish there was vaping available then for them both. I have met many young people who come up to me and ask about my vaping when they see me vape. They are so so interested and I am so happy to see that I always give them the info and cards of vendors and give them advice as well . There is one young man in particular who wants to quit badly. He is only 18 yrs old and he is the one I think of when you ask who would you like to see switch to vaping. I don't want to see him end up like my father and others who have died and suffered with the horrific illness that smoking causes. It warms my heart to see young people interested in vaping and gives me great joy to advice them as well. Thank you for this contest and I am so very sorry about you father and grandfather. I have a similar story as well, they both asked me to stop and I said I would and couldn't until I found vaping. Now, I feel so good that I quit and switched for myself and for them. It truly changes lives. I love how vapers want to help others, it is just so so wonderful to see. Good Luck to you all. My heart goes out to those of you who have loved ones or friends who are ill and suffering or suffered a loss dues to smoking. My sympathy to you all as well. {{{{{hugs}}}} to you all~ xoxoxo

 

[Hokus]

Congrats to the winners and the ones that they help!

And a big thank you for the contest

Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

 

[priorities]

***Oh my goodness* oh wow ***
oh** thank you so so much DARKSTORM and Hokus and of course vportrailz* *** oh how thrilling for this young man I can't WAIT to see him and give him this kit oh how sweet and generous you are * oh how wonderful thank you so for letting me help him and prevent him from a lifetime of 'smoking' oh goodness it will feel so so wonderful to nip that right now oh you can just imagine what this means to me after having family die from the ravages of smoking oh thank you so so much what a difference this will make in his life and oh he will be SO thrilled** and I am so thrilled to give it to him thanks to YOU oh and everyone who won CONGRATS to you all oh and everyone who entered I so hope all of your friends and loved ones find vaping..such a life changing thing oh just oh goodness thank you SO SO MUCH I am so surprised and so THRILLED ** this is just fantastic what a sweet and generous thing for you to do for others to help them stop smoking and I will send a pm now...biggest {{{{hugs}}}}}to you all....and remember those young people you see that are just starting and oh they need us as an example so important....* YIPPEE once again ha and thank you so CONGRATS to DREAMING COCOA and AURORA *** SO happy for you all it's congrats all around when you can help someone to quit oh wow** xoxoxxo
and ******thank you again vaportrailz*****such a special one this was too******

*******HERE is what I hope we can say to those we help and soon too******

{{{{{hugs}}}} to you alll~ xoxoo

 

[cocoabellaRSD]

Thanks so much VaporTrailz ! I am so excited to have won this kit for my son's best friend whom I call my adopted son.
I have been harping on my "adopted son' for the last year to quit smoking and start vaping.
I have let him try my ecigs and he seemed to like them but he never took that step and ordered a kit.
I am stoked to win this kit for him. Now he won't have any excuse to NOT quit analogs!! wooohoooo
I cannot wait to see the look on his face when I hand him his first ecig kit . (*;*)
Thank you so very much , from the bottom of my heart. You have paid it forward to an American Veteran !

 

[cocoabellaRSD]

Congrats to the contest winners.

thank you VT for this contest. It allows people to PIF for people that they care about and wish to help along the path to a smoke free life.

 

[mattiem]

I am so very happy for each and every winner of this contest and for all the loved ones that will be helped because of it. God bless you darkstorm for this wonderful thing you are doing. Thank you just doesn't seem sufficient but know that it come from the heart. You done good........

 

[dolphins35]

Thank you DarkStorm for this Generous Contest!

Congrats to all the winners and especially the people that it will help

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

Wow! Darkstorm and Vaportrailz, I don't have adequate words to express my gratitude, thank you so much! I'm so excited to tell my brother his kits on the way! Congrats to the other winners! Again, this really means a lot to me, thank you soooooo much!

 

[tiggerrts]

Thank you for helping others start a better lifestyle..... This must be the best contest that has ever been, helping those who do not know, can not afford, or are unsure about vaping.

 

[Aurora-Oblivion]

Ohh my, thank you so much for this generous and extremely thoughtful contest darkstorm and Vaportrailz!!!

While I am excited to have been selected as a winner, it still saddens me to read some of the replies here, but one made me so very happy so I must comment on that now.

OMG Morri, that is SO GREAT to hear, what a wonderful surprise for you!! I'm so happy for you about this news, thanks for sharing your excitement with us!! I don't think I've ever heard of anyone beating it either, it's so cool that you've overcome it and beat the odds!! We'll keep you in our prayers anyway, for good measure!

Wow, that is such good news, I don't think I'd ever be able to contain myself, are you still celebrating?!


Well thank you again for the kind and thoughtful giveaway darkstorm and Vaportrailz!

I may split the kit (Still unsure), between my sister and my cousin, so hopefully I can get them both into vaping and off the analogs finally! I do have some older 650's to give one to each of them along with what you send, so no worries they'll both end up getting two batteries, and I do have a few extra carto's for each of them too, so they should be all set!

I'll just have to point them your way for some additional juice, and then hopefully nature will do the rest! I know I was skeptical a bit at first, until I had a vaping device in my hands for a few hours, so hopefully that's all they need as well.

Congrats to DreamingButterfly81, cocoabellaRSD, and priorities too!! I hope that all our loved ones we pass these along to will be able to make the switch! I'll keep my fingers crossed for everyone, and keep you all in my prayers over the next few weeks, it would be so cool to see everyone that gets a kit be able to make the transition!!

I'll post back and let you know how it goes with my family members, if you guys and gals could do the same that would be great! I'm sure darkstorm would love to hear how it all goes too, hopefully we all have success in helping our loved ones make the switch!!

 

[Reddhott]

congrats to all the winners
and congrats to all the recipients of this contest!!!

 

[priorities]

Good morning friends...........
Thank you all for the congrats you are so very sweet and I would just like to say that I truly hope and pray that everyone here with a friend or loved one well just all of you who you would hope to see stop smoking finds a way to do it I will be praying for them all ~ and thank you again so very much for this special contest..{{{{hugs}}} to you all ~ xoxoxo

 

[darkstorm]

Alrighty winners, your kits are officially in the mail. As we are dealing with new vapers PLEASE make sure they know how to prep the cartomizers for the initial fill. The only returns and negative feedback I have received on my kits have been a result of under filling (or not filling in a few cases) the included cartomizers. I have a nice video on my facebook page or there are dozens of others that explain the bottom fill method. I ship 1.7 Smoktech cartomizers in the kits which I have found to offer an unparalleled vape regardless of power source. Small learning curve but they have a huge pay off.

Thank you again!
Instructions and Tips | Vaportrailz

Cartomizer Initial Fill - YouTube

 

[priorities]

Thank YOU again and thank you for these links very thoughtful of you **

Alrighty winners, your kits are officially in the mail. As we are dealing with new vapers PLEASE make sure they know how to prep the cartomizers for the initial fill. The only returns and negative feedback I have received on my kits have been a result of under filling (or not filling in a few cases) the included cartomizers. I have a nice video on my facebook page or there are dozens of others that explain the bottom fill method. I ship 1.7 Smoktech cartomizers in the kits which I have found to offer an unparalleled vape regardless of power source. Small learning curve but they have a huge pay off.

Thank you again!
Instructions and Tips | Vaportrailz

Cartomizer Initial Fill - YouTube

 

[Aurora-Oblivion]

Alrighty winners, your kits are officially in the mail. As we are dealing with new vapers PLEASE make sure they know how to prep the cartomizers for the initial fill. The only returns and negative feedback I have received on my kits have been a result of under filling (or not filling in a few cases) the included cartomizers. I have a nice video on my facebook page or there are dozens of others that explain the bottom fill method. I ship 1.7 Smoktech cartomizers in the kits which I have found to offer an unparalleled vape regardless of power source. Small learning curve but they have a huge pay off.

Thank you again!
Instructions and Tips | Vaportrailz

Cartomizer Initial Fill - YouTube

Thanks for the quick shipping, Vaportrailz care package already arrived over the weekend!!!

I'll be sure they get the links to your videos, and also get them started looking around your site so they start trying other juice flavors quickly as well! We all know it's hard to find that ADV for many of us, hopefully the Strawberry Shortcake will fit the bill well enough to get the girls started and liking vaping!

Thanks again for the very generous and thoughtful giveaway darkstorm and Vaportrailz!

I hope everyone that is touched by your gift will be able to kick the habit!!!