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Hmmm ...... I hear my mom's voice - "if everyone else jumps off the roof, are you going to, too?"

Just paint yours a goofy sky-blue-pink with polka dots and be happy. And keep the xtra dollars in your pocket so you can afford a larger "loop".

Nope, not everyone feels the need. My goal was to get away from tobacco. Started with basic eGo batteries and CE4 tanks. After 18+ months the only upgrade is from 650ma batteries to 1100ma batteries and CE4's to EVOD BCC tanks. Quite satisfied with what I've accomplished with basic equipment. Now, that's not to say I haven't admired some of the higher end stuff, but I don't see any real advantage to spending the extra money to do the same thing ........ quit cigarettes. Plus, I'm a cheap old guy, too.

Tampa Bay Bucs since day 1. Why? Who knows, I just feel loyal to my home team.

Like to watch fast pitch womens' college softball, and have a really large time watching the little kids playing (learning) to play baseball and football. Not so much on pro ball, either. Would rather watch college teams and the little guys. I remember having so much fun watching my son (now 41) when he first played football. The little guys had helmets and huge jerseys with little legs sticking out the bottom. They looked like little pac men running around the field bumping into each other. Great times.

When you can pick out the smokers' rooms in a motel just by walking past the door ............ You Know You're a Vapor.

When traveling, you look for vape shops to visit on your stops ............ You Know You're a Vapor.

When you spot a stranger carrying one of those "funny looking things", and strike up a conversation ...... You Know You're a Vapor.

When you wear a t-shirt printed with "Dude! It's Only Vapor" ........ well........

I think getting down to zero nic/zero vape would pretty much depend on you. For me, I'm not trying to get to zero nic. The hand-to-mouth thing has me pretty well tied up, plus I don't have the desire to kick everything, although I am working on it slowly just to see what happens. I know one who has gone to zero nic and quit everything totally in a year. Others I know are still working the same nic level they started with. Others can't leave tobacco alone even while they're vaping. From the stories I've heard, drop your nic level a couple/three points at a time every month. If you find you're sucking the bottom out of your PV for the nic fix, you're too early on the nic drop. Bottom line - it's going to be up to you how committed you are to gettiing off the nic train.

They may come around to the realization that PV's are safer than tobacco, but, I believe, that won't stop them from trying to tax the crap out of the juice side......there's too many dollars flying around that they're not getting their greedy hands on. I may be wrong, but I've been told their intentions are to tax a bottle of juice the same as a carton of cigarettes. Greedy !$^&*$^^!!!

Ummmm ....... tie a string to it ........... tie it to a large helium balloon and have it follow you around .....tape it to your hand .............. buy a set of jacks, drill a hole in the little red ball and put your tank in ....... don't drop it ........... if glass hits something hard it usually always breaks. If you're going to drop it, make sure you're over carpet - thick carpet.

Oh yeah ..., welcome to VT. Just havin a bit of fun with ya.

Ummmm ....... tie a string to it ........... tie it to a large helium balloon and have it follow you around .....tape it to your hand .............. buy a set of jacks, drill a hole in the little red ball and put your tank in ....... don't drop it ........... if glass hits something hard it usually always breaks. If you're going to drop it, make sure you're over carpet - thick carpet.

Oh yeah ..., welcome to VT. Just havin a bit of fun with ya.

Ummmm ....... tie a string to it ........... tie it to a large helium balloon and have it follow you around .....tape it to your hand .............. buy a set of jacks, drill a hole in the little red ball and put your tank in ....... don't drop it ........... if glass hits something hard it usually always breaks. If you're going to drop it, make sure you're over carpet - thick carpet.

Oh yeah ..., welcome to VT. Just havin a bit of fun with ya.

Really??! I'm shocked!! You mean a new law/bill/ordinance won't make everyone behave? Like ..... underage drinking ....... smoking ...... and guns?!!

Wizard, last time I was there, had 2 fairly large office spaces and a number of employees. Way to go, Florida ...... drive them and anyone else in a similar situation out of business. Ignorant, knee-jerk Beaurocrats just can't stand it unless they're sticking their noses into someone else's business, and overregulate them OUT of business.

If you order from Wizard Labs in Orlando, Fl, this will interest you........................

Dear Fellow Floridian,

I am writing to you because a new Florida law could directly affect your access to vaping supplies.
There is a bill that is about to be passed in the Florida House of Representatives which could possibly be used to eliminate online sales of nicotine, e-liquids and e-cigarettes to adults in Florida.
House Bill 169 (HB169) is intended to prevent the sale and possession of electronic cigarettes and e-liquids to minors under the age of 18.
Although Wizard Labs is a strong supporter of 18+ regulation for the ecig industry, this bill has language restricting sale and delivery of nicotine products which could be used to eliminate access to online vaping supplies by adults of legal age in Florida.

We are urging every Florida vaper to contact their representative tomorrow, Monday morning, and express your concern that any new regulations do not restrict legal adult access to online alternative nicotine products, which could lead to negative consequences by forcing some adult e-cigarette users back to smoking tobacco cigarettes.
If you do not know which State House Representative you should contact for your district, you can find out by entering your address, and city on the following webpage:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/sections/representatives/myrepresentative.aspx

Although most of the bill contains reasonable and common sense regulations to prevent e-cigarette usage by minors, the following parts of the bill which could directly affect you as an adult vaper of legal age are as follows:

The following language from HB169 Section 11 places new restrictions on how ecigs and e-liquids can be sold after July 1st, 2014:
Quote:
"(11) RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OR DELIVERY OF NICOTINE PRODUCTS OR NICOTINE DISPENSING DEVICES.—
(a) In order to prevent persons under 18 years of age from purchasing or receiving nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices, the sale or delivery of such products or devices is prohibited, except:
1. When under the direct control, or line of sight where effective control may be reasonably maintained, of the retailer of nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices or such retailer's agent or employee;"

What this means in simple terms are that all future sales of electronic cigarettes, e-liquids, and liquid nicotine in Florida must be conducted in face-to-face transactions at retail stores.
This bill currently makes no exceptions for legal online sales to adults.

HB169 defines nicotine products as:
"any product that contains nicotine, including liquid nicotine, that is intended for human consumption, whether inhaled, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, or ingested by any means"
HB169 defines nicotine dispensing devices as:
"any product that employs an electronic, chemical or mechanical means to produce vapor from a nicotine product, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or other similar device or product, any replacement cartridge for such device, and any other container of nicotine in a solution or other form intended to be used with or within an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or other similar device or product."

Link to the Bill details and history on the Florida House website: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=51280

Link to a PDF of the full Bill text of HB169: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0169/BillText/c3/PDF

We believe this is a heavy-handed approach which will unfairly limit access to an effective alternative for many adult smokers and vapers in Florida.
We urge all Floridians affected by this bill to email and phone their House Representative tomorrow morning and ask them to vote NO on HB169 until such time as the language of this bill is amended to include protections for legal adult access to online alternative nicotine products.
These protections could reasonably include the use of modern online age verification software, adult signature requirements for mailed packages, or other form of ID and age verification for adult consumers, none of which are currently included in this bill.

Again, If you do not know which State House Representative you should contact for your district, you can find out by entering your address, and city on the following webpage:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/sections/representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
The Capitol Office phone number for your State House representative is on the first page next to their photo.
To email your representative, click on the Full Detail button under your State House representative’s photo, and an Email Representative button will be available on the next page.

This bill has already passed with a unanimous vote in the Florida Senate, and has been placed on special order calendar in the Florida House of Representatives for this Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014.
This bill is expected to pass into law unless immediate opposition and action is displayed by Florida vapers.
Your House Representative has until 2pm tomorrow, Monday April 21st, to submit any amendments to the bill.

If this bill is allowed to pass into law with the current language, Wizard Labs, and other online Florida businesses may be forced to stop online sales to Florida customers on July 1st, 2014.
Please take a few moments to send a well thought and respectful email to your representative tonight, and please follow up with a phone call to their Capitol office phone number tomorrow morning.

Together we can help shape responsible and common sense regulations for our state.


Sincerely,

John MacLeod
Wizard Labs
6808 Hanging Moss Rd
Orlando, FL 32807
(321) 422-0803


You have received this email as a Florida customer of Wizard Labs. We do not normally send newsletters or advertisements to our customers, but because this Florida legislation could directly affect your rights as our customer, we felt the need to inform you with this letter.
If you do not wish to receive any notice of this kind, please reply to this email with the subject line “Remove Me”.

Really??! I'm shocked!! You mean a new law/bill/ordinance won't make everyone behave? Like ..... underage drinking ....... smoking ...... and guns?!!

Wizard, last time I was there, had 2 fairly large office spaces and a number of employees. Way to go, Florida ...... drive them and anyone else in a similar situation out of business. Ignorant, knee-jerk Beaurocrats just can't stand it unless they're sticking their noses into someone else's business, and overregulate them OUT of business.

1 year today since I exchanged a pack of stink-sticks for my e-cig. After 50+ years of a pack plus a day I put the coffin nails down and haven't looked back. Well, maybe once or twice the first week, but it was only lookn', no touchn'. Told myself "this is the way", stick to it, you can do it. And, for me anyway, it was much easier than I would have ever expected, and much more enjoyable, too. I would whole heartedly reccommend e-cigs to anyone considering quitting smoking who would listen ...... and have on a few occasions to the point of "soap box". After 6+ decades of life I'm not too easily impressed by much, but this e-cig has certainly captured my attention. For the first couple weeks I'd get a craving for a smoke, but after a couple hits of my device things were back on track and moving right along quite nice. Getting rid of stink-sticks was my primary goal, getting to 0 nic is on the back burner. The hand-to-mouth habit is hard to break, but with e-cigs, I don't care - I'm not even trying. Plus, the flavor is so much more enjoyable, not to mention how much better the world smells (and tastes) now,......including me and my truck, and my home, and, and .........

I think I'll go someplace and let my feet do a happy dance.

Considering gold plating my first eGo/CE4 and putting it on the shelf as a memento/reminder of another one of my life changing events.

1 year today since I exchanged a pack of stink-sticks for my e-cig. After 50+ years of a pack plus a day I put the coffin nails down and haven't looked back. Well, maybe once or twice the first week, but it was only lookn', no touchn'. Told myself "this is the way", stick to it, you can do it. And, for me anyway, it was much easier than I would have ever expected, and much more enjoyable, too. I would whole heartedly reccommend e-cigs to anyone considering quitting smoking who would listen ...... and have on a few occasions to the point of "soap box". After 6+ decades of life I'm not too easily impressed by much, but this e-cig has certainly captured my attention. For the first couple weeks I'd get a craving for a smoke, but after a couple hits of my device things were back on track and moving right along quite nice. Getting rid of stink-sticks was my primary goal, getting to 0 nic is on the back burner. The hand-to-mouth habit is hard to break, but with e-cigs, I don't care - I'm not even trying. Plus, the flavor is so much more enjoyable, not to mention how much better the world smells (and tastes) now,......including me and my truck, and my home, and, and .........

I think I'll go someplace and let my feet do a happy dance.

Considering gold plating my first eGo/CE4 and putting it on the shelf as a memento/reminder of another one of my life changing events.

1 year today since I exchanged a pack of stink-sticks for my e-cig. After 50+ years of a pack plus a day I put the coffin nails down and haven't looked back. Well, maybe once or twice the first week, but it was only lookn', no touchn'. Told myself "this is the way", stick to it, you can do it. And, for me anyway, it was much easier than I would have ever expected, and much more enjoyable, too. I would whole heartedly reccommend e-cigs to anyone considering quitting smoking who would listen ...... and have on a few occasions to the point of "soap box". After 6+ decades of life I'm not too easily impressed by much, but this e-cig has certainly captured my attention. For the first couple weeks I'd get a craving for a smoke, but after a couple hits of my device things were back on track and moving right along quite nice. Getting rid of stink-sticks was my primary goal, getting to 0 nic is on the back burner. The hand-to-mouth habit is hard to break, but with e-cigs, I don't care - I'm not even trying. Plus, the flavor is so much more enjoyable, not to mention how much better the world smells (and tastes) now,......including me and my truck, and my home, and, and .........

I think I'll go someplace and let my feet do a happy dance.

Considering gold plating my first eGo/CE4 and putting it on the shelf as a memento/reminder of another one of my life changing events.

Keep the faith, Kiddo, you can do it, so pat yourself on the back instead of usiing your foot. If I can, so can you. 50+ years of nasties for me and in 2 days I'll be stink-stick free for 1 year. Remember ...... quitting's easy. Staying quit is the hard part ........ unless you're vapn'.

As many as I can show it to, that's how many. There's not much worse than a bunch of ignorant self-important, power-hungry beaurocrats.

OH NO!! Are you guys saying the govt. really isn't here to help us?!! We're not really doing everything "for the children"?!! And .... we've been lied to all this time?!! And I've been nothing more than a good little worker bee my entire 60+ years of life?!! And .... and ..... and ......

Looks a bit ...... um, strange. Quite different from today's devices.
http://www.v2cigs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1927-cig-patent.png

Not interested in the product, just found the article interesting.
http://www.v2cigs.com/blog/2013/10/the-real-history-of-electronic-cigarettes/

Something else to think about ...... when you're passing a big truck ..... DO IT. Don't creep by. Ever been around a big rig when a tire blows or starts coming apart? Quite dangerous.
Above advice applies double to oversize loads. Don't creep by trying to figure out what's on the truck. Quite often the driver can't see what's coming up behind and has to rely on what the escort vehicle driver is telling him. By the same token, the escort driver can't see what may be in the shoulder ahead and has to rely on the driver's information. If there is something the driver has to change or split lanes to avoid and a 4-wheeler is gawking, things can start to get ugly, so get on by.

So, pay attention around big trucks rolling down the road. The blinking directional signal may not be asking .... he just may be telling.

Big truck drivers are doing a vital job, and most of them do it quite well.

Something else to think about ...... when you're passing a big truck ..... DO IT. Don't creep by. Ever been around a big rig when a tire blows or starts coming apart? Quite dangerous.
Above advice applies double to oversize loads. Don't creep by trying to figure out what's on the truck. Quite often the driver can't see what's coming up behind and has to rely on what the escort vehicle driver is telling him. By the same token, the escort driver can't see what may be in the shoulder ahead and has to rely on the driver's information. If there is something the driver has to change or split lanes to avoid and a 4-wheeler is gawking, things can start to get ugly, so get on by.

So, pay attention around big trucks rolling down the road. The blinking directional signal may not be asking .... he just may be telling.

Big truck drivers are doing a vital job, and most of them do it quite well.

The original study cited seems a bit dated, but the heading suggests recent interest.

http://www.lakeneosho.org/Ecigs/Page5A.html

Helped?!! Yeah, I'd say so. Bought myself a double starter setup and put down the killers the same day and haven't looked back since Apr 19, 13 ........ after 50+ years of smoking. So, yeah, I'd have to say they've "helped". I keep the opened/stale pack with the date written on it in the console of my truck to remind myself and show any others who may be interested in my tale.

Ain't it great? When I was smoking stinkers all I had to do going out the door was pat my pockets and make sure I had my pack and lighter. Now that I've taken up the vape thing I have to carry around a small camera case for everything I take with me ..... "no it's not a man purse, it's a camera case." And, I'm working on a small box for the house to hold stuff. At least it was small when I started. Now I have to rethink everything since I've been experimenting with DIY. This stuff just grows n grows.

The original study cited seems a bit dated, but the heading suggests recent interest.

http://www.lakeneosho.org/Ecigs/Page5A.html