Edna Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Here it is: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/08/06/new-fda-regulations-may-snuff-out-e-cig-industry.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebop Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I find that article really, I don't know, strange. The vaping industry, as we know it, will change without a doubt. But snuff it out? No. It's more a coup, I think. And the statement about "proving it can help people quit smoking? " huh? I'm not sure this guy knows what's going on. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPLongo22 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The numbers aren't making sense. If they're projecting $4.1B in sales, and Vuse controls 35% of the market, how can their sales be projecting at $2.5B? Somebody needs a new abacus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adversarious1 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 It's a very poorly written article that was probably thrown together based on a very limited set of available numbers. You are correct, though, numbers don't make sense. What I find more interesting (and even harder to believe) is the fact that the "big three" mentioned in the article have a combined 65% market share. The article says analysts predict sales of e-cigs AND vapor products to hit $4.1B in sales. So not only do the numbers not jive, but I find it difficult to believe the three brands mentioned have a combined 65% market share. I personally know dozens of folks who vape...not a single person I know who vapes uses Vuse, blu or Mark Ten e-cigs. They ALL use more advanced vaporizers that you order online or find in a B&M that specializes in vape equipment, not the "Big Tobacco" cigalikes that you get from Circle K, 7-11 or AM/PM (or whatever local gas station convenience store happens to be in your neck of the woods). DPLongo22 and Bebop 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPLongo22 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 It's funny you mention that because my friend Kat and I were talking about that very thing, not 30 minutes ago. Kind of stunning, if true. Like you though, I'm doubting the accuracy. Adversarious1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebop Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I haven't smoked in 3 years. Have Marlboro lights reall disappeared? Lol. I never thought I'd see the day. I wonder if part of that business is overseas or out of the country. I don't know anybody who uses those Vuse things, lol. DPLongo22 and Adversarious1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adversarious1 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I haven't smoked in 3 years. Have Marlboro lights reall disappeared? Lol. I never thought I'd see the day. I wonder if part of that business is overseas or out of the country. I don't know anybody who uses those Vuse things, lol. Believe it or not, before I got my first real vape kit I tried blu. Set me back almost $50 for the charger, 2 batteries and 5 cartridges. They sucked. Got my first setup, a KangerTech EMOD, 5 extra coils and a bottle of juice a couple of weeks later. Set me back about $40 and I still occasionally use it.Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPLongo22 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I haven't smoked in 3 years. Have Marlboro lights reall disappeared? Lol. I never thought I'd see the day. I wonder if part of that business is overseas or out of the country. I don't know anybody who uses those Vuse things, lol. They've disappeared? Really?? I'm going on five years in November, and I guess I've missed MUCH. What happens to them? Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebop Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 3 hours ago, DPLongo22 said: They've disappeared? Really?? I'm going on five years in November, and I guess I've missed MUCH. What happens to them? Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Apparently they have been renamed to Marlboro Gold??? funny I never noticed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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