Celebrate World No Tobacco Day!

If you didn’t know, today is “World No Tobacco Day”. This holiday is sponsored in part by the World Health Organization. The day highlights the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocates for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship”. If you’re on Twitter, follow #worldnotobaccoday to see what others are saying about it.

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Amethyst purple ecigs for February birthdays

February is quickly approaching and most likely you have some people in your life that have birthdays next month. Amethyst is February’s birthstone.

This gem is a violet variety of quartz. Amethyst used to be as valuable as diamonds, but an extensive deposit was discovered in Brazil. Purple is traditionally the color of royalty and since the dawn of history amethyst has been used to adorn the rich and powerful monarchs and rulers.

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What the upcoming FDA hearing means for vapers

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This is a guest post written by Morandir835, an e-cig enthusiast, admin on the Vapor4Life forum, and a regular on their ECF sub forum.

For the past few months there’s been a lot of talk on ECF, Facebook, and the V4L Forum on the future plans of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about ecigs. There is only speculation at this point, but there are only a few real possible outcomes:

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Switch to electronic cigarettes in 2013

It’s no news that quitting smoking is always in the top 10 list of new year’s resolutions. Quitting smoking is great, but what if instead of quitting, you smoke differently? Electronic cigarettes allow you to do just that. Rather than stopping that hand-to-mouth simulation that you have made a habit of, e-cigs offer a better alternative.

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Changes in the ecig industry

 This is a guest post written by Morandir835, an e-cig enthusiast, admin on the Vapor4Life forum, and a regular on their ECF sub forum.

As I approach the two-year mark of my switch from analogs to vaping, I can’t help but notice how different the ecig world is now from what it was then. This isn’t a bad thing by any means, just somewhat shocking when you think about how far it’s progressed.

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Abbreviations in the ECig World

Most industries have their own special language and this jargon can take some time getting

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used to. The electronic cigarette industry makes no exceptions. We have a lot of interesting terms that we use to describe products, methods, and other e-cig related information. When a person is new to vaping it can be difficult to understand all the terms. Not only that, but many of these words have abbreviations to learn as well!

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E-Cig Freedom on the Fourth of July

In just two days, we’ll be celebrating Independence Day to commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. All over America people will be enjoying fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies.

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Testing Personal Vaporizers

This is a guest post written by Morandir835, an e-cig enthusiast, admin on the Vapor4Life forum, and a regular on their ECF sub forum.

Call it OCD, organized, or plain insane. I am a tester. I test everything that can be tested on a personal vaporizer. Apparently I’m not the only person who keeps track of every charge, what ohm every carto used is, how many minutes of use a battery supplies, and other variables.

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It’s Not A Cigarette

Names, names, what’s in a name? A name is a word or phrase by which a person, thing, or class of things is known, called, or spoken to or of. It is a word expressing some quality considered characteristics or descriptive of a person or thing, often showing approval or disapproval.*

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Vape Meets

Vape meets are meetings where fellow vapers get together to discuss everything related to electronic cigarettes and personal vaporizers. They are held by clubs in cities all over the world. Some are big productions that take months of planning and can be held at hotel conference rooms, while others are smaller events held regularly at local restaurants and bars.

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