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A new generation of refillable vape pod systems with upgraded features and technology are hitting the market every month. Originally, refillable vape pods were fairly simple devices. But as the competition has heated up, so has the innovation. Aspire AVP Kit The newest contender in this crowded field is the Aspire AVP Vape Pod Kit.

Disposable Vapes Disposable vapes were once viewed as transitional devices for smokers looking to dip their toe in the vaping pool. Advances in wicking and ejuice flavors, and the willingness of customers to pay a premium for the convenience of a prefilled device, have made them a viable alternative to vape pods. With mouth to

Vape Pods The term vape pod is loosely defined, but essentially it boils down to just a single design element: the removable pod. Generally optimized for nicotine salt vape juice, pod systems were in some ways the antithesis of the powerful box mod category of vape device. Now that more vape pods have swappable coils,

Another Smok Mod? It is time to take a close look at the Smok Morph kit, and answer a burning question: Does the world need another Smok mod? The specifications of the various Smok tanks and mods may appear similar on paper. At the upper end of the power curve they already have the Smok

Salt Nic Nic salts revolutionized vaping, but it can also be argued they have brought us back to square one. We explain the science and evolution of nic salts in our feature deep-dive “What is Salt Nic?” The vaping revolution was kicked off with small, high nicotine, mouth to lung devices. Many vapers eventually transitioned

The appeal of prefilled pods is their ease of use and convenient size. For the typical pre-filled pod system, all that you need is a charged battery and a pod with some juice left. To refill the device, simply snap a pod into place and puff. Could anything be easier? The answer is yes. Meet

Vape Pods Despite talk of a ban on vape pods, prefilled pod systems like Juul remain the best selling products in the vaping industry. Not surprisingly, Vuse Vapor, a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds, wants a piece of the action and has thrown their hat in the ring.  This winter they launched the Vuse Alto, a

Departed FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb hit the interview circuit hard in the last weeks of his tenure, and he has made it abundantly clear that the FDA may ban pod systems like Juul. If this ends up being the case, it would be nice if the FDA acknowledged that sweet flavors are not driving the

FDA Juul Ban in 2019? Juul and their partner Altria, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, are in favor of a flavor ban. Is this because this would eliminate their competition? The biggest threat to Juul’s market share is an FDA ban on prefilled nic salt pod systems. Also known as closed pod systems, an FDA ban

Politicians and the news media have fallen a step behind developments on e-cigarette regulation front. While they still focus on flavor bans, departing FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has identified prefilled nicotine salt pod systems, made famous by Juul, as the driving force behind the teen vaping epidemic. In an interview with NPR, Gottlieb reiterated his