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VAPEXPO 2017 & LAST “NOT A” CONTEST WINNERS
A PBusardo Video – VapExpo 2017
Wanted to give everyone a little content before I hit the road again. Here’s some video, interview, and fun from VapExpo 2017. We also announce the last two “Not A” Contest Winners. Hope you enjoy it!
Note, we have some additional interviews not found in this video so there may be a part 2 coming soon! 🙂
The Links:
VapExpo
SvoeMesto Website
SvoeMesto Facebook
Daniel DJLsb Vapes’ Video
Yihi SX Mini
Frankenskull
Titanide
Vape Droid Facebook
Vape Droid Website
Elysian Labs
Innokin
The Video:
*NOTE: Any use of these videos in part or in their entirety without Phil Busardo’s expressed written consent is strictly prohibited.
The Photos:
From Christine
I’ve been an avid vaper now for 5 years, I’d like to share with you my vape story.
I see to be an extremely heavy smoker going through Three 50g pouches of Tobacco in Several day’s.
Diagnosed with a benign Tumour in my spine only a year before and, eventually being taken in to A&E on numerous amounts of time for chest x rays and, ending up on ‘alot’ of steroids for the severe chest infections/my chest as to the point of the sensation of an Elephants foot upon me, along with numerous health issues including RSD.
I had to quit the stinkies as to help avoid the Tumour turning (i still have to this day).
Vaping saved my life, no more dreadful hospital trips, i can now reach 95% on the Asthma peak flow. I have nothing but great things to say about my vape journey since.
FROM GREG CONLEY – Major U.S. Study: Vaping Could Save 6.6 Million American Smokers
Major U.S. Study: Vaping Could Save 6.6 Million American Smokers
Even under worse case assumptions, vaping still saves lives, finds multi-university research study
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what could turn out to be a transformative moment in the debate over vaping in America, a research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is now estimating that vaping could save the lives of up to 6.6 million U.S. smokers over the next 10 years. On the basis of this evidence, the researchers are recommending that public health organizations adopt a strategy of encouraging smokers to switch to vaping to hasten the decline of America’s smoking rate.
Published in the journal Tobacco Control, the study is the first to model the best and worst case outcomes of U.S. smokers switching to vaping. In establishing their variables, the researchers considered a range of factors, including differing estimates on the relative harm of vapor products versus cigarettes, as well as the impact of vaping on cessation, switching, and initiation, including by nonusers.
In the most pessimistic scenario tested by the researchers, a strategy of replacing cigarettes with vaping is calculated to save 1.6 million lives, or 160,000 lives per year. (Read Reuters’ report on the study).
“Even the gloomiest analysis shows a significant gain in years of life if nicotine is obtained from vaping instead of much more deadly amount of toxicants inhaled with cigarette smoke,” said David Levy, a lead researcher and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi. “Old policies need to be supplemented with policies that encourage substituting e-cigarettes for the far more deadly cigarettes.”
The study, which involved researchers from Georgetown University, Yale University, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and others, was funded by the National Institutes of Health. In total, the researchers conclude that as many as 86.7 million years of life could be gained by smokers who make the switch during the ten year period modeled in the study.
Gregory Conley, President of the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that champions vaping for smokers looking to quit, commented on the implications of the study:
“This study could represent a seismic shift in the way the FDA and public health groups look at vaping. For years, harm reduction advocates have relied on quality research from independent European researchers and non-government organizations, only to be told that such research was somehow not trustworthy because the authors were not American. Now, we have some of the most respected American researchers in the field of tobacco control explaining in detail how vaping can and will save lives.”
“If there is a fault with this research, it is that it assumes that a functional vaping market will still exist in a decade. Unless FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb acts to reform the FDA’s outdated tobacco regulatory system, over 99% of vapor products could be banned in or before 2022. We are hopeful that studies like this will give Gottlieb the confidence he needs to truly modernize the way FDA regulates smoke-free nicotine products.”
Other research highlights from this week:
- Banning e-cigarette flavors, with or without a corresponding ban on menthol cigarettes, could harm public health by discouraging adult smokers from quitting. That is according to research conducted by the Yale School of Public Health and the Centre for Health Policy at the Imperial College in London, the results of which are being distributed the National Bureau of Economic Research. (MarketWatch coverage).
- Among young adults in the Chicago area, e-cigarette use was not associated with later cigarette smoking, according to research published by the journalAddiction.
About the American Vaping Association
The American Vaping Association is a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that encourage the growth and sustainability of small- and medium-sized businesses in the rapidly growing vaping and electronic cigarette industry. The AVA was founded by Gregory Conley, a consumer and industry advocate with a long track record of advocating for vapor products dating back to 2010.
We are dedicated to educating the public and government officials about public health benefits offered by vapor products, which are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine or nicotine-free solution and create an inhalable vapor. The AVA is not a trade group and does not speak for any particular businesses, including our industry sponsors.
You can learn more about AVA and vaping by visiting the AVA website. You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
From Stu
Still love getting these emails!
They all still get added to the Success Stories and Validations page.
They still keep me going!
Thank you Stu!
Hi Phil,
I thought, I’d send you an update to my email from all the way in Jan of 2014.
We very briefly spoke at CVE Toronto, but I’ll touch on a few things again. I recently passed my 5yr. mark free of cigarettes. Just over 2yrs. ago, I left my job at a “big box store” & got a job at a vape shop. I am now General Manager of our 2 locations.
For the first time in my life, I can say I love my job! From helping get new users setup to troubleshooting issues with advanced users. I’ve taking allot of what I have learned of the years, watching Grimm, Dimitris & yourself. Along with what I have learned myself over the years & used that to better help my customers, get the best possible service & advice. I’ve lost track, of the amount of setups. I’ve done over the years. Must be into the 100’s by now.
However, it’s not about praise. I do, what I do, because I love it. I’m not a super low ohm builder or a MTL user.
I’m perfectly happy with my Crown 3, Fuchai 213 & 3mg Dragon Juice from 416 Vapes (shout out to Rob & his crew).
I just want my gear to work, the way I expect it to, for me. I use that same logic with my customers & that’s something, I picked up from you, Phil.So here we are 4yrs. after my first email & 5yrs. free of smokes. I have a great job, that I love & in an industry that I love. I could not have gotten, where I am today. Without the help & advice, I’ve gotten from yours, Dimitris & Nick’s video’s over the years. So once again, I want to send my deepest & heartfelt Thank you for what you do & continue to do, for vaping.
All the best, Phil
Stu
CONGRATS CHRIS ROBINSON!!
Another happy “Not A” Contest Wiener!! Congrats to Chris Robinson!
Chris, your happy face started MY day with a happy face!
Enjoy and Vape Happy My Friend!
THANK YOU DANIEL AKA DJLSB VAPES!
Daniel, AKA DJLsb Vapes, is really pissing me off. His videos look far too good and will require me to do some updates. I will be sending him the bill for any equipment upgrades that may be required.
I can assure you that there will be some breathtaking drone footage in my next video you will not want to miss.
In all honesty, we had an excellent time hanging out with Daniel and his wife in Pairs for VapeExpo 2017. It was also fantastic for me and Dimitris to be able to share our new Innokin and Bromance projects with him.
I certainly appreciate Daniel digging into products and bringing you quality tech reviews. I also appreciate being able to bounce ideas and experiences with him behind the scenes, not to mention the extended “Geek Talks” about all things tech outside the world of electronic cigarettes.
The video he put out below interviewing us came excellent and I sincerely thank him for it.
I don’t know Dimitris, there may be a new “Bromance” going on. 😉
Daniel’s Links:
Daniel’s YouTube Channel
Daniel’s Facebook
Daniel’s Website
Daniel’s Video:
SEVIA USA Ingredient Listing Conference
On Thursday September 28th 2017, SEVIA USA held an Ingredient Listing Conference assisting it’s Chinese Manufacturer Members with the upcoming November 8th deadline according to FDA deeming rule. The meeting was held at SMOK Technology new offices in High Tech Park, Shenzhen Bay.
SEVIA USA Chairman Dimitris Agrafiotis along side Keller & Heckman attorney Azim Chowdhurry and Yun Chen, Associate from Keller & Heckman LLP Shanghai Office presented the current status on the FDA deadlines, update on the Right 2 Be Smoke Free Lawsuit and a step by step comprehensive guide on the proper submission of ingredient listing on hardware and eLiquids.
Present at the meeting were board member companies Aspire, Innokin, Kanger and Smok as well as members: Yihi, Joyetech, ALD Group Limited, SENSE, Horizon Tech, Ave40, Elego and Smoant.
SEVIA USA is a coalition of responsible Chinese electronic cigarette manufacturers concentrating financial efforts and resources to keep vapor products affordable, accessible and with the variety needed in order to help smokers transition to a less harmful alternative.
Moreover looking forward to a regulatory path we want to enforce industry standards to assure consumers safety and confidence in Chinese manufacturing.
As FDA deadlines approach we are committed in assisting our members comply with the requirements presented under the deeming rule.
We will continue to work with the new administration on a new path for harm reduction and vapor products envisioning a smoke free future for Americans.
For more information visit http://seviausa.org
Dimitris Agrafiotis
Chairman
THE INNOKIN EZ.WATT & NEW “NOT A” CONTEST – Invite a smoker to watch this one!
A PBusardo Review – The Innokin EZ.WATT
In this video we take a look at the Innokin EZ.WATT. A great, satisfying, an easy to work with kit for a smoker, so I tried to gear the video to a beginner. I invite you to invite a smoker to watch it.
We also give one away at the end.
The Links:
The Video:
*NOTE: Any use of these videos in part or in their entirety without Phil Busardo’s expressed written consent is strictly prohibited.
The Photos:
NHS Health Scotland: E-cigs ‘definitely’ less harmful than smoking
Dear FDA,
Please take note of the word “definitely”.
“We would encourage people to consider them and we would encourage people providing smoking cessation serves to offer them as an option to people who are willing to pay for them,”
Dr Fraser said vaping was definitely safer than smoking tobacco
See the entire article HERE.
SEE YOU IN PARIS!
Looking forward to attending the VapExpo the 24th & 25th of September in Paris!
Should be a very romantic time with Dimitris. Maybe this time we’ll kidnap Daniel DJLsb for a Facebook live. Mark Todd… you might be off the hook this time… MIGHT BE. 🙂
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