Author: pbusardo
From Larry
Dear Mr. Phil Busardo,
I am xx xx xx, you can call me Larry. I am 48 yrs. Old. I have a lovely wife and a beautiful daughter. I’ve been Married for 14 years. A smoker for 3 decades. And I am from the Philippines. I’ve been planning to write you this letter for about A year now to share my vaping experience to you.
I was introduced to vaping by a friend on December 2017. And my first set-up was a Vgod tube mech mod kit clone. Because it was a gift I tried it and I did not liked it. So I went to a local vape shop and asked for a set for smokers. And they gave an Avocado 24mm atty and a Wismec 80W Sinuous P80, and taught me to direct lung it. Still I hated it. The atty was also a clone. Then I find myself going to YouTube.
Watch reviews and learned from there. watched Jai Haze, Mike Vapes, DJlsb, Matt from SMM, Vap’n Fagan and then I watched you with the video of the Geekvape Aegis 100W. I collected mods and atty still nothing worked for me. I am a dual user as you may say. I smoke a pack of Marlboro lights a day. Until I finally get to watched the Smoker’s Show.
Gradually I get the motivation to quit smoking and REALLY the struggle is real. I am still a dual user. However I do find myself still smoking more than vaping. Cigarettes here in the Philippines are very cheap. A pack of Marlboro lights or reds you can only buy them for 100 pesos or about 2 us dollars. Or you can buy it on sidewalks for 12 cents each.
Lately I bought a zenith tank online. I was about to use it until the online store stopped selling the Plexus coils. So I haven’t used it yet. For the fear of liking it then stopping because I have no coils to use, plus the fact that I am still looking for the flavor that I will truly stick on daily.
Innokin products are really rare here in the Philippines. Finally last week, I pre-ordered the Adept kit and the Z-coils. Then the damn thing got unlisted from that store online. But the seller said that they will deliver it when it is ready by September 20th.
I wrote this letter to you sir Phil and also Dimitris, to remind you that I too am inspired by your work and care for smokers like me. You are not like the other reviewers on YouTube who hates smokers that are possible vapers to be added to the community.
Please forgive my English. 😁 I maybe grammatically wrong sometimes.
Please do not stop to inspire and help save People’s lives thru your work together with Dimitris.
I will stop smoking. Slowly… I can make it, thru your Smokers Show. Watching it adds inspiration and morale to smokers like me.
Thanks to you sir. And may God bless you always.
Yours Truly,
Larry
From Yves
Hello Mr Busardo.
I’d just like to thank you for everything you do around vaping. First, the
intelligent informing opinions one can read on your blog, for example this :
http://www.tasteyourjuice.com/wordpress/archives/19386
And second, I’ve finally found a way to make my coils way better watching your
videos :). So, I have a juice which finally tastes very good using my material
the way you do (a simple Siren atomizer).
Go on the good job, and take care :).
Best regards,
Yves.
THE SMOKER’S SHOW REPLAY – S02E02 – SPECIAL GUEST DANIEL BATISTA AKA DJLSB
The Smoker’s Show S02E02 – Special Guest: Daniel Batista AKA DJlsb Vapes!
On Tonight’s show we were joined by Daniel Batista AKA DJlsb Vapes. We discuss converting smokers, the trend at vape shops, and the recent stories about people being hospitalized due to “vaping”.
As always we take your calls and answer your questions.
The Smoker’s Show is a vape show not for vapers, but for smokers.
A show to get information about vaping, to debunk vaping myths, to discuss vaping terminology & technology, and to look, review, & provide starter kits for the transitioning smoker.
We urge all vapers to invite those they know who still smoke to watch the show!
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FROM THE VTA – VAPOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND JUUL LABS PART WAYS
APOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND JUUL LABS PART WAYS
AUGUST 21, 2019
Yesterday, Juul Labs announced that it would not be renewing its membership with the Vapor Technology Association (VTA) citing the lawsuit that VTA recently filed against FDA and policy differences.
VTA is surprised by Juul’s stated opposition to the filing of VTA’s complaint against FDA because Juul recently opposed the efforts of the American Academy of Pediatrics to grossly accelerate the PMTA deadline in another lawsuit and sought similar relief in that federal lawsuit. In addition, Juul’s designated VTA Board member participated in the VTA Board meeting held to consider the lawsuit against FDA, but never objected. In fact, the vote to move forward with the lawsuit was unanimous. Prior to the meeting, Juul had the relevant documents relating to VTA’s consideration of a potential lawsuit against FDA, but never objected or expressed opposition to the action.
From its inception, VTA policies have consistently focused on creating and preserving a diverse marketplace of products for adult consumers desiring an alternative to smoking cigarettes. A diverse marketplace includes both open system devices and closed system or “pod” devices. A diverse marketplace includes vape shop small business and convenience store options for adult smokers to access products. A diverse marketplace includes the many flavor options adult smokers have been purchasing in lieu of the same old tobacco and menthol flavors that are sold by Big Tobacco. A diverse marketplace includes e-liquids containing a variety of nicotine levels, including zero nicotine, to provide adult smokers with the option to reduce their nicotine intake.
We appreciate Juul’s past attempts to collaborate with VTA. We recognize that some decisions made by VTA on behalf of the industry may not perfectly align with the interests of every one of our members. However, we believe our strength as a trade association is our diverse membership.
VTA is organized so that no single member, no matter how large, can dictate policy. We put our decisions through a regimented process to make sure they are based on sound and strategic rationale. We avoid taking reactionary positions based on transitional moments or the news of the day and remain focused on securing the long-term future of a diverse and well-regulated vapor industry.
As a reminder of what is at stake, the FDA recently warned that a precipitously accelerated PMTA deadline would lead to the “mass market exit of ENDS products” and cause adults who have quit to return to smoking – a “public health outcome which should be avoided if at all possible.” VTA’s and Vapor Stockroom’s lawsuit against the FDA was filed to avoid that “mass market exit” about which FDA warned and to preserve the diverse and vibrant industry of companies dedicated to providing adult smokers an alternative to deadly cigarettes. VTA stands by its decision to defend the interests of all vapor companies, and the thousands of small businesses in the U.S. that will be put out of business without the relief requested in our lawsuit.
VTA is proud of its rapidly growing membership. We are committed more than ever to advocating for rational regulations that will ensure the availability of a diverse array of product options for adult smokers. We simply ask that all other vapor companies which believe in our vision of a diverse and vibrant marketplace join us in our fight.
Thank you for all that each of you do everyday to defend the promise of vapor!
VTA
LATEST FROM REGULATOR WATCH – Lung Scare | Respiratory Expert Questions Links to Traditional Vaping
Here’s the latest from Brent Stafford at Regulator Watch:
Progressives’ war on vaping escalated to a new and dangerous phase in the past few weeks, going well beyond mere misinformation and hysterical rhetoric.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, nearly 100 people, mostly teens, have been hospitalized with severe lung damaged; apparently the result of vaping.The allegations have made national news, yet medical officials say they do not know what products, brands or substances were being used. So how then is the CDC able to blame vaping?
In this headline edition of RegWatch we talk with Dr. Riccardo Polosa, Director of the Institute for Internal Medicine & Clinical Immunology at University of Catania, Italy. Dr. Polosa is the world’s foremost researcher studying the effects of vaping on the respiratory system, and in this episode learn why he thinks these allegations of vaping-related lung damage are beyond credible.
Only on RegWatch, by RegulatorWatch.com.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
Released: August 21, 2019**MORE ON THE LUNG SCARE – SPECIAL LIVE EDITION OF REG WATCH @ 8PM ET / 5PM PT 08.22.2019***
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A PBusardo Review – The Aspire Breeze NXT
In this video we take a look at the new Aspire Breeze NXT, the successor to the Breeze 2. I’m very impressed with this piece. We also find out who won the last 2 “Not A” Contests and kick off a new one with a chance to win your very own Aspire Breeze NXT! Enjoy!
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From Al
I’m 63 and cigarette free for six years now. Your channel was one of the first vaping channels I started watching. I’ve always loved building RTAs and I have enough wire and cotton to last a lifetime. My old tank broke the other day and I decided to see if I could find an Ares. It came in the mail today and I couldn’t be happier. Awesome vape, unparalleled flavor and so easy to build. Thanks for a fantastic product. And thanks for being an advocate. What you do makes a difference.
VAPOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND VAPOR STOCKROOM FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST FDA
VAPOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND VAPOR STOCKROOM
FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST FDA
WASHINGTON D.C. – August 14, 2019 – Today, the Vapor Technology Association (VTA) and Vapor Stockroom (VSR) filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), amongst others, over its unreasonable and arbitrary Pre-Market Tobacco Application (“PMTA”) process and the recently grossly accelerated PMTA filing deadline. Plaintiffs are taking action to require FDA to publish and complete the long-promised “foundational rules” describing the specific requirements for PMTAs. In addition, Plaintiffs are asking the court to enjoin FDA from enforcing the May 2020 PMTA deadline or taking enforcement action against companies that do not have a PMTA on file until a reasonable period of time after the actual foundational rules are finalized.
With over 3 million vapor products registered with FDA, the arbitrary May 2020 PMTA deadline which FDA is currently enforcing is simply impossible to meet for thousands of small and mid-sized vapor businesses, particularly in the absence of a draft or final PMTA Rule. Any final PMTA Rule must allow sufficient time to conduct the many complex and time-consuming tests and studies currently being required by FDA.
Since 2016, FDA has provided five different PMTA submission deadlines: August 8, 2018; November 8, 2018; August 8, 2022; August 8, 2021; and now May 12, 2020. The most recent deadline was only just established on July 12, 2019 – leaving a scant ten months for vapor industry manufacturers to attempt to comply, which is now 27 months earlier than previously set by FDA.
“FDA’s constantly shifting regulatory process is wholly unreasonable, unfair and unlawful. The Agency has failed to provide advance notice or an opportunity for public comment as required by the Administrative Procedure Act. Grossly accelerating the deadlines and then repeatedly changing the already onerous requirements is unacceptable under any regulatory regime, but this is especially true for vapor products when FDA itself warns that ‘it is likely that there would be a mass market exit of ENDS products’ that ‘could adversely affect the public health,’” said Tony Abboud, Executive Director of the Vapor Technology Association.
The PMTA application is by far the most arduous of the many regulatory requirements governing ENDS products, and requires a complex, multi-year, multi-million-dollar process that FDA has still failed to fully articulate despite its repeated promises to do so. “To be clear, no business could rationally have been expected to start conducting complex PMTA testing before FDA finally published its PMTA guidance document on June 11, 2019, the day before it asked the Court to impose a 10-month PMTA deadline,” said Abboud.
The stark facts set forth in the Complaint are that, even with unlimited resources, there are not enough labs, there are not enough subjects, and there are not enough hours in the day to properly conduct the scientific inquiries that FDA only just laid out on June 11, 2019, by the May 2020 deadline.
Our company complied with every regulation imposed by FDA and invested in our business while waiting for FDA to deliver on all of the promised PMTA rules, guidance and standards. We never thought that FDA would wait so long to provide any direction and then immediately shrink the deadline so that we had no chance to stay in business,” said Tony Florence, President of Vapor Stockroom, LLC. “It’s a devastating one-two punch to small businesses all over the country,” he added.
“It is time for FDA to stop moving the goalposts and changing the rules in the middle of the game to the detriment of our manufacturers and small businesses,” said Abboud. “FDA’s actions, if unchecked, will shut down an entire industry that has developed to challenge the combustible cigarette. Whatever FDA calls its ‘rules of the road’ simply cannot be relied upon in the absence of a real PMTA rulemaking process that gives all stakeholders the opportunity for notice and comment, not just those interested parties that file lawsuits,” he added.
The plaintiffs in the case are Vapor Technology Association and Vapor Stockroom, LLC. The plaintiffs are represented by Thompson Hine LLP as counsel. The case, titled Vapor Technology Association, et al. vs. Food & Drug Administration, et al. has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The case number is not yet assigned but a link to the filing can be found here.
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The Vapor Technology Association is the leading U.S. non-profit industry trade association whose 800+ members are dedicated to innovating and selling high quality vapor products that provide adult consumers with a better alternative to traditional combustible cigarettes. VTA represents the industry-leading manufacturers of vapor devices, e-liquids, flavorings, and components, as well as the largest wholesalers, distributors, importers, and e-commerce retailers, in addition to hundreds of hard-working American brick-and mortar retail store owners throughout the United States.
Vapor Stockroom is a Lexington, Kentucky manufacturer of nicotine-containing e-liquids and currently manufactures 40 distinct lines. It employs thirteen people and sells its products in local retail stores, online, and through distribution to vape shops and tobacco specialty stores nationwide.
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