AWA R D S
Vapor of the Year
Your final three
Archie Powell
Rhonda Burch
Keith Fairman
Ex-smoker Archie found vaping salvation
five years ago - and promptly became
an evangelist. He put his skills as an
award-winning advertising creative into
re-branding one of the UK’s leading
e-liquids manufacturers, Decadent
Vapours. Within six months, he was
running DV, and working with ECITA
to advance the cause of the industry.
Archie was instrumental in the recent
agreement of vape companies to work
together to meet the TPD’s criteria - a
breakthrough and relief for all involved.
His wife calls herself a vaping widow:
whenever the couple go out, the
moustached and debonaire enthusiast
is invariably off extolling the wonders of
vaping to all and sundry.
Rhonda Burch has been nominated for
her magnanimous work with Captain
Obvious E-juice in memory of her son,
Stephen C. Parish, Jr. Stephen’s noble
work touched the lives of many including
poverty stricken children and the autistic
community. Inspired by Stephen, Rhonda
co-founded the e-liquid line Captain
Obvious E-juice, embodying her late
son’s ambition to save the world and
make it a better place. Now the memory
of Steve lives on through the premium
e-liquid line which is sold in the USA
and beyond. In addition, Rhonda has
co-founded the Stephen C. Parish, Jr.
Memorial Foundation, which provides
charitable assistance to those who need
it the most.
Keith Fairman has been nominated for
his charitable work for co-creating Nora’s
Dream. This is a best-selling e-liquid to
help Nora, a little girl born with cystic
fibrosis. Nora is the daughter of a family
friend of Keith’s, and by donating funds
to her wellbeing, Nora’s future is being
safeguarded. Proceeds of sales from
Nora’s Dream are donated to Nora on a
monthly basis, with the e-liquid selling
over 20,000 bottles a week. The awardwinning e-liquid is hailed as being the
second most creative flavour of the
year on 2014’s GuideToVaping website
and continues to win legions of fans
worldwide.
Please read the nominations for Vapor of the Year Award and then vote for your favourite and
most deserved. Please vote via our app, website at
www.vapouround.co.uk or by email [email protected].
Votes will be counted on the 4th May and the person with the most votes wins.
VAPOUROUND MAGAZINE ISSUE 04 37