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8 | VM13
Welcome to the latest edition of Vapouround
Magazine which is packed full of great
vaping-related content.
This has been a particularly busy couple of
months for us as we attended shows in the
USA (ECC California and World Vaper Expo
in Miami) Canada, Colombia and China.
We are also preparing for our own presence
at Vaper Expo UK at the NEC later this month
and we are working hard on the official show
guide for the event, so it has really been all
hands to the pumps here.
It is always great to catch up with old friends
when we go abroad and also to make new
ones and the enthusiasm and creativity we
see as we travel the world never ceases to
amaze me.
Back home it is interesting to see how the
market has adapted to the full implementation
of the TPD and the 10ml bottle size rule.
As ever with regulation this has not been
without controversy. Some companies
have gone down the route of becoming
fully compliant while others have chosen
to metaphorically stick two fingers up to
the regulators by selling large zero nicotine
bottles and separate nic shots.
You can’t blame people from taking
advantage of loopholes in the regulations
but it must be really frustrating to those
companies who have complied by the
rules when they see others flaunting them
so openly.
Time will tell whether this particular loophole
will eventually be plugged but, for now at
least, it is certainly good news from the
consumer’s point of view.
I mentioned the Vaper Expo earlier and while
we have some exciting plans for that event I
would love to share them with you but they
are still in our file marked ‘top secret.’ All I
can say is that our brand new double-decker
bus will be there and this will be the first
chance for many people to check it out.
Just make sure that between October 27
and 29 you are at Vaper Expo if you possibly
can be because this is always one of the
highlights on the annual vaping calendar.
In this issue we have all our regular features
and all the great vaping coverage you have
come to rely on.
Check out our feature on using social
media to grow your business and our article
on how vaping has integrated itself into
popular culture.
Until next time.
Paul Caplin - Editor
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vapouround