Vapouround magazine ISSUE 15 | Page 10

EDITOR Paul Caplin DIRECTOR Dave Turner SALES EXECUTIVES Julie Carpenter Steve Culf Farooq Hussain DESIGN Hayley Parker James Parnell* Kyle Bednall Connor Dimberline Sam Bennett MARKETING Katie Loomes Abida Razaque Reuben Hodgkins* Josh Tysoe JOURNALISTS Patrick Griffin Leo Forfar Gordon Stribling FINANCE Joanne Stubley Jorgie Shaw Anna Difusco Kris Worton REVIEWERS* Peaches Atkinson* Alex Shenker* FRONT COVER IMAGE SUPPLIED BY A DR OP ABOVE T H E RE S T Products in this magazine may not be used, bought or reviewed by any individual under 18 years old. Vapouround does not support the use of e-cigarettes and devices for individuals under the age of 18 years old; by reading this magazine, you are indicating that you are over 18 years old. Vapouround does not endorse the inappropriate application or misuse of nicotine, smoking or product abuse of any form. We do not claim that e-cigarettes and nicotine devices will help cure smokers’ nicotine addiction and as such, we cannot take responsibility for any effect products advertised in our magazine may have on users’ nicotine consumption. There is no guarantee that products in this magazine including e-cigarettes and nicotine devices will stop you smoking. The opinions in this magazine are solely those of the writers. Vapouround takes no responsibility and rejects all liability for third party reviews or opinion pieces by external agencies. All trademarks, registered or otherwise of products in this magazine are the property of respective owners. To use trademarks, please contact the company directly, who will advise you further. 10 | VM15 Hello and welcome to the first issue of Vapouround Magazine of 2018. As soon as we came back from the Christmas break it was full steam ahead from day one and we are all looking forward to the new challenges that this year will bring. There are a number of key live events that we will be attending this year and we look forward to covering vape shows around the globe and bringing you all the latest news from these great cornerstones of our industry. There is no substitute for face-to-face interactions with people within the vaping community as this is the best way to learn about people’s goals and aspirations and also to discover the problems and issues that they face. Right now we are well into planning our third annual Vapouround Awards evening which will take place at the NEC on May 4 and this is one event you will not want to miss because we have a great evening of entertainment in store for everyone. If you have not booked your table then do so without delay because the tickets are selling out fast. Each year we have to disappoint people who have left it too late and we don’t want this to happen to you. Also a quick reminder that there is still time to get your juice entries in if you don’t delay - the deadline for entries is March 1 so don’t miss out. Looking forward, we plan to open up more Vapouround Vape Lounges in 2018 and we have also partnered up with an American company on an exciting new project which will bring a new packaging solution to the vape industry. We will have more information about this project later in the year. I hope 2018 proves to be a great year to all our advertisers, readers, partners and friends in the industry. Finally a big thanks to all of our readers who voted us as best Vape magazine in the Ecigclick Awards. We are honoured to have won this award. It means a lot. THANK YOU EVERYONE FROM ALL OF US AT VAPOUROUND. Paul Caplin - Editor [email protected] vapouround