EVENTS
TOBACCO PLUS EXPO
INTERNATIONAL
FEBRUARY 11-13, LAS VEGAS.
BY DAVID TURNER
For those of you reading this who have
attended vape expos before, you will
already be used to the various sights and
sounds that avail your eyes and ears. In
that regards the TPE held in Las Vegas in
February was similar.
This time though my travelling-self met an
expo that also stimulated another one of the
senses – smell.
Perhaps I should explain further.
The TPE isn’t just a vape expo. Yes, it
has a large presence of vape companies
exhibiting but then on top of that you have
tobacco companies exhibiting alongside
CBD companies who are also present.
Add into the mixture the relaxed status of
cannabis in Nevada and you find yourself
in a situation where you can be walking
through the expo cheerfully munching on a
CBD infused gummy bear and enjoying the
smell of vape juice, before suddenly, the pungent aroma of a
cigar assaults your nasal passages.
Seconds later you turn a corner to have that smell replaced by
the unmistakable odour of marijuana.
This was most definitely the most eclectic expo I’ve ever
been too.
As always it was a pleasure to catch up with a few friends from
the vape industry such as Jason Monti from Vape Conventions
and the crew from Savage E-Liquids and it was fascinating to
continue to chart the continuing rise of CBD companies.
If I’m honest it was surreal to see various tobacco companies
cheerfully selling their wares alongside it all but somehow it was
also very Vegas.
I’ll certainly visit again. By all accounts each year the vape
presence at the show increases and I’d like to see that continue.
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“THIS WAS MOST DEFINITELY THE MOST
ECLECTIC EXPO I’VE EVER BEEN TO.”