Vapouround magazine ISSUE 23 | Page 171

“I don’t smoke anything and I don’t vape anything but smoking is bad and, therefore, my battle is a matter of health” – Deputy Prime Minister of Italy defend health, the sector and the economy.” Just from visiting this show I can see that the industry here is alive and thriving. Busy doesn’t even begin to describe this event as eager vape enthusiasts flooded the halls of the Veronafiere over three days. I don’t even think that the majority of exhibitors at the show had anticipated just how busy it would be as many of them had sold out of stock by day two, some even got through all of their stock before the end of day one. This show also revealed that the Italian taste in e-liquids seems to have stayed firmly in the tobacco camp with most of the juice companies sporting a whole host of different and interesting tobacco flavour combinations. This was the fifth edition of Vapitaly and the exhibitors I spoke to had very positive things to say about this show and like the Italian deputy prime minister I also think it will come back even bigger and better next year. For me there was only one disappointment and that was an airline strike on the day I was due to fly home which left me severely delayed and with a 16-hour trip back to the UK. VM23 | 171