Vapouround magazine Special Issue 03 | Page 72

F E AT U R E camera swept through the venue. The result of the Vapouround Vapelounge Mannequin Challenge will be uploaded to our website www.vapouroundlounge.co.uk - and on our social media pages if you want to check it out for yourself. While the launch party was a bit of fun, there is a serious function behind the vapelounge as Vapouround’s Paul Caplin explained. “We wanted to offer more than just a cool location for vapers to hang out,” said Paul. “A key aim of the new vapelounge is for smokers who have never vaped before to find out all they want to know about e-cigarettes. “The industry is regulated under the same laws that regulate the tobacco industry which often leads the public to believe that smoking and vaping are about the same. “There are a lot of people who are frightened to even try vaping because they don’t know what it is and carry on smoking instead, putting their health needlessly at risk. “Vaping is an effective way of delivering 72 VAPOUROUND MAGAZINE USA “The industry is regulated under the same laws that regulate the tobacco industry which often leads the public to believe that smoking and vaping are about the same.” nicotine into the body without any of the dangerous and highly toxic substances which are found in tobacco smoke. “If our vapelounges can help people learn the differences between smoking and vaping and learn that there may be a much safer alternative that they can enjoy then I will be happy.” Derby is the first of the vapouround vapelounges and over the next two years many more will be opening up throughout the UK. The plan is to have a network of 50 vapelounges throughout the UK - all with the same Vapouround brand identity and all offering the same high levels of service to their local vaping communities.