Electronic cigarettes have several good things to offer. One of its
particular benefits is the reduction of health risks for both smokers
and non-smokers. Solarcigarette.com would like to be an agent of those
benefits via its own ecig and flavored cartridges.
Hence, when reports came out that Selena Gomez was taught how to
smoke for a movie, SolarCigarette.com said that they should've used ecig
for both the lesson and the film itself. With the device, nobody's
health is put at risk, the site said.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Smokers welcomed back inside the work place
Chris Putnam lights up at his desk several times a day. And, surprisingly enough, nobody seems to care.
“We can pretty much do it anywhere we want,” said Putnam, who is allowed to smoke electronic cigarettes while he handles phone and front-counter sales for XL Parts in Fort Worth.
By being allowed to use the e-cigarettes inside the workplace, Putnam and his co-workers at the auto parts distribution company who also use the devices say they get more work done. They are commonly known as “vapers.”
A pro-vaping policy “helps the company and me,” said Putnam. “To smoke here you have to go completely outside the building, a good 15-minute round trip that you’re not working.”
XL Parts may be part of a growing number of employers who still don’t want to see tobacco smoke in the workplace, but who turn a blind eye to e-cigarette vapors, changing policies that often banish employees to the far corners of the property, advocates of smoking alternatives said.
Some companies, unlike XL Parts, are reluctant to publicize that they allow vaping, the Star-Telegram found. Many of the 1,200 or so members of North Texas Vapers — an organization that has more than doubled its membership in the last year — have a don’t-ask-don’t-tell-like arrangements with their employers, said Mike Wright, founder of the group.
They can use their e-cigarettes in their cubicles or offices “as long as it doesn’t draw negative attention,” he said. “That improves efficiency about 30 percent because they’re not stopping work to get up and go somewhere to vape. But if there are one or two yoyos that want to make smoke signals, it ruins it for everybody.”
It’s difficult to tell how many employers are pro-vaping, said Carl V. Phillips, a spokesman for Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association.
Unfortunately, there’s “an enormous amount of political pressure to shut down the freedom of e-cigarattes that has nothing to do with anything legitimate,” he said.
Stop-smoking aid
An e-cigarette simulates smoking by vaporizing a liquid inserted into the device into an aerosol mist. The vapor produced by e-cigarettes isn’t completely odorless, but the aromas aren’t unpleasant and don’t hang in the air or cling to the users like tobacco smoke.
For the vapers, the devices give them the nicotine hit they crave, and they are often used by individuals who are trying to stop smoking. Putnam, for example, is a former cigarette smoker who kicked tobacco by switching to an e-cigarette.
Linc Williamsthe director of We Are Vapers , a documentary on the vaping movement, said e-cigarettes help people quit smoking, but don’t encourage anyone to smoke, or vape.
“The ASH UK, which is an anti-smoking group in the United Kingdom, did a survey of people and found no evidence to support this gateway argument,” he said.
Awareness of the tobacco alternative is growing. According to studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 10 percent of adult cigarette smokers had tried e-cigarettes in 2010. In 2011, that number grew to 21 percent. A CDC spokesperson said that about 6 percent of all adults surveyed in 2011 had tried e-cigarettes, roughly double the number in 2010.
Despite claims that e-cigarrettes are a better alternative, anti-smoking organizations are also anti-vaping.
The American Cancer Society’s advocacy arm, the Cancer Action Network, has called on the Food and Drug Administration to regulate e-cigarettes, said spokeswoman Joy Donovan Brandon.
“There has been a dramatic increase in use, so there’s a push for the FDA to regulate these products,” Donovan said. “We think people have the right to know what they’re inhaling.”
The American Lung Association also is concerned about e-cigarettes “because no one knows what’s in them and what the ultimate impact on our health will be,” said spokeswoman Mary Havel McGinty.
“We don’t know what the long-term consequences of the use of electronic cigarettes are, and whether or not it will start kids on a lifelong addiction to nicotine,” McGinty said.
Vapers who mix their own or buy liquids from specialized dealers and online sources know what they’re inhaling, Wright said. It is a vaporized solution of water, propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycerin, food-grade flavoring and nicotine in strengths that typically vary from about 18 milligrams to zero, he said.
But many vapers are just as interested in FDA regulation of e-cigarettes, said Spike Babaian, president of the National Vapers Club. The group has concerns about the health of its members who have consumed an unregulated product “and we hope that the FDA will expedite the process of proposing safety regulations for e-cigarettes in the interest of public health,” she said.
Secondhand vapor
The perception that the e-cigarettes are at least safer to those who sit around someone who is using them was enough for the new owners of XL Parts, who banned smoking in the warehouse but did allow e-cigarettes to be used by employees at their desks.
“We have several people who use them, probably six or eight,” said Cecil Traister, a shop supervisor who has never smoked. “They’re basically odorless.”
Junior Del Angel, a vaper who’s on the management team of a Fuzzy’s Taco in Arlington, said he and other vaping employees don’t do it around the food or in the dining area. But his occasional vaping behind the cash register hasn’t upset anyone.
“Sometimes people see me do it and they’re curious about the e-cigarette,” he said. “But I explain it to them and they’re OK with it.”
So far, the city of Arlington’s OK with it, too, despite the fact that tobacco use is forbidden almost everywhere. The use of e-cigarettes is not prohibited under the city’s smoking ordinance, said spokeswoman Sana Syed.
“Since vaping is not prohibited under our current smoking ordinance, it would be left to each property or business owner to set their own policies regarding the use of the product,” she said.
Area cities that don’t treat vaping and smoking differently include Fort Worth and Colleyville.
The issue of whether to allow or prohibit vaping hasn’t come up in Southlake, said spokeswoman Pilar Schank.
Euless also doesn’t have an official policy on vaping. But it imposes a monthly surcharge on health insurance for employees and their spouses who use tobacco products, said spokeswoman Betsy Deck. Tobacco cessation products prescribed by a physician are 100 percent covered by the city, but not e-cigarettes.
“With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, electronic cigarettes are no longer considered a viable option for quitting smoking,” she said. “I’m not sure the reason.”
But policies and opinions aside, Wright said that clever vapers can do it virtually anywhere with impunity. Because the vapor dissipates so quickly, stealth vaping can be done practically under people’s noses without them being aware.
“We can pretty much do it anywhere we want,” said Putnam, who is allowed to smoke electronic cigarettes while he handles phone and front-counter sales for XL Parts in Fort Worth.
By being allowed to use the e-cigarettes inside the workplace, Putnam and his co-workers at the auto parts distribution company who also use the devices say they get more work done. They are commonly known as “vapers.”
A pro-vaping policy “helps the company and me,” said Putnam. “To smoke here you have to go completely outside the building, a good 15-minute round trip that you’re not working.”
XL Parts may be part of a growing number of employers who still don’t want to see tobacco smoke in the workplace, but who turn a blind eye to e-cigarette vapors, changing policies that often banish employees to the far corners of the property, advocates of smoking alternatives said.
Some companies, unlike XL Parts, are reluctant to publicize that they allow vaping, the Star-Telegram found. Many of the 1,200 or so members of North Texas Vapers — an organization that has more than doubled its membership in the last year — have a don’t-ask-don’t-tell-like arrangements with their employers, said Mike Wright, founder of the group.
They can use their e-cigarettes in their cubicles or offices “as long as it doesn’t draw negative attention,” he said. “That improves efficiency about 30 percent because they’re not stopping work to get up and go somewhere to vape. But if there are one or two yoyos that want to make smoke signals, it ruins it for everybody.”
It’s difficult to tell how many employers are pro-vaping, said Carl V. Phillips, a spokesman for Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association.
Unfortunately, there’s “an enormous amount of political pressure to shut down the freedom of e-cigarattes that has nothing to do with anything legitimate,” he said.
Stop-smoking aid
An e-cigarette simulates smoking by vaporizing a liquid inserted into the device into an aerosol mist. The vapor produced by e-cigarettes isn’t completely odorless, but the aromas aren’t unpleasant and don’t hang in the air or cling to the users like tobacco smoke.
For the vapers, the devices give them the nicotine hit they crave, and they are often used by individuals who are trying to stop smoking. Putnam, for example, is a former cigarette smoker who kicked tobacco by switching to an e-cigarette.
Linc Williamsthe director of We Are Vapers , a documentary on the vaping movement, said e-cigarettes help people quit smoking, but don’t encourage anyone to smoke, or vape.
“The ASH UK, which is an anti-smoking group in the United Kingdom, did a survey of people and found no evidence to support this gateway argument,” he said.
Awareness of the tobacco alternative is growing. According to studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 10 percent of adult cigarette smokers had tried e-cigarettes in 2010. In 2011, that number grew to 21 percent. A CDC spokesperson said that about 6 percent of all adults surveyed in 2011 had tried e-cigarettes, roughly double the number in 2010.
Despite claims that e-cigarrettes are a better alternative, anti-smoking organizations are also anti-vaping.
The American Cancer Society’s advocacy arm, the Cancer Action Network, has called on the Food and Drug Administration to regulate e-cigarettes, said spokeswoman Joy Donovan Brandon.
“There has been a dramatic increase in use, so there’s a push for the FDA to regulate these products,” Donovan said. “We think people have the right to know what they’re inhaling.”
The American Lung Association also is concerned about e-cigarettes “because no one knows what’s in them and what the ultimate impact on our health will be,” said spokeswoman Mary Havel McGinty.
“We don’t know what the long-term consequences of the use of electronic cigarettes are, and whether or not it will start kids on a lifelong addiction to nicotine,” McGinty said.
Vapers who mix their own or buy liquids from specialized dealers and online sources know what they’re inhaling, Wright said. It is a vaporized solution of water, propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycerin, food-grade flavoring and nicotine in strengths that typically vary from about 18 milligrams to zero, he said.
But many vapers are just as interested in FDA regulation of e-cigarettes, said Spike Babaian, president of the National Vapers Club. The group has concerns about the health of its members who have consumed an unregulated product “and we hope that the FDA will expedite the process of proposing safety regulations for e-cigarettes in the interest of public health,” she said.
Secondhand vapor
The perception that the e-cigarettes are at least safer to those who sit around someone who is using them was enough for the new owners of XL Parts, who banned smoking in the warehouse but did allow e-cigarettes to be used by employees at their desks.
“We have several people who use them, probably six or eight,” said Cecil Traister, a shop supervisor who has never smoked. “They’re basically odorless.”
Junior Del Angel, a vaper who’s on the management team of a Fuzzy’s Taco in Arlington, said he and other vaping employees don’t do it around the food or in the dining area. But his occasional vaping behind the cash register hasn’t upset anyone.
“Sometimes people see me do it and they’re curious about the e-cigarette,” he said. “But I explain it to them and they’re OK with it.”
So far, the city of Arlington’s OK with it, too, despite the fact that tobacco use is forbidden almost everywhere. The use of e-cigarettes is not prohibited under the city’s smoking ordinance, said spokeswoman Sana Syed.
“Since vaping is not prohibited under our current smoking ordinance, it would be left to each property or business owner to set their own policies regarding the use of the product,” she said.
Area cities that don’t treat vaping and smoking differently include Fort Worth and Colleyville.
The issue of whether to allow or prohibit vaping hasn’t come up in Southlake, said spokeswoman Pilar Schank.
Euless also doesn’t have an official policy on vaping. But it imposes a monthly surcharge on health insurance for employees and their spouses who use tobacco products, said spokeswoman Betsy Deck. Tobacco cessation products prescribed by a physician are 100 percent covered by the city, but not e-cigarettes.
“With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, electronic cigarettes are no longer considered a viable option for quitting smoking,” she said. “I’m not sure the reason.”
But policies and opinions aside, Wright said that clever vapers can do it virtually anywhere with impunity. Because the vapor dissipates so quickly, stealth vaping can be done practically under people’s noses without them being aware.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Quitting smoking good for woman, her marriage
from
www.dearabby.com.
Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for eight years. When we wed, we both drank and smoked. My husband quit smoking five years ago, and I have continued to smoke off and on. If he catches me with a cigarette, it becomes an argument, and it’s either I quit or we’re done.
I don’t see the big deal if I smoke a cigarette. Any advice?
— Closet Smoker in Wisconsin
Dear Smoker: Surely you know that smoking isn’t good for you, and it upsets your husband because he loves you. This is less about a contest of wills than the fact that you are addicted to nicotine.
A cigarette isn’t your friend; your husband is. When you’re finally ready to see it that way and overcome the habit, your physician can help.
Dear Abby: My mom has no respect for my privacy. When something happens in my life, she shares it with all my relatives, despite my repeatedly having asked her not to. She has a website on which she rehashes almost every moment of my life spent with my family and posts all of my pictures.
When I mention to her that I would like my privacy respected, she gets upset and calls me ridiculous. How can I get her to stop?
— Wants My Privacy
Dear Wants Your Privacy: Your mother might be posting your pictures and details of your life because she has been doing it for years. If you’re a teenager, please realize that your mom might do this because she is proud of you. If you are an adult, however, a way to get her to pull back, if not stop completely, would be to share less information with her.
Dear Abby: Since I was a teenager, I have always loved anything vintage. When my mother wasn’t able to sell her white milk-glass items in a rummage sale, I asked whether I could have them to display in an antique china cabinet.
My brother, who has never had any interest in vintage items and has a home that looks as if a hoarder lives there, wants one of the pieces because of an old picture of him near the piece. Mother thinks I should give it to him.
What should I do?
— Appreciates Vintage
Dear Appreciates Vintage: Listen to your mother. Family harmony is surely as important to you as your glass collection.
www.dearabby.com.
Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for eight years. When we wed, we both drank and smoked. My husband quit smoking five years ago, and I have continued to smoke off and on. If he catches me with a cigarette, it becomes an argument, and it’s either I quit or we’re done.
I don’t see the big deal if I smoke a cigarette. Any advice?
— Closet Smoker in Wisconsin
Dear Smoker: Surely you know that smoking isn’t good for you, and it upsets your husband because he loves you. This is less about a contest of wills than the fact that you are addicted to nicotine.
A cigarette isn’t your friend; your husband is. When you’re finally ready to see it that way and overcome the habit, your physician can help.
Dear Abby: My mom has no respect for my privacy. When something happens in my life, she shares it with all my relatives, despite my repeatedly having asked her not to. She has a website on which she rehashes almost every moment of my life spent with my family and posts all of my pictures.
When I mention to her that I would like my privacy respected, she gets upset and calls me ridiculous. How can I get her to stop?
— Wants My Privacy
Dear Wants Your Privacy: Your mother might be posting your pictures and details of your life because she has been doing it for years. If you’re a teenager, please realize that your mom might do this because she is proud of you. If you are an adult, however, a way to get her to pull back, if not stop completely, would be to share less information with her.
Dear Abby: Since I was a teenager, I have always loved anything vintage. When my mother wasn’t able to sell her white milk-glass items in a rummage sale, I asked whether I could have them to display in an antique china cabinet.
My brother, who has never had any interest in vintage items and has a home that looks as if a hoarder lives there, wants one of the pieces because of an old picture of him near the piece. Mother thinks I should give it to him.
What should I do?
— Appreciates Vintage
Dear Appreciates Vintage: Listen to your mother. Family harmony is surely as important to you as your glass collection.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
The succes of Marlboro , the help of Marlboro Man
Rumor has it that marks the success
was due not only to the way a cowboy. Some experts argue that the case -
in particular the composition of cigarettes (which contain urea),
conveniently packaged at the time became a sensation (flip-top for the
first time appeared on the shelves and was designed to advertise the
brand - was required to get a pack from his pocket to open it ) and
design (white, like an arrow pierced in red). However, the image of the
conqueror of the prairies by chance took first place in the
aforementioned book "101 most influential non-existent person" - he
trusted in him wanted to be like. The famous Marlboro Man confidently
asserted on television that cigarette filters are not able to have any
influence on the taste of tobacco (which is actually not in any way is
not true): "The filter is not getting between you and the taste." At the
same time the creators of advertising forgot to mention that its
presence leads to the formation of fairly unpleasant and unhealthy
smoke. And it was natural, because the production of cigarettes with
filter produces more profits, because the filter material is much
cheaper tobacco use (especially if you imagine the volume of products
produced). In addition, the filter is able to clear the smoke, changing
its flavor, and therefore can be used for the manufacture of cigarette
tobacco, low-grade.
Why cowboy believed
took his word for truth? It plays a major role psychology of thinking
people. In the United States, this image embodied a local spirit, the
symbol of the conquest of the world. He was able to hit home, recalling
the very same guys who once conquered the wild prairie. Brutality and
heroism - that was the basis of an advertising campaign, which was able
to reach the hearts as representatives of the beautiful, and the
stronger sex, as blacks, and South Americans. And it is no coincidence,
since most of the conquerors of the prairies were black or Hispanic. So
even the fact that all the "Marlboro men" - whites could not play a
significant role here.
Cowboy turned to
us, full of confidence: "Welcome to Marlboro Country." The legendary
hero of the famous advertising shone in all its glory: it is distilled
through the wild herds of horses, the prairie full of dangers, its
stunning turbulence flow of the river and rocks, through which move
beyond the power even to each mountain goats. But all that he was
overweening. Why? According to one very simple reason: in the pocket of a
cowboy always lay red and white tutu «Marlboro». Several generations
followed him, having learned lights a cigarette and feeling in this
little enclosed to his power and glory. These poor guys would like at
least a minute to enter the country of rabid Mustangs to feel absolutely
free.
Because the images
of "sea dog", the builder and others like them put on the backburner. It
was decided to concentrate on the conqueror of the prairie. First, the
shooting as cowboys were invited well-known male Centerfolds. However,
this idea was defeated - they could not even imagine how and what the
parties come to a horse to climb on it. Their successors were no less
fun: almost perfect vivid image of a brutal man in sun-bleached jeans,
heavy boots complemented sad ... Spurs, who were put on upside down. As a
result, before the advertising agency was assigned the task is quite
clear, is not ready to compromise: should find a real cowboy in Texas or
Montana. Which was filled with "a bang".
In 1955, Burnett
has decided to "mark" of Marlborough: the hand of the conqueror of the
prairie began to show off a tattoo visible in the form of a brand. It
has also become the subject of many jokes, but by the sitters. Thus, the
known story of one of the actors that make up ahead of filming was
applied for three minutes, and a tattoo - not less than three hours!
In 1962, the image
of Marlboro has been added another significant stroke. Burnett purchased
the rights to the script of the film "The Magnificent Seven" with a
single purpose - to advertise the product. This has been added capacious
frazochka: "Come to where the real flavor of America, come into the
country," Marlborough "!".
Since then, the
image of Marlborough rose to such unimaginable heights, that the dangers
of smoking and was uncomfortable hint. These cigarettes are now praises
in a variety of contemporary songs, for example, "Fort Minor"
("Cigarettes"), earrings ("Invasion"), "Fletlayn" ("In Your House"),
"block party" ("Song for Clay" .) A surprise was found hidden
advertising "Marlborough" in the film by Leonid Gaidai "Sportloto-82"
and "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession," in the movie by Eldar
Ryazanov, "Office Romance".
Friday, June 21, 2013
Donskoy Tabak is the biggest Russian independent cigarette company.
The largest Russian independent tobacco factory, Donskoy Tabak, is being prepared for sale. But the prospects of the company may not be as bright as the sound sales and export figures of the past three years suggest. The company’s performance may well be at its peak and uncertainties, stemming from fines for improper advertising to children as well as dubious export schemes, lie ahead. Donskoy Tabak cigarettes is a well known cigarette in Russia.
Several major players, including China National Tobacco Corporation,
compete for the purchase of the company based in Rostov-on-Don. The complete
list of contenders are known only to the shareholders in Donskoy Tabak, of whom
there are just two: the Savvidi family (87.36%) and Open Joint Stock Company
Primary Don (12.64%). Ivan Savvidi has been director general of the factory
since the privatisation of the former state-owned facility in 1993. Elected to
the parliament in 2003, he registered his stake (which was then 75%) to his
wife, Kyriaki Savvidi.
All shares have been consolidated by now because Primary Don is also controlled by Ivan Savvidi. KPMG auditors have worked at the company for two years; as an open joint-stock company Donskoy Tabak has long since kept its financial records by international standards. In other words, the facility is formally ready for sale, the decisions are made by one person only, and documents are in order. However, selling requires that both sides wish to make the deal and that agreement be reached on the price.
Looking back, although both potential buyers and the seller had a wish for
such a deal in the past, no compromise was reached on the price. But the above
described formal aspects were in a much worse state then. The situation has
changed in many respects by now. There are reasons for a buyer to offer a
higher price, while the present owner may be more flexible about the value of
the factory.
Why has Donskoy Tabak become more attractive to investors in recent years?
The answer lies in its sales dynamics and financial performance. From 2007 to
2010, production grew by 50% for Donskoy Tabak to nearly 27 billion cigarettes.
In 2011, almost as many (25 billion) were made during the first nine months.
Today, the company comes in second place in Russia in terms of export which
in absolute terms will presumably exceed 4 billion pieces in 2011. The
cigarette range has altered significantly over the same period. Instead of
cheap filter brands, which are largely intended for the local market, and
non-filter products, Donskoy Tabak today makes over 40 cigarette varieties
covering all price ranges.
Though sales in the upper price ranges are not too remarkable against a
background of competing brands, the brands are available in many cities and
towns across the country and, most importantly, have a good presence in Moscow.
Also, the factory has been able to develop one of its brands into a real
best-seller. The cigarette brand in question is Kiss Superslims. It is a
value brand which does not generate large margins, but demand for it amounts to
5 billion pieces or even more.
Finally, at the end of 2010 Donskoy Tabak took over the second-largest
independent Russian factory, Nevo Tabak, based in St Petersburg. In other
words, the company is developing, it makes increasing quantities of products
that enjoy high demand and generate profits, its exports grow rapidly, its debt
is easily payable, and it buys up competitors. It is in every respect a
perfect target for acquisition by some multinational giant or even just an
investor.
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