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Here is an actual video from the company White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes where they torture E-Cigs and see if they explode. Warning, do not try this at home. Any of it, really.
Lorillard, Inc., through its Lorillard Tobacco Company subsidiary, is the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States, released it’s quarterly earnings recently, showing it’s progress for the stock holders, and then drops a little nugget, Um, btw, we just bought Blu Cigs with the tune of $135 million dollars.
Ok, they didn’t use those words, but the news was stunning to me. So stunning, I researched it a few times to be sure. Lorillard Inc. makes Old Gold, Kent (a blast from my youth), True, Maverick (remembering days of savaging for change to buy a pack, which are the cheapest? Mavericks? I’ll take a pack. Ah the days of youth) and Newport. Newport is a staple in Miami, and to learn that a major tobacco company sees the future of e-cigs is huge, at least I believe. Maybe we can get those regulations we e-cig smokers have wanted.
The tobacco company on Wednesday also unveiled a $135 million cash acquisition of blu ecigs, a U.S. maker of electronic cigarettes. The deal gives Lorillard exposure to the fast-growing market for the devices, which use small batteries rather than an open flame.
We’ll have to keep our eyes open to see how the other big Cigarette Manufactures respond to this.
Investment group Catterton Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm, has invested the hefty sum of $20 million dollars into NJoy, a popular E-Cig manufacturer.
Here is the press release:
PRESS RELEASE
NJOY, America’s most popular electronic cigarette brand, announced today that it has received a $20 million investment from Catterton Partners, the leading consumer-focused private equity firm. The investment, which is being made by Catterton Growth Partners, L.P., will be used to accelerate NJOY’s brand awareness, growth and other business development opportunities.*
Americas financial community seems to have taken a long, hard look at the electronic cigarette industry and has finally made a decision. I’m sure the analytics involved has taken every thing that has occurred in the past 8 years of e-cigs growth and found a chance at profit.
On a personal note, this has gotten my attention. Nothing gets the ball rolling as far as innovation, growth and regulations as profit in America. This can lead to good things or bad ones, but it will speed things up regardless and increase awareness to boot.
“NJOY and Catterton are a terrific fit, as both companies are the ‘Gold Standard’ in their respective businesses,” said Craig Weiss, President and CEO of NJOY. “We welcome Catterton not just as an investor, but as a strategic partner that can help take NJOY to the next level.”*
* Reference: pehub.com
South Beach Deluxe Starter Kit
South Beach’s newest kit, the Deluxe SuperMax Starter kit has been dissected, torn down and analyzed with two long weeks of testing… and the verdict is finally in!
The review on the endless-battery design factory that is Premium E-Cigs is now up and ready for review!
The Bull Smoke review is now up and ready! Is Bull Smoke up to all the hype? What is Bull Smoke anyway? Come over and read the review now!
A Disposable E-Cig Explodes in Woman’s Hand
as she opens the package. Shona Bear Clark purchased the OneJoy NJOY E-Cigarette from Wal-Mart. While her sister-in-law looked on, Clark opened the package when it them “exploded”. She says the explosion was strong, it knocked over a 15 pound lamp, knocked an art piece of the opposite wall, partially affected her hearing in her “right” ear and caused irritation in her “left” eye. Luckily there seemed to be no damage to her hands at all.
Clark says she called Wal-Mart to warn them as well as called NJoy. Njoy offered to refund her and asked her to mail the defective unit to them so they can find what happened to cause the explosion.
Consumer Reports on E-Cigs
Consumer Reports takes an “Outside” view on e-cigs:
The AAPHP, American Association of Public Health Physician (www.AAPHP.org), said quote
AAPHP favors a permissive approach to E-cigarettes because the possibility exists to save the lives of four million of the eight million current adult American smokers who will otherwise die of a tobacco-related illness over the next twenty years.
A document dated April 2, 2010 that can be found here, shows the AAPHP favoring the sale of e-cigarettes. The list many reasons as well as refer to several works they have on the subject and I highly recommend reading this document.
City-County Council OKs smoking ban: wishtv.com
Indianapolis City-Council approved the proposed smoke ban that will expand the “No Smoking” zones to include bars, bowling alleys, restaurants and hotels… and include e-cigarettes.
If signed by Mayor Greg Ballard, the ordinance would extend a smoking ban to bars, bowling alleys, restaurants and hotel rooms in Marion County.
“We’ve talked and we’ve listened. We’ve studied and we’ve compromised. Now, we’ve taken action to protect our residents and workers and make our city more attractive to business and tourists,” Council President Maggie Lewis in a news release Monday night.
Local bar 30302 East Washington, renamed The Catalina Bars, owner Joe Wilson fought hard against the ban. He feels it will be harmful to his business since most patrons to his bar go there to smoke and socialize. He says he would be behind it if it included the cities of South Port, Speedway, Laurence or Beach Groove.
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