Is the tide turning?

[gibla53]

Jun 8, 2014 15:20:08 GMT tmg said:

My eldest works in Asda and says they've just devoted a whole stand to refillable ego style ecigs and juices, I've not seen it yet but she thinks it's the blu brand. Also since her cars been off the road (again) and she's been using public transport she's been amazed at the amount of people using ecigs at bus stops, she saw someone behind her surrounded by a cloud of what she assumed was smoke so she braced herself for the awful smell, however when it reached her she said it was a very pleasant strawberry/raspberry smell something similar to my red Astaire. She was so pleased she turned and beamed at the vaper. He must have thought his luck was in lol



That is so encouraging if Asda is doing that ..the others will quickly follow --->> another explosion of numbers vaping 

[Ripshod]

I never liked Asda, until now. GO ON ASDA!!! This can be a sign that large institutions are accepting the truth, or just a company looking to make a load of money from a popular 'hobby'.

Whatever the reason, whatever the brand, it's getting it out there, in a popular location. The least it'll do is get it noticed, and maybe mentioned on BBC News again

[snow]

I have been rather surprised by how supportive my anti & non smoking friends have been to the news that I'm now vaping instead, I had actually hesitated in telling a group of friends as one in particular is one of the rabidly anti smoking brigade who never wastes an opportunity to tell me how I'm killing myself and her .... *grits teeth* anyhoo I was and am proud of myself so decided to include the news in our latest round robin email catch up, she was one of the first to reply congratulating me and then telling me about her coworker who has been vaping for about 6 months and how much better it is and how she hopes I can stick to it - talk about dumbstruck! My mouth dropped open for real when reading her reply. All of my family members are thrilled and encouraging me to keep going and all have been happy for me to vape around them and have not made a single negative comment whereas I would have to smoke outdoors and down wind of them when I was on stinkies and they'd still moan.

This morning my husband called me into see something on the tv - it was a news report on the D Day veterans service, there was the guy on the podium giving a speech, shots of the veterans sitting in the audience and right smack in the middle of one group was a woman openly vaping what looked to be an evod type ecig lol

[halight]

I went to a local trade union event yesterday. It's one were different unions get together to remember a very big strike that was held local back in 1910. There were five other people vapeing plus me, that I saw. One was on a cig-a-like the other four were on ego style ones. Last year when we went I did not see one person vapeing.
On our way back though the local town there was a newly opened vape shop, that's four very local B&M shops by me now. Plus one market stall. 12 months ago I only new of one market stall.

[gibla53]

Jun 8, 2014 17:11:25 GMT halight said:

I went to a local trade union event yesterday. It's one were different unions get together to remember a very big strike that was held local back in 1910. There were five other people vapeing plus me, that I saw. One was on a cig-a-like the other four were on ego style ones. Last year when we went I did not see one person vapeing.
On our way back though the local town there was a newly opened vape shop, that's four very local B&M shops by me now. Plus one market stall. 12 months ago I only new of one market stall.


Excuse my opportunism at the mention of new shops ,are all of your shops + the market stall on here ceedeesposts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/scottish-region-efvi-collection-boxes.html  choose you region on the right hand side + then check please if your shops are on there .. If not please write down the name of the shop and the address and/or postcode . 

[halight]

gibla53

I'm in the west midlands. Iv emailed last week the local shop that I buy from about a dodo box and also a link to an online permission and shop registration about Europe ,
I did not know if they were involved in any of it or not. I got the links off this forum . Before I joined here I did not know anything about any of it.
I've just had a look at that link you have just posted. In my lo all area only one shop is on there and it's not one that I have yet used but I do know about them. Non of the other shops local are listed there. Not even the one that I have used.

I will try and contact them and try to get them to sign up to having dodo box's in there shops. And to join any trade association s to help the vapeing cause. If not then I will find out there addresses and post them so others can try too. I suppose the more that talk to them about it the more they are likely to join or sign up to things.