Vivi Novas are really popular, but sometimes they just seem to have problems. Usually it involves wicking, they just can't keep the liquid flowing fast enough and you get a burnt taste with your Vivi Nova. Yes, I know. Yet another Nova article after my promise to knock it off. Bear with me, this might be a useful read if you've run into this problem.
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Improve Vivi Nova Wicking: Quick Tip
Vivi Novas are really popular, but sometimes they just seem to have problems. Usually it involves wicking, they just can't keep the liquid flowing fast enough and you get a burnt taste with your Vivi Nova. Yes, I know. Yet another Nova article after my promise to knock it off. Bear with me, this might be a useful read if you've run into this problem.
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What Happens at a Vape Meet: eCig 101
What happens at a vape meet? I get that question quite a lot. Oddly enough, it's a question I couldn't really answer from experience until very recently. Due to having a lot of real-world obligations outside my humble little presence on the internet, I don't have a lot of free time to travel to any of the large regional meets. Fortunately, my local Read more [...]
Propylene Glycol: What’s the Deal? – eCig 101
Propylene Glycol is one of three or four ingredients found in e-liquid for electronic cigarettes. As of late it seems that this substance is being bandied about in the media and among some other people as a hobgoblin out to get hapless smokers who don't know any better. I thought now would be a good time for an eCig 101 installment to explain what Read more [...]
e-Cigarette Jargon and Terms – eCig 101
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You may have noticed this site tends to lean toward the hobbyist side of the e-cigarette world. With that comes a whole lot of jargon, terms and odd abbreviations. Heck, even with standard e-cigarettes, there's still some lingo to get used to. As part of the occasional series, eCig 101 I figured why not explain some of these Read more [...]
The FDA and Electronic Cigarettes Part 2
Welcome to the second installment of our timeline in the saga of the FDA vs. electronic cigarettes. If you've missed part one, click here to check that out first, I'll wait. Now, for those of you still here, when we last left the scene, we were mid-lawsuit. The legal action picked right back up in January 2010, so that's where we will begin.
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The FDA and Electronic Cigarettes, a Timeline Part 1
The Food and Drug Administration and electronic cigarettes have a pretty long and storied history. I've commented about the FDA and its attempts to ban and demonize ecigs pretty extensively. I've realized perhaps not everyone is intimate with the rocky road we've been down. I thought perhaps a little perspective on how things have progressed so Read more [...]
5 Things to Look For In a Variable Voltage e-Cigarette
Variable voltage e-cigarettes seem to be the next big thing in the electronic cigarette industry. What started out as a hobbyist sort of thing, first grew into a handful of boutique vendors manufacturing high-end devices. Now, it seems like every large factory out there has some sort of take on the variable voltage e-cigarette. Sometimes it's Read more [...]
Electronic Cigarette Free Trial – 4 Reasons to Say “No”
Electronic cigarette free trial ads seem to be on the rise. I monitor a lot of news sources to get stories for my e-cigarette news updates. Some are good, and others not so much. I've noticed that "articles" touting the benefits of "free" trials for e-cigarettes seem to be on the rise. This probably means some company somewhere is providing Read more [...]
The 5 Best eCigs for Summer Vacation or on the Go
Summer is well upon us. That also means for many of us, it's time for that age-old tradition of summer vacation. I put this list of the 5 best ecigs for summer vacation based on my recent trip with the family to a famous mouse-related vacation destination. Between running around to theme parks, dealing with kids and everything else, I found I just Read more [...]
7 Smoking Withdrawal Symptoms Blamed on Vaping: eCig 101
When you first make the switch to e-cigarettes and move away from traditional cigarettes, you may notice something odd. After the first few days it might seem like using e-cigarettes somehow makes you feel worse than the cigarettes ever did. The truth is, these are all signs of smoking withdrawal in general, and typically not caused by vaping Read more [...]
