E-Cigarettes Are Here to Stay

Posted on March 22, 2012 by CSD Staff

Until recently, e-cigs have been sold through traditional tobacco stores that normally expect a keystone or 100% markup on items other than cigarettes. Though it is hard to determine the number of e-cig users in the U.S., the National Vapers Club estimated that about a million people used e-cigs last year, so it certainly is [...]

A recent study by Boston University School of Public Health showed that e-cigarettes may hold promise as a smoking-cessation method because they address two aspects of smoking: the nicotine and the behavioral habit of puffing. The limited study used a survey of 5,000 first-time buyers of e-cigarettes from one company over a two-week period. The results showed that 68% of the first-time users were able to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoked.

The Electronic Frontier

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Frank Seltzer

The popularity of e-cigarettes has risen substantially over the past couple of years, giving retailers an opportunity to make up for shrinking tobacco profits. By Frank Seltzer, Contributing Editor. Electronic cigarettes are a relatively new product, but for convenience stores they are beginning to make a big impact on sales. Electronic cigarettes were invented just [...]