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I've been re-packaging my older MODs and putting them away for a rainy day... yes, I save the boxes they came in for re-packaging and possible re-sale . They'll be my back-ups should my primary Wismec/Kanger/Cloupor MODs bite the dust (and I can't replace them thanks to FDA regs). Should I eventually quit vaping, I'll have plenty of premium MODs, tanks, RTA's, RDAs, MECHs, and other supplies I can easily sell for retail or possibly higher... which would mean I've been vaping for free all this time I'll probably pick up a few more MODs, tanks, and coils for the SO and myself, over the summer... yeah, the regs won't mess with product availability any time soon, but I'd rather have them and not need them, than need them and not have them... same mantra for firearms

Linked from the above article... "E-cigs not as satisfying as the real thing, study finds", and this is likely one of the studies the FDA paid grant money for, and then utilized the study in their research to create the Deeming.... First of all, the "study" was conducted in 2014 (when the CE4 and eGo were the norm), and it was conducted by researchers at the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) at Georgia State University. It wasn't even a "study"... it was a SURVEY Survey details The researchers surveyed 5,717 U.S. adults in 2014, asking questions about their awareness of e-cigarettes, use of their products, and reasons for using traditional and novel tobacco products. Among the 144 former cigarette smokers who had tried e-cigarettes, nearly 30 percent (or 43 people) continued to use them as a satisfying alternative to regular cigarettes. But among the 585 smokers in the study, nearly 58 percent (or 337 people) reported they found e-cigarettes unsatisfying and stopped using them. Now, what I get from the numbers above... of 5717 people surveyed, only 144 were former smokers (2.5%), and 585 were active smokers (10.2%). Starting there, the study is flawed because you're questions do not have enough base to formulate opinion. Secondly... This is what I see from the data: 144 are former smokers, of which 30% actively use e-cigs as an alternative to smoking or cessation device.... and 70% have QUIT, possibly by using e-cigs as the tool to accomplish their task of quitting. 58% of the 585 active smokers reported they didn't like e-cigs... so, does that mean that 42% DID like them, used them, and quit smoking by using e-cigs?? Well, we don't know the whole story do we? This is because the study is flawed and obviously bias to report only the negative, not the positive outcome. They would likely say the same thing (people don't like them) if only 20% of the smokers said they were "unsatisfying". Isn't the FDA's own research showing that their "approved" cessation devices (pills/patches/gum/inhalers) only have a 20-25% success rate in smoking cessation/elimination? This study alone proves (albeit with a small sample) that e-cig use has a higher rate of adaptation and success... but you'll not see that in an FDA report, will you? This is the kind of junk science that we taxpayers need to be stop funding. This is one of the main reasons I stopped doing research and chemical testing for labs in the early 90's... All gov't funded research is bias, or at least has a bias (suggested outcome) before the testing begins. Data numbers always support the bias, rather than the truth, and even when you point out the positive/truth to management, you are told "to focus on the results you are paid to find" or "you don't know what you're talking about"... Well, data doesn't lie... only people do!

According to surveys, 51% of all surveys are made up

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That is one reason I prefer the mods that use replaceable batteries, I don't know how long a built in battery lasts, it might be a year it might be 5 years, but when it quits holding a charge the mod has to be replaced. The mods that use replaceable batteries that will not hold a charge anymore, only the battery needs to be replaced not the mod. With my single battery mods I remove the battery to recharge it, but my dual battery mod I just leave them in and recharge them in the mod. That way I don't have to keep extra married sets. Just the way I do it, and I know other people do it differently.

Careful, B. You're skating dangerously close to DIY.