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Hows the vaping scene in the USA now?

Hi all, used to be on here a few yrs ago. Im in Australia. Our vaping here has been pretty much canned. You can't buy mods or coils. Vape shops have all been shut down. You can only get crappy mouth to lung cheapo rubbish from pharmacies but not all stock them or want to. About all else is black market dodgy stuff which are just rubbish disposables with who knows what in them coming in from Asia. Im down to my last surviving mod a Smoant and have just 8 coils left for my Zeus tank. No flavours left so just vaping unflavoured with some nic.
Hows the vape scene going there, can you still get anything you want?
 

2WhiteWolves

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Welcome back, @BJT100 :wave:
As far as I know, in most states vape supplies are able to get shipped and have vape shops. There are a few states that have cracked down on the vape.

Its just HORRIBLE what the powers at be have done there. They would rather have people smoking, aa they (gov. and hospitals) make more money from the fags :mad:
 

Jimi

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Yes like Wolfie said it's spotty here, nic is hard to get in some places but flavoring seems to still be available but not as widespread. Just lets you know how free you really are.
 
Welcome back, @BJT100 :wave:
As far as I know, in most states vape supplies are able to get shipped and have vape shops. There are a few states that have cracked down on the vape.

Its just HORRIBLE what the powers at be have done there. They would rather have people smoking, aa they (gov. and hospitals) make more money from the fags
Hi thanks. I have noticed a huge increase in people smoking again even though cigarettes are insanely expensive. 40 to 50$ for a pack of 20. Some cost more. What its caused is a huge black market in illegal cigarettes and tobacco. We have here whats called the tobacco wars where middle east crime gangs extort business owners that have legit tobacco shops and threaten them to sell their products. If they refuse they firebomb the business. Some get their houses shot up.
On the news there is typically at least 2 businesses burnt down each week. There are a lot of shops set up by them forcing people to run them disguised as gift shops and convenience stores. There's one where we live which was first a lolly, sweets shop but authorities caught on elsewhere about them and busted several so here it changed its name to a gift shop. They're run by criminals like the one here. The Govt completely got it wrong and has created a huge problem which I can't see them fixing.
Our country is a mess these days.
@Jimi Nic there's no way you can buy it now here. I still have enough to last for 5 yrs in the freezer but I'll be binning it sometime soon when our coils run out.
 
Can you still buy resistance wire and make your own coils?
Hi mate I gave up searching after several months. There is 1 place left I know of that sells flavours but they are not a "vape" supplier though I know that's who their main customers are.
I don't want any flavours now as I saw the coil life quadrupole when I went flavourless. Wish id realised the difference when we had about 100 coils left. That flavour shop freaked out when I asked them if they knew where I could get any coils or mods, I think they thought I was a cop or something.
 

crazydmnd

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In the US , the appropriate word might be, "Anemic". People operating now in essentially grey zones, though, maybe I'm being optimistic, it seems like it might be improving slightly. Unfortunately, Trump has essentially massacred MAGA and America First, and MAHA, and for Food Freedom movement, and essentially the entire historic populist coalition he assembled which could have revolutionized The Republicans party and dominated politically for the next 30 years, much like the Democrats did with FDR, where Republicans did not win Congress for decades. He had this potential but for whatever reason, around the time Elon left, Doge disappeared, and the Epstein debacle exploded, the assassination of CK, these utterly decimated all this and seems to have set him on this irreversible course towards utter doom and completely isolating him from anyone trying to tell him otherwise. It's insane.

I know RFK had plans to reform the institutional view on vaping but as you see, every time he makes a substantial change to something in public health with actually benefits Americans, activist judges are there to remind everyone they not only hold not only Article III powers, but Article II as well, meaning they are the Judiciary as well as the Executive. The check is for Article I powers to be exercised by Congress and impeach activist judges, where there is a far lower bar to meet (essentially bad and immoral behavior, biased rulings) and simply impeaching a couple of these activists would straighten things out REAL QUICK, they don't even need to convict in the Senate.

This is precisely what happened early on when the top US Supreme Court Judge Samuel Chase who was picked by Washington was blatantly ruling in favor of his political biases in 1805, was impeached, not convicted, and all other Federal judges immediately got the message.

The immediate problem is because Trump is so walled in by yes men and Susie Wiles prevents any sane opinions from reaching him, The primary lever is held by the most corrupt AG in American History. It's no coincidence The AG's nickname in FL was "Pay for Play Pam", and she has continued this grift all the way through and will undoubtedly make this the most corrupt administration since Grant's, and Trump seems oblivious. This will destroy the administration if this insane war doesn't destroy it or all of us. Even Legacy Media has picked up on the sheer blatant pay to play schemes run by Bondi, Mike Davis (who is not even a registered lobbyist) who collects millions to let these insane Anti-Trust cases go through and is why we have seen zero action by the DOJ on all the areas we were promised, be it on holding deep state actors to account for the the Russia Hoax, Election Integrity, Food Freedom (the Amish literally delivered him Pennsylvania and they are forgotten and still harassed), Medical Freedom, and Election Reform, as well as her number two and three. The firing of Gail Slater from Anti-Trust was the dell knell.
Even Harmeet Dillion running the Civil Rights division, who started out strong, has clearly decided to play ball rather than bring meaningful remedy to the thousands of Americans still languishing in prison on bogus lawfare which is blatant civil rights violations, such as Amos Miller, Dexter Taylor, Kurt Benshoof, Tina Peters, the names are endless. '

All this to say, short of a miracle, I do not see improvement for vaping in the US since the Pharma industry wields almost unparalleled power.
 

Bliss Doubt

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Hi all, used to be on here a few yrs ago. Im in Australia. Our vaping here has been pretty much canned. You can't buy mods or coils. Vape shops have all been shut down. You can only get crappy mouth to lung cheapo rubbish from pharmacies but not all stock them or want to. About all else is black market dodgy stuff which are just rubbish disposables with who knows what in them coming in from Asia. Im down to my last surviving mod a Smoant and have just 8 coils left for my Zeus tank. No flavours left so just vaping unflavoured with some nic.
Hows the vape scene going there, can you still get anything you want?

There is a VU member called @walton who lives in Tasmania, and has described how he is able to get the supplies he needs. Perhaps you'll want to send him a private message to inquire.
 
In the US , the appropriate word might be, "Anemic". People operating now in essentially grey zones, though, maybe I'm being optimistic, it seems like it might be improving slightly. Unfortunately, Trump has essentially massacred MAGA and America First, and MAHA, and for Food Freedom movement, and essentially the entire historic populist coalition he assembled which could have revolutionized The Republicans party and dominated politically for the next 30 years, much like the Democrats did with FDR, where Republicans did not win Congress for decades. He had this potential but for whatever reason, around the time Elon left, Doge disappeared, and the Epstein debacle exploded, the assassination of CK, these utterly decimated all this and seems to have set him on this irreversible course towards utter doom and completely isolating him from anyone trying to tell him otherwise. It's insane.

I know RFK had plans to reform the institutional view on vaping but as you see, every time he makes a substantial change to something in public health with actually benefits Americans, activist judges are there to remind everyone they not only hold not only Article III powers, but Article II as well, meaning they are the Judiciary as well as the Executive. The check is for Article I powers to be exercised by Congress and impeach activist judges, where there is a far lower bar to meet (essentially bad and immoral behavior, biased rulings) and simply impeaching a couple of these activists would straighten things out REAL QUICK, they don't even need to convict in the Senate.

This is precisely what happened early on when the top US Supreme Court Judge Samuel Chase who was picked by Washington was blatantly ruling in favor of his political biases in 1805, was impeached, not convicted, and all other Federal judges immediately got the message.

The immediate problem is because Trump is so walled in by yes men and Susie Wiles prevents any sane opinions from reaching him, The primary lever is held by the most corrupt AG in American History. It's no coincidence The AG's nickname in FL was "Pay for Play Pam", and she has continued this grift all the way through and will undoubtedly make this the most corrupt administration since Grant's, and Trump seems oblivious. This will destroy the administration if this insane war doesn't destroy it or all of us. Even Legacy Media has picked up on the sheer blatant pay to play schemes run by Bondi, Mike Davis (who is not even a registered lobbyist) who collects millions to let these insane Anti-Trust cases go through and is why we have seen zero action by the DOJ on all the areas we were promised, be it on holding deep state actors to account for the the Russia Hoax, Election Integrity, Food Freedom (the Amish literally delivered him Pennsylvania and they are forgotten and still harassed), Medical Freedom, and Election Reform, as well as her number two and three. The firing of Gail Slater from Anti-Trust was the dell knell.
Even Harmeet Dillion running the Civil Rights division, who started out strong, has clearly decided to play ball rather than bring meaningful remedy to the thousands of Americans still languishing in prison on bogus lawfare which is blatant civil rights violations, such as Amos Miller, Dexter Taylor, Kurt Benshoof, Tina Peters, the names are endless. '

All this to say, short of a miracle, I do not see improvement for vaping in the US since the Pharma industry wields almost unparalleled power.
Hi, yes I've seen miss super brat Bondi a few times being questioned and could it be any more obvious she is utterly corrupt and a full on liar. Its hard to fathom isn't it how they get to where they are, I guess its testament to the overall corruption as any sane person can see it instantly so they shouldn't in theory get anywhere ever. Our Govt is no better though, and we have our Bondi's amongst them, they're utterly pathetic and ruining our country, my state is so broke they haven't fixed any roads in the country regions in years. Where I am there are sections that you have to zig zag through and they have been that way for over 5 years. If anyone followed me by GPS tracking they'd think I was drunk driving. I avoid at all cost driving at night or on really rainy days because on good days its "avoid the potholes" the entire journey. The last long journey I did home in the dark I drove 120 km at just 70 kph. The war, erggghhh, the biggest underestimated blunder I've seen. Has exposed our Govt's stupidity too. We used to produce 80% of our own fuel and import just 20%. Our Govt obsession with going green saw several refineries closed down for good. We now only produce 20% of our own and import 80%. The standard world wide is always keep 90 days worth up your sleeve, our clever Govt thought that it was better to only keep 30 days worth. We are now in a huge fuel crisis with hundreds of petrol stations in the country with no fuel. Prices of the one I use went from $2 a litre to $3 within a few weeks. Farmers are going out to their tractors and trucks finding people have stolen the diesel from them. Service station drive offs have jumped and they are now thinking of implementing fuel rationing. Even Iran was laughing about Australia's fuel problem just a day ago. There's now fertiliser shortage too as a result and right now is one of our top cropping seasons in our district. Our power generators are being shut down for renewables like wind and solar. That's working well, in summer, us up here in the bush where temps reach for weeks non stop from 30c to the high 40s, we endure power shutdowns that last up to 8 hrs during the peak heat demand time of day because the grid can't cope. Of course that's so the city dwellers don't get too hot. So we in the hottest Central Victoria regions have no power during the hottest time of the day, say 40 celcius, whilst Melbourne at only say 32 celcius on that day gets to keep their air cons running. How about our town health wise. We have a hospital but its non functional. There are some nurses there that can stitch up a cut or something and watch you until an ambulance arrives to take you 120 km to an actual functioning one. There's no Dr there. Its big enough to do nearly everything bar serious surgery but it's running on minimal funding. Has been that way for yrs. I had a serious fall out in the bush a bit over a week ago, I rang them before I went there as I was 40ks away at the time, they said no sorry you'll need to go to .......... we can't help you. So I drove 160km with a broken ankle and battered and bruised arms. Welcome to Australia the Lucky Country.
 

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