Turning Point Brands to acquire VaporBeast, a leading e-commerce platform

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http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...-Brands-acquire-VaporBeast-leading-e-commerce

 

[Neunerball]

Hhmmm. Who is Turning Point Brands, Inc.? Requires more investigation prior to forming an opinion about whether it's a good thing or not.

 

[Rossum]

About Turning Point Brands, Inc.

Louisville-based Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE:TPB) is a leading U.S. provider of Other Tobacco Products (“OTP”). Through widely recognized brands such as Zig-Zag®, Beech-Nut® and Stoker’s®, the company markets smokeless products (chewing tobacco and moist snuff), smoking products (premium cigarette papers and cigar products), new generation electronic products (e-cigarettes, vaporizers and E-Liquids), and new generation non-nicotine, non-tobacco products sold through the Primal™ brand. More information about the company is available at its corporate website, www.turningpointbrands.com.

 

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Notice the 6th name down on the "management team"

http://www.turningpointbrands.com/our-company/management-team

BRITTANI N. CUSHMAN

VICE PRESIDENT, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS



Now look who we have top center in the VTA (Vapor Technology Association):

http://vaportechnology.org/leadership/#

Brittani Cushman

 

[Zamazam]

lol, just another rent seeking leech

 

[5150sick]

lol, just another rent seeking leech

I would much rather see these companies being bought up by the people who are supposed to be fighting the FDAs deeming and fighting for our right to vape than just have them close down and vanish.

It just shows me that the people at the VTA really think that open systems have a chance.