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krawhitham

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55. They control 45.5% of the CONVENIENCE STORE Market

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 09:21 PM

Apr 2014

http://www.csdecisions.com/2014/04/01/lorillard-leads-e-cigs-continue-grow/

Lorillard claimed the No. 1 spot among e-cigarette companies in c-stores, with 45.5% dollar share in the recent period ended March 15, 2014, up 17.6 share points, year over year, according to a report by Wells Fargo.

http://www.csdecisions.com/2014/04/01/lorillard-leads-e-cigs-continue-grow/

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E-cig companies are targeting youth -- Democratic investigation says. [View all] pnwmom Apr 2014 OP

"youth" isn't very precise. Is there a definition of that? cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #1

Apparently youth means "people who listen to music, enjoy car races, or read Sports Illustrated". Liberal Veteran Apr 2014 #3

"Won't somone think of the adults!" cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #6

Leonard Nimoy Tweeted about this just yesterday onehandle Apr 2014 #2

What makes me sick is no one considers stopping marketing to children PERIOD. Mindfucking children KittyWampus Apr 2014 #4

This was almost a decade ago, I was in switzerland and a kid about 8-10 was Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #48

So enact age regulations Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #5

What if they kept the sweet flavors pnwmom Apr 2014 #7

In theory, that would be fine Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #10

Is yours still child proof after you've used it once, like a bottle of aspirin would be? pnwmom Apr 2014 #11

Mine is, yes Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #13

Good. Then that's what we should have here, too. n/t pnwmom Apr 2014 #58

I'll agree to that Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #59

That is the way they come here in the US too krawhitham Apr 2014 #51

I thought so Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #52

My packaging doesnt look like candy or toys energumen Apr 2014 #12

Mine came in a black zip-up case Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #15

It sorta works like this.... Liberal Veteran Apr 2014 #27

Yep, mine looks similar to teh bottom one Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #31

Yep, that's my rig right there jberryhill Apr 2014 #45

As if there was some large monoltihic company controlling ecigs Egnever Apr 2014 #8

You're info is outdated. Just one e-cig manufacturer, Lorillard, controls half the market. pnwmom Apr 2014 #9

Again you dont have a clue what you are talking about Egnever Apr 2014 #14

I've tried to explain this to her before. Liberal Veteran Apr 2014 #16

"some" of them don't vape the big brands. But Lorrilard still controls half the market, pnwmom Apr 2014 #21

Do you how much harder it is to track sales of refillable e-cigs? Liberal Veteran Apr 2014 #33

They control 45.5% of the CONVENIENCE STORE Market krawhitham Apr 2014 #55

I started with one of those disposables Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #22

You're the one without a clue. Lorillard dominates the market of ALL these devices, pnwmom Apr 2014 #18

the fact that you call them vape pens says it all Egnever Apr 2014 #20

What you don't understand is that the name doesn't matter, pnwmom Apr 2014 #23

Lorillard in Favor of e-Cigs Regulation Egnever Apr 2014 #28

Lorillard may own a small particular segment of the market energumen Apr 2014 #36

Lorillard controls half the market of all the vaporizing nicotine dispensers. pnwmom Apr 2014 #41

No they dont. Egnever Apr 2014 #47

It's been pointed out that her own source contradicts her jberryhill Apr 2014 #64

Convenience stores energumen Apr 2014 #54

+1 krawhitham Apr 2014 #53

It's not a smoking cessation it's harm reduction. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #17

Do children vape pot in a gummy bear flavor, pnwmom Apr 2014 #19

This is what I was replying to.. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #24

I don't hate harm reduction for adults. But children can go online pnwmom Apr 2014 #25

Oh OK....I see this is about competition for the tobacco companies. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #26

Agreed she seems to be concerned that tobacco will lose sales Egnever Apr 2014 #29

The OP likes the attention. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #32

Absolutely Egnever Apr 2014 #38

And now you're arguing that sweet flavours shouldn't exist Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #30

Children have their own credit cards? tritsofme Apr 2014 #34

And you may ask yourself What is that beautiful house? blogslut Apr 2014 #35

David Byrne was brilliant. herding cats Apr 2014 #60

Seems to me that vaping is becoming popular justiceischeap Apr 2014 #37

durbin has been trying to outlaw regular cigs for years questionseverything Apr 2014 #39

Vaping juices often still contain nicotine though Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #42

a small tax would not be a bad thing if questionseverything Apr 2014 #43

I didn't know that Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #46

2/3 the price of cigs are already taxes questionseverything Apr 2014 #50

Durbin is laying down the rationale for his new e-cig tax Mnpaul Apr 2014 #44

lot of people feel the same questionseverything Apr 2014 #49

Not AGAINST it, necessarily Glitterati Apr 2014 #56

when i read how congress can not come together to do anything questionseverything Apr 2014 #65

I think heavy taxation would be a mistake Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #40

It's exactly what they did with nicotine patches, etc. Glitterati Apr 2014 #57

See, that baffles me Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #61

In the US, NRT costs the same as cigarettes Glitterati Apr 2014 #62

Again, totally different here Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #63