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ACCORDING TO a recent Inter- national Business Times article, e-cigarettes (e-cigs) are catering to a new generation of smokers; a generation that wants to smoke anywhere, anytime and save money. Since e-cigarettes can- not be marketed as therapeutic nicotine cessation devices, Barry Gray, owner of SmokersVapor, is careful not to guarantee benefi ts beyond the label of an alternative smoking device, but suggests that with the right planning, smokers may be able to cut back on tra- ditional smoking. However, one thing Gray can guarantee is old fashioned customer service, which


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has allowed her company to grow large in just under two years. “I started selling out of the back of my van,” she says. “Now I supply to traveling dealers, fl ea market vendors, smoke shops and other independent retailers.”


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