Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:07
Written by Dr. Vapenstein
The following is from a pipe forum I read daily:
IPCPR (International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association) recently learned of an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov/). On that site, the FDA states they intend to issue a "deeming regulation" during summer 2012 to cover other tobacco products. This statement by the FDA was included as a part of a solicitation announcement in which the agency is seeking a contractor to identify a list of all tobacco product advertisements in the United States. We found it interesting that this was never mentioned in any of the routine updates from the Center for Tobacco Products or other FDA reports.
Specifically, in the "Background" section of the solicitation announcement, the FDA states as follows:
"On June 22, 2009, the President signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) into law (Public Law 111-31). The Tobacco Control Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) and granted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products. Currently, FDA regulates the following tobacco products: cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless tobacco. See Section 901(b) of the Act.
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 07:49
Written by Dr. Vapenstein
This review has been a long time coming. VS Tampa was my all day vape for the first few months I started vaping. A year and a half later it's still just about the only thing that Mrs. Doctor Vapenstein likes to vape.
I still like to vape a bottle of VS juice now and then. Plus I have to keep Mrs. Doctor in Tampa. Recently when momma was just about out of juice I threw a 15ml of Vapor Station VS4 on the order. For some reason I had never gotten around to vaping this one.
On paper VS4 sounds great. It seems to me that I remember hearing that it was the product of Vapor Station's first attempt at an RY4, but they went back to the drawing board because this one tasted like toffee instead of caramel. Lucky for us, because this is a solid vape, and a nice variation on the RY4 theme.
Let's get right to the action. I will be vaping this 24mg 50/50 blend at 3.7v on my Silver Bullet with a 1.5 ohm Joye 306. I never realized that VS juice was mostly 60/40 to 50/50, but it explains why they're ever so slightly less atty friendly. Very thin for so much VG though.
Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:35
Written by Dr. Vapenstein
New product launches and sick dogs have prevented me from writing for the last couple of weeks. I have overdue kudos to dish out to Vapenstein Super Minion Micki Bingham, who was the winner of the trivia sweepstakes on the Vapenstein Facebook page. Congratulations Micki, and thanks for playing!
Today I have a juice from our old friend Todd Gano at Vaperite, Vaperite Organic 2x Butterscotch.
Some years back I used to spend every Sunday at a friend's house, hanging out and relaxing. Various substances were smoked, take out bar food was eaten, and the standing house rule was that if anyone mentioned the name of a certain local ice cream chain that person would be making the ice cream run. My favorite and the only item I ever bought for myself was the biggest butterscotch malt they sold. Frosty heaven in a waxed paper cup. Sugar, butter and milk, just like caramel. The emphasis of butterscotch is brighter and more focused on the butter.
Let's take this 16mg non-dairy confection into The Lab, where I will be vaping it at 3.7v on my Silver Bullet with a 1.5 ohm Joye 306.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 06:28
Written by Dr. Vapenstein
I had kind of put this one on the back burner because I'm not nuts about alcohol infused tobacco. I'm low on juice I haven't reviewed yet, so I grabbed this one from The Juice Cellar this morning, and was pleasantly surprised to read the product description. Apparently this juice is not a bourbon flavored tobacco vape, but an Oriental tobacco extract. At least the product description would have me believe that. Excellent.
Tobacco is tobacco. The different types we smoke are not individual species, but merely cultivars of the same plant. Crazy huh? Virginia, Carolina, Burley, Oriental, all wildly different due to nothing more than climate and chemical composition of the soil they grow in. Perique, Cavendish, Kentucky and Latakia don't count because with all four there is a process involved.
Most cigarettes are a mix of Burley and Virginia tobacco, but if you're a Camel fan then you've been smoking Oriental. I find the flavor of Oriental to be dry and less sweet, and depending on the tobacco it can also have wonderful sour and/or bitter notes. It's naturally low in sugar and nicotine. On its own I find it a little dull, but mix it with some Virginia and Latakia and you have pure nirvana.
Nick makes a great tobacco extract, and today we're vaping his Goodejuice Wild Turkey Tobacco. I will be vaping this 18mg 50/50 blend at 3.7v on my Silver Bullet with a 1.5 ohm Joye 306.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012 07:53
Written by Dr. Vapenstein
Since Donley and I started talking about making some juices together, I knew from the beginning that one of the cornerstones of the series would be a great cigarette vape.
It's so hard to get that in a vape. Look at all the cigarette vapes out there. NOT ONE of them is anywhere close. I know because I can cross reference any time I want.
Mrs. Doctor never wanted to quit smoking, she just took up vaping because I did, and after she tried it she decided that it was a good idea and took it up. She knows that her health is better today than it was when she smoked cigarettes, but she always keeps a pack in her purse and I would say she smokes about one a day. Big improvement over a pack a day, and I don't fault her for it. In fact, every now and then I will snatch one out of her hand and take a drag. You know what? It doesn't do it for me any more. I'd rather vape. Her Pall Mall Light just doesn't give me the satisfaction I want from it. But I can also tell you that not one of the supposed "cigarette vapes" out there tastes anything like one.
That flavor, that feeling, that overwhelming sensation of satisfaction of taking a drag off a decent cigarette when you're starved for nicotine...well, that's something all of us will always chase, as long as we're nicotine addicts. That's what I wanted to nail in a cigarette vape. The feeling I used to get from smoking a good full flavor or unfiltered cigarette.
want2vape Vapenstein Blend Paris is my cigarette vape. This is the one that smashes all existing cigarette vapes into dust. Smoky and full, this hits the spot and is closer to the real thing than anything that exists in the vaping world.
Most of the kudos on this one go to Donley, because this juice would not be possible without new procedures that he has developed and refined over the last few months. I thank him, and I think you will too when you try Paris. It's available now, and I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do!
This review has been a long time coming. VS Tampa was my all day vape for the first few months I started vaping. A year and a half later it's still just about the only thing that Mrs. Doctor Vapenstein likes to vape.
New product launches and sick dogs have prevented me from writing for the last couple of weeks. I have overdue kudos to dish out to Vapenstein Super Minion Micki Bingham, who was the winner of the trivia sweepstakes on the 
I had kind of put this one on the back burner because I'm not nuts about alcohol infused tobacco. I'm low on juice I haven't reviewed yet, so I grabbed this one from The Juice Cellar this morning, and was pleasantly surprised to read the product description. Apparently this juice is not a bourbon flavored tobacco vape, but an Oriental tobacco extract. At least the product description would have me believe that. Excellent.
Since Donley and I started talking about making some juices together, I knew from the beginning that one of the cornerstones of the series would be a great cigarette vape.