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Beware The e-Cigarette Marketing Monster

By John Manzione • May 21, 2013

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Archive note: September 2026. This revised archive edition preserves a 2013 Spinfuel republication of a 2012 editorial about early e-cigarette marketing. The original named businesses and products; made allegations and quality, health, and safety claims; listed prices and billing practices; linked to individual warnings; and offered purchasing and technical advice. Those elements have been removed. This page is a historical record, not a current assessment of any business, product, health issue, financial decision, or legal matter.

A 2013 Editorial Archive

Spinfuel began publishing during a period when the vaping market was expanding quickly and promotional claims were often central to public discussion. This editorial reflects the publication’s early concern about how marketing could shape a new customer’s impressions of a developing industry.

What Has Been Removed

The original included business and product names, allegations, prices, billing terms, comparisons, health and safety statements, technical descriptions, purchasing advice, and links to contemporaneous consumer warnings. Those details are not retained because they are dated and should not be treated as current information, evidence, or advice.

Why Preserve It?

Spinfuel’s early editorials are part of its publishing history. This archive preserves the record of the magazine’s concern with consumer-facing marketing without repeating old claims or directing readers toward current decisions.

Originally published in 2012 and republished in 2013. Revised archive edition, September 2026.

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