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We are at the grand opening of All About Vapor (e-cigarettes) in Austin, Texas.
(Courtney Mendoza) My grandma quit smoking after 52 years after finding an e-nicotine device.
She is my nanna so she forced it on all of us.
There are no stores in the central texas area that are open to the public that are direct just for electronic cigarettes.
We started with a little hole in the wall in Round Rock, Texas which we expanded.
Now we are here at our second location in Austin.
Electronic cigarettes basically work with an atomizer or heating element that vaporizes your liquid nicotine.
It is usually powered by a lithium ion battery or something similar
With electronic cigarettes you eliminate the risk of over 4000 carcinogenics that are found in tobacco cigarettes.
With electronic cigarettes you do not inhale carbon monoxide.
You do not inhale smoke.
When a new customer comes into the store for the very first time, we have a starter kit section specifically for them.
We can explain the electronic cigarette devices that are for you.
You can try out all of the flavors to make sure it is something you really enjoy.
The flavors are simple like vanilla or strawberry or they can become better like pina colada or dill pickle.
I mix up juice for people so in a sense I am almost like a pharmacist.
With a new technology like this, not a lot of people know a lot of stuff about it.
We do walk you through it, go through your flavors, figure out what is going to work best for you, as well as finding the right device for your needs.
I smoked cigarettes since I was 17-18 years old and I am 32 now.
I found vaping two years ago in 2011.
I enjoy running. It's alot easier. I can breathe.
At the Austin location we are trying to enhance your experience by giving you longer bar.
We also give you the experience of a lounge space where you can go in uninterrupted.
I like the long bar - there is a lot of seating.
All About Vapor is getting bigger, better and all the same people so you cannot beat that.
(Courtney Mendoza) My favorite part of what I do is the customers that come in every day and tell us they walked their first quarter mile without oxygen...
or that they have gone their first month without tobacco cigarrettes.