New people, welcome, because this one is for you.

Tips, tricks, and just all around good advice for you new guys just
starting.

These are things I wish I would have been told when I started.

And Veterans….you may just learn something too.

Something all of you need to understand about vaping is this, IT WILL DRY
YOUR MOUTH. Does for me and everyone I know who vapes atleast.

Why?
Well propylene glycol(PG) and vegetable glycerin(VG) are “hygroscopic”
which basically means the ability of a substance to attract water molecules
from the surrounding environment.
So even though it is water vapor, it pulls water from your mouth.

Why is this a big deal?
Well your vape wont taste as good, but more importantly what I have noticed
is this, if I don’t stay hydrated then my whole throat gets dry, which
sometimes can lead to a sore throat for days. And that isn’t good because
that is dry/cracked/irritated tissue that at that point can easily become
infected. (Highly unlikely, but still preventable)

And that’s about as sciencey as I am going to get.

But now that you know that, here are some things to help fight this
problem.

Try to always have these three items included in all your vape gear,
I always have at least 2 of them on me if not all three.

Item 1: ORBIT MIST
….yes the gum, it’s perfect for on the go cure for cotton mouth(dry
mouth)
and a little more convenient than water bottles, but it still cant keep
your hydrated the same way water will.

Item 2. WATER
Gum can only do so much, water is important, cause again. water will keep
you hydrated, gum won’t.
and I find when I’m hydrated, my vape tastes better, plus that could
prevent any potential sore throats. So I usually carry one of those huge
thirst busters from Circle K.
Plus this has led me to cut back on my soda intake, which has lead to
shaving off some unwanted pounds (YAY)

Item 3: CHAPSTICK
Not much to say about this one…..
not just your tongue or your throat but your lips too will dry out.
I always carry a stick of Burt’s Bee’s with me.

I hope this helped some of you to continue to have a pleasant vaping
experience

Have a good one guys.

Thanks.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY FROM EVERYONE AT GRIMMGREEN INDUSTRIES

To all the moms out there, with us still or passed.  Thank you,  Thank you for keeping us safe and making sure we ate our our veggies.  Thanks for everything you do.  In reality moms might have the hardest job on earth.  I know I didn’t make things easy for my mom growing up.  But i’m thankful she never gave up on me,  

Happy mothers day everyone!

College Humor Recognizes E-Cig Douchebag

This fantastic, yet humorous display comes from social media site, *College
Humor.
*It is amongst, “7 other “new” breeds of douchebag,” is what they are
saying.

If you find this offensive, then perhaps you are exactly the person they
are talking about.

ALL of us in the vaping community understand the different realities that
come with this new technology, but WE respect the people around us (I hope).

I am posting this as a reminder to NOT be this “douchebag” and to respect
your friends, family, co-workers, and community.

As Mr. Wil Wheaton says, “Don’t Be A Dick!”

Remember people, be smart and vape safely for yourself and people around
you.

Summer Vaping PSA

I know that most of us are smart enough not to leave anything charging in
the car, let alone our e-cigarette. I live in the Valley of the Sun (aka
Phoenix) and an e-cigarette story made front page news (x2), so I wanted to
share it with you as a PSA for summer and warmer weather arriving across
the country.

“Plenty of people charge cell phones at night when they’re sleeping or
leave a charger plugged in when they’re not there. But that inattention
proved devastating for a Peoria couple when an e-cigarette left in a car
charger sparked a fire.

Unlike a regular cigarette, electronic cigarettes don’t use smoke to
deliver the nicotine, only vapor. There’s a battery inside that heats up a
magnetic coil to create the vapor. Still, this couple thought nothing of it
when they left it in their car to charge.

“I put it into the cigarette lighter and this red light comes on to let you
know it’s charging,” said Jennie Burton.

She and her husband, Lee, headed to the hospital for an appointment and
left their electronic cigarette to charge while they were inside. The
appointment lasted a couple of hours, longer than expected.

“We get a call over the loud speaker of the hospital: ‘Lee Burton, go to
your car,’” Jennie Burton said.

Jennie Burton went outside and realized that the electronic cigarette was
not as harmless as she thought.

“All of a sudden, I see the hood of the car that’s raised, it’s orange, you
can’t miss it, and two or three fire trucks and about 20 guys,” Jennie
Burton said.

The car had caught fire, and though it was out by the time Jennie Burton
got outside, the damage was already done.

“This just shot out into the back seat and created the fire,” Jennie Burton
said, pointing to the tip of the electronic cigarette. “It started
smoldering like a hot cigarette and created the fire.”

The fire was caused by “a small lithium battery that is commonly found in
cameras, camcorders, things of that nature,” said Michael Young with the
Glendale Fire Department.

He said they believe the lithium battery inside the electronic cigarette
exploded. He said this is the first case he’s seen, but as more people
start to use electronic cigarettes - and as the weather heats up - he said
you should never leave them unattended.

“The fact that this was contained to just the back seat, she’s extremely
lucky,” Young said.

While the Burtons are happy everyone’s safe, they want to warn other people.

“If someone was in the back seat and that projected to the back, we have
grandchildren, I mean, how many other people that are using these could
that happen to?” Jennie Burton asked.

CBS 5 News emailed the manufacturer of the e-cigarette, Ego-T, Wednesday
afternoon and has yet to hear back.”

*Via CBS 5 AZ

This article actually has a video associated with it and pretty
“graphic” pictures of what the e-cig did to the back of the car

Here is the other article:

“An electronic cigarette charger exploded inside a car Wednesday afternoon
that caught the backseat on fire.

The owner of the vehicle left the electronic cigarette charger plugged in
and unattended when the lithium battery appears to have exploded, according
to the Glendale Fire Department.

When the electronic cigarette charger exploded hot fragments flew into the
back seat causing it to catch fire.

The fire was put out quickly, but significant damage was done to the car.

The Glendale Fire Department encourages you to never leave any electronics
unattended in the vehicles while they are charging.”

Via CBS 5 AZ
As always people, be smart and vape safely for yourself and people (and

personal possessions) around you.