Showing posts with label e cigarette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label e cigarette. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Funky Piece opening Bethesda location

Funky Piece, a smoke shop with an existing D.C. location and online store, is expanding to Bethesda. It is opening a new store at 7814 Old Georgetown Road, the vacant half of the former North China Restaurant space.

The company says the store will offer the same services as the D.C. location, but that the inventory will be somewhat different. A number of smoke and vaping stores across Montgomery County have closed since the County Council cracked down on e-cigarettes and vaping in 2015, just as the industry was taking off with booming sales. Expect the Council to take action on Juul pods next, once the notoriously out-of-touch councilmembers learn they exist.


Juul and plastic straws are sure to top the Council's "all we do is ban stuff" agenda in their next busy term...if you elect the next batch of minions from our corrupt local political cartel.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

CIGAR/VAPE STORE TO REPLACE TASTY IMAGE IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

Another e-cigarette/vaping shop is set to open in Bethesda, even as Montgomery County councilmembers are exploring restrictions on the popular and growing alternative to traditional cigarettes. J. Cigar will offer traditional tobacco cigars and pipes, as well as supplies for vaping, e-cigarettes and hookah.

A vaping phenomenon is exploding in Montgomery County, with several vapor lounges opening recently, such as Bethesda Vapor Company and Rockville's Vape Ink. What impacts council action would have on these new businesses is currently unknown, until specific legislation is introduced.

The Montgomery County Council Health and Human Services Committee held a discussion on e-cigarettes this past Thursday, at which Councilmember George Leventhal stated he has already concluded it is "appropriate for us to legislate in this area." Councilmember Nancy Navarro said "most young people perceive e-cigarettes as the healthy alternative" to cigarettes. The council's president, Craig Rice, expressed concerns about the aggressive marketing of the products. Sale of e-cigarettes to minors is already restricted by the State of Maryland, so it is unclear just what action beyond that the council will take. Councilmember Nancy Floreen has prepared legislation to ban the use of e-cigarettes wherever traditional cigarette use is banned in the county. Amanda Mihill, legislative attorney for the council, said the council staff is exploring ways to tax the distribution of e-cigarettes at the county level.

County officials may find themselves going in the opposite direction of the coveted millennial demographic in the county, who make up the largest percentage (40%) of e-cigarette users. Should the county jump out ahead of the region in vaping restrictions, it would seem to run against the stated goal of attracting more millennials to live and work here.




Tuesday, June 24, 2014

VAPOR LOUNGE OPENING SOON IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

The vaping phenomenon continues to grow in Montgomery County. About two months after Vape Ink opened in Rockville, Bethesda is about to get its own vapor lounge. Bethesda Vapor Company will open soon at 4823 Fairmont Avenue, Suite B. The second floor space is above Bethesda Scooters and Boards, overlooking Veterans Park in the Woodmont Triangle.

Bethesda Vapor Company will sell E-cigarettes, vaping "juice" and accessories, tanks, batteries, and apparel.