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The founder of Blu Cigs is inventing a type of Blu Cig that will alert you when another smoker’s nearby, and will also hook up with social networks. From <em>Fast Company</em>:
Jason Healy, president of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, and his team have spent about a year developing the “Smart Pack,” a first-of-its-kind e-cig pack which features unique ID technology that detects nearby e-smokers. Before, e-cig packs were meant simply as a portable charging device for the glowing blue-tip devices. Now, when a fellow user …

See how easily this Illinois business used electronic cigarettes to help satisfy their smoking customers after the ban went into effect:
At Aurelio’s Pizza in Mokena, New Lenox and Frankfort, owner Joe Pascale allows customers to light up and puff away – provided they’re using electronic cigarettes. For a time, Pascale was selling the devices, which contain nicotine and resemble a real cigarette but expel only water vapor.
Although those patrons are few, he says, it’s an alternative to please smokers, including those on his busy staff …