Electronic cigarettes landed in Wattrelos

Young entrepreneur wattrelosien Stéphane riding the wave of electronic cigarette. On December 20 , he opened the first store of its kind in the county. Arrival does not seem to disturb tobacconists surroundings . Cohabitation looks even more cordial . For how long?
Quality Smoke opening the first store of electronic cigarettes Wattrelos Stéphane hope to make a fantastic catch . Side competition, he and his collaborators are quiet for the moment: no one has yet had the idea to settle in the municipality . Result: The shop staff feel a real craze. "We feel a real demand , said one of them . Some come for a ride out of curiosity , because they want to opt for this system to stop smoking . Others have become accustomed to the electronic cigarette and are glad we did not have to go to Belgium. "
"It's a fad ! "
In a refined atmosphere , the store multicolored sticks planted in wooden shelves . Many futuristic calumets that have nothing to do with the rows of packets of " blondes " lined up behind the counters of newsagents .
Stand tasting new store even served . And no smell of stale tobacco is embedded in the room. "Our products are manufactured by a pharmaceutical company and designers, so that our electronic cigarettes are the least harmful possible," argues Stephen. The contractor is not seen as a rival of tobacconists . "We do not have the same vocation, he says. Us, we turn to people who want to quit smoking . " According to him , current smokers who do not want to stop their use , never go into his shop.
"I do not feel declining sales "
Tobacconists surroundings remain insensitive to the arrival. "It's a fad ! " David Bedache slice . Behind the counter , the manager of the bar-tabac La Licorne is very serene . "It's going to last a month , a year, and then it will close ..." he says , going in the direction of Stéphane that clients are not at all tempted by the adventure of the e -cigarette. "Some people have told me about this new store but nobody told me he was going to buy it rather than the traditional cigarette , he says . The two products have nothing to do with each other. And I do not feel yet declining sales . " His main concern? "The law that authorizes import since December 10 cartons of cigarettes purchased abroad "
In another tobacconist Wattrelos , a saleswoman said however that some of its customers ' tried experience. " Some regulars would also more revenue for a few days . " We'll see if it lasts ," she says . David Bedache , the Unicorn , does not want to sell this kind of product. "When I saw that spoke on TV, I wanted to try so I bought a lot of electronic cigarettes, but I hardly sold anything . So to speak, I have sold nothing! " Is he exclaims. The adventure ended there .
"You have seen how people are encouraged to smoke with it? "
However, the installation of a store of this type is reminiscent of the discontent that tobacconists have expressed last month , calling the sale of electronic cigarettes unfair competition. Stéphane must wait and see. "The judgment that gave reason to tobacconists will go on appeal, and if the law requires us to close it shut, he said. It will have an economic impact for us, but mostly it will have an impact on the population is in this system a good way to quit smoking ... " Customers café- tobacco Wattrelosiens for their part, face different opinions on arrival the new brand . "I am a smoker, I want to stop and I ordered an electronic cigarette on the Internet, with the store, it will be much easier to get the products ," says Sandrine , 43 years. For its part, Kamel , 36, feared to see happen this store. " They say it is less harmful but we expect to see some future time , the electronic cigarette is the same as the original cigarette, it kills , if he protests . You have seen how people are encouraged to smoking now with this, it should not fall there. "electronic smokeless cigarette