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Vapefest 2016

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  • 23-08-2016 9:35pm
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    maurice1
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭


    Just wondering what the story is.
    I went to Abbeyleix 2012 and stopped smoking because of it.
    Went to Aviva 2015 last year.


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    nuttyboy79
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭nuttyboy79


    It's not happening this year due to TPD restrictions.


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    DirtyBollox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭DirtyBollox


    From their facebook page on 1st of june.
    It is with great sadness that we have had to make the decision to cancel Vapefest 2016. We have taken a huge amount of advice from organisations and legal bodies to see if there is anyways around the TPD restrictions. We have been advised that Article 20, section 5, sub section d of the TPD (Page 28/29) makes any public event promoting anything to do with ecigs, that is in anyways commercial or looks to receive donations / sponsorship, is against the law and as such the organizers could be faced with stiff fines and / or prison.
    We wish to thank Shane Dowling for starting this madness as well as everyone that has been involved with the Vapefest brand over the last 4 years and hope that in the future the EU sees sense and we will be able to have a Vapefest again some time.
    We would also like to thank everyone that attended Vapefest and made it what it was.
    For now the Vapefest brand is being retired and kept very safe for the day when we can have the craic again.
    Regards, The Vapefest Committee


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