Visit the Instead Electronic Cigarette Store for kits, e-liquid, cartridges, and e-cigarette accessories!

Electronic Cigarette Set with US Made E-Liquid with: 2 x Batteries 2 x Atomizers 1 x USB / AC Battery Charger 1 x Carrying tin 1 x Travel pouch 1 x 15 ml bottle of American made E-Liquid (approximately 300 cigarettes worth) 5 x Empty cartridges

USB Passthrough + 2 Prefilled Cartomizers Kit with: 1 x USB Passthrough (acts as battery) 2 x Prefilled Cartomizers (worth 15 cigarettes each) 1 x Travel pouch

Portable Electronic Cigarette Battery Pack with: 1 x Portable lithium ion battery 1 x Cord to charge the battery pack from your computer 1 x Cord to charge the iPhones and iPods *Note: A USB e-cigarette charger is need to make this portable battery a e-cigarette battery charger, but luckily a USB charger comes with each Instead Kit! *Charge it from your computer, then charge an E-Cigarette battery up to 18 times on the go!

As many know, we have moved away from pre-filled cartridges and now offer empty cartridges with bottles of e-liquid to fill and refill your cartridges. We find this gives the best vaping experience and is less expensive and creates less waste.

We have continued to offer a small selection of pre-filled cartridges for those customers who want them, but our stock is now too low to offer individual packs of cartridges. So, we have grouped together our remaining pre-filled cartridges into a grab bag and are offering them at a reduced price. Included in this bundle of e-cigarette cartridges are:

-5 tobacco high
-1 tobacco medium
-2 tobacco low
-10 menthol high
-5 menthol medium
-9 menthol low
-5 menthol zero
-5 apple high
-4 apple medium
-11 orange medium

These cartridges will fit the Instead brand electronic cigarette and are compatible with many other brands. If your e-cigarette is 4″ long when fully assembled, then these cartridges will likely fit.

We will only be selling these cartridges as a bundle, not individually.

If you are interested in purchasing this grab bag of pre-filled e-cigarette cartridges, visit miscellaneous e-cigarette cartridges for more information.

We believe vaping, like smoking, is an adult activity. Therefore we do have some restrictions and policies for all those looking to purchase the Instead brand electronic cigarette. Please read the points below before purchasing to ensure that you understand our policies.

1) You must be of legal smoking age to use this website or to purchase an electronic cigarette. If you are a minor, please leave this site. If you are interested in electronic cigarettes, for whatever reason, please talk to your parents.

2) We require users to verify their age upon checkout. This includes taking an action to agree to our terms of use and that the user is of legal smoking age in their region. We also require the user to create an account which includes their date of birth, billing information, and shipping address. This information is stored on our secure sever.

3) We require orders to be signed for upon delivery. This may be an inconvenience for some, but it does help ensure that minors do not have access to the product. This also helps protect us and you from any missing packages. The cost of signature confirmation is included in our flat rate shipping costs.

4) We do not ship nicotine e-liquid or cartridges to Connecticut. You can still get the zero nicotine product. This is our policy due to the stance of the CT Attorney General. To get updates on the States that we don’t ship the nicotine e-liquid to, visit restrictions on shipping the Instead electronic cigarette.

Due to pressure by certain State Attorney Generals and State Legislation enacted regarding the sale of electronic cigarettes we will NOT ship e-liquid or cartridges containing NICOTINE to the state(s) listed below. We WILL continue to sell our kits, electronic cigarette batteries, atomizer, chargers, accessories, and zero nicotine e-liquid and cartridges to all states. Please note that even without nicotine, many smokers still find the electronic cigarette is be a great alternative to smoking cigarettes and can still get their nicotine from a variety of sources including tobacco products or NRTs.

States We Don’t Ship Nicotine E-liquid or Cartridges To:

Connecticut – Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal has publicly come out against e-cigarettes and contacted some suppliers about selling electronic cigarettes in Connecticut. Although he has not taken any formal steps, we do not have the resources to enter a legal battle with Mr. Blumenthal. If you purchase the nicotine e-liquid and it is to be shipped to Connecticut, your order will be held and you will be contacted for options which include switching your order to zero nicotine or receiving a refund. If you live in Connecticut and believe it is unfair that your AG is limiting your smoking options to only tobacco cigarettes (the most deadly product on the market today) please contact your AG with your opinion.

Smokers have become the constant target of advertising and pressure from public health advocates and companies selling quit smoking products. Smokers have been told that they are killing themselves and killing those around them and the only way to fix this is to stop smoking. And they have been told that the best way to quit smoking is to use an FDA approved Nicotine Replacement Therapy product or drug. Smokers have been told that they need to quit smoking or die.

No one, including and especially smokers, can deny the health implications of smoking tobacco. But even with this knowledge, many smokers still find it hard to give up their smoking habit. Many try the nicotine gum or patch or pill but inevitably go back to smoking tobacco. But why?

Many quit smoking products have nicotine and smokers have been told that nicotine is what they are addicted to. So why would anyone go back to smoking? It is quite possible that you are addicted to your habit. Smoking is more than just nicotine. It is the hand to mouth action. It is the inhaling and exhaling. It is “taking a break”.

If you have tried to quit smoking, but have failed, try changing your smoking habit. Instead of smoking a tobacco cigarette, puff on an electronic cigarette. It will allow you to continue the act of smoking without combustion. Instead of lighting up your cigarette, fill your e-cigarette cartridge. Instead of opening pack after pack of cigarettes, charge your battery.

If you want to live a healthy lifestyle, quit smoking completely. If you like the act of smoking, but not the smoke itself, try changing your habit with an electronic cigarette.

If you currently have an electronic cigarette you may be wondering which parts and cartridges from other companies will fit your model. This may be because your current supplier no longer stocks your model, has went out of business, or you just haven’t been happy with the service.

Compatibility between e-cigarette models is not easy as there are many models, many names for each model and suppliers often change their product line. The definitive answer comes from the e-liquid. E-liquid can be used to refill almost any cartridge from any model. It is more difficult when using cartomizers (and not recommended as they are meant to be disposable) but any model where the atomizer and the cartridge are separate pieces can be refilled with e-liquid.

If you are wondering about cartridges sizes, this is also difficult to answer due to the reasons stated above. However, each bottle of Instead E-Liquid comes with 5 empty cartridges. If you are looking for e-liquid and new cartridges, we recommend keeping your old, used cartridges that you know fit. Then when you purchase a bottle of Instead E-Liquid, even if our cartridges don’t fit, you can still use the e-liquid to refill your old cartridges.

The Instead electronic cigarette is compatible with many popular brands. If your e-cigarette, when fully assembled, is 4 inches long, then it is likely our batteries and atomizers will fit. If you have the RN4081 or DSE101, it is likely our parts will fit.

The Instead e-cigarette charger will fit almost all brands. The batteries do not screw into the charger, but rather slide in. They have been designed to accommodate almost every brand battery on the market.

If you purchase a battery, charger or atomizer from Instead and it doesn’t fit your current model, you can return it for a full refund minus shipping.

Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, Chair, Tobacco Control Task Force, American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) has created two petitions and sent them to the FDA. The first argues that the FDA should classify the electronic cigarette as a reduced harm tobacco product and abandon the idea that it is a new drug. Dr. Nitzkin and the AAPHP make many arguments as to why the e-cigarette as a reduced harm tobacco product is in the best interest of public health.

The second petition asks the FDA to follow up on their July 22nd, 2009 press conference to, “amend certain statements on the basis of new information provided as text and attachments to the two AAPHP petitions being submitted today.”

The petitions begin as follows:

Dear FDA:

The undersigned submits this petition under the provisions of the new Tobacco Center legislation for which authority has been delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs under 21 CFR 5.10 to request the Commissioner of Food and drugs to reclassify nicotine vaporizers, also known as “Ecigarettes” or “electronic cigarettes” from “drug-device combinations under 201(g) and 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to “tobacco product” under the new FDA/Tobacco legislation.

This is one of two petitions I am submitting today on behalf of the Tobacco Control Task Force of the American Association of Public Health Physicians. The other petition is a request to FDA to follow-up on its July 22, 2009 press release with another press release to amend certain statements on the basis of new information provided as attachments to both of these petitions.

We have generated these petitions because reclassification of E-cigarettes to tobacco products could open the door to a new harm reduction component to current tobacco control programming. That new component, in turn, could rapidly and substantially reduce tobacco-related illness and death without increasing the numbers of teens initiating nicotine use.

Neither I nor AAPHP have received or anticipate receipt of any financial support from any
electronic cigarette enterprise, any other tobacco-related enterprise, or any pharmaceutical enterprise.

Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA
Chair, Tobacco Control Task Force, American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP)

To download and read the petitions, visit AAPHP FDA Petition 1 and AAPHP FDA Petition 2. For more about the AAPHP visit the American Association of Public Health Physicians’ website.

Our blog has become expansive. There are now well over 150 blog posts about electronic cigarettes, the industry, and our company. For a quick reference, we put together a list of the top 5 blog posts that should interested every vaper. They will cover a variety of topics to give to good view of the electronic cigarette, the industry, and the controversy that surrounds its.

1) What is going on with the FDA and the e-cigarette? – get the big picture of what has happened in the e-cig industry from the FDA to the ECA.

2) Vaporization compared to combustion – find out more about the science behind the electronic cigarette and some studies on vaporization and combustion.

3) Electronic cigarette buying guide and FAQ – find answers to common questions and hardware and costs associated with vaping.

4) Types of e-cigaretttes – a list of the most popular models of e-cigarettes on the market.

5) Comparing electronic cigarette suppliers – a must read before purchasing.

Smokers searching online for information about electronic cigarettes may come across websites offering “free trials” for electronic cigarettes. While this may sound like a tempting offer to smokers looking desperately for an alternative to their smoking habit, remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

We can’t speak to all of these electronic cigarette free trial offers, but we can tell you that we receive emails from customers who have been taken in by at least some of these types of offers. Consumers often vent where ever they can and since this blog has high viewer ship, it seems they would like us to know of how they were mislead by other websites.

The issue from the free trials that consumers have contacted us about is the fine print. What isn’t clear to consumers taking advantage of the free trial is that they are committing to reoccurring billing or to paying in full after a specific period of time. It appears at least some e-cigarette suppliers are continuing to bill for months after or delaying shipment of the product as to make it impossible to return before billing starts.

These marketing practices give the entire industry a bad name. It can also lead consumers to believe that the electronic cigarette itself is a scam. This is a shame as many smokers find the e-cigarette to be a great alternative to tobacco cigarettes and there are many reputable suppliers.

We don’t have any of these marketing gimmicks at INSTEAD Electronic Cigarettes. There is no free trial with INSTEAD, just a great product with great customer service.

We have had some questions about payment options and shipping options when they purchase the INSTEAD E-Cigarette, so this blog post should help answer those questions.

Question #1: Is your website secure.
Answer: Yes. Our website is validated by COMODO security. We use SSL for secure transactions. More information about our website security can be found by clicking on the image of the padlock located in the bottom right hand corner of our website store page.

Question #2: How can I pay for my Instead electronic cigarette?
Answer: We accept all major credit cards (Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover) or you can pay via check or money order. When checking out, just select your payment method and you will receive instructions for making payment. We no longer accept Paypal because they are difficult to deal with.

Question #3: How will my order be shipped and how long will it take?
Answer: Orders are shipped via UPS Ground or USPS Priority Mail. They are usually shipped out the same day the order is placed (if before 2:00pm EST) but always within 2 business days. Orders go out from Indianapolis, so surrounding states normally receive their order in 1 or 3 days, and more distant states take 3 to 4 days. Shipping costs (a flat $9) cover shipping insurance and signature requirements.

Question #4: Do I have to sign for my package?
Answer: If your order includes cartomizers or e-liquid with nicotine, then we do require you to sign for your package. If your order doesn’t include any product with nicotine and you don’t want to sign for it, then please note this in the order notes. Please remember that you take full responsibility for the package if you choose no signature. If the shipping company shows delivered and you don’t have it, there is nothing we can do. We recommend always requiring signature and if you won’t be at home, have it delivered to your work. Our packaging does not reveal what is in the package.

Question #5: What if I have questions about my order?
Answer: As soon as your order is shipped, you will receive an email with you tracking information. If it has been a couple days and you didn’t get an email, check your spam folder. You can also login to your account and check the status of your order. If you have questions about using your electronic cigarette, please read through our e-cigarette manual. And of course you can always email us or call us at 321-256-0486 with any questions you may have.

We started this blog about electronic cigarettes in August of 2007. We begun selling electronic cigarettes shortly after that. Since then, we have seen a huge increase in traffic, new stories, sales, and general interest in e-cigarettes. We have seen a few large and many small suppliers enter into the marketplace.

So what does this tell us? It tells us that this is a good product that people like to use. This doesn’t necessarily mean all those who use an electronic cigarette have quit smoking, it just tells us that for many smokers, it is a good alternative some or all of the time that they would otherwise be smoking tobacco cigarettes.

From a public health aspect, isn’t a reduction in the number of tobacco cigarettes smoked Nationwide important? If a smoker used to smoke 2 packs a day but now only smokes 5 cigarettes a day and vapes the rest of the time, isn’t that at least a partial success?

I mention this because of all the media reports about how this product may not be “safe and effective”. By the way, these are the buzz words directly from the FDA to attempt to categorized the electronic cigarette as an NRT.

We first had the FDA report that made sweeping generalizations that the electronic cigarette may contain toxins – based on a very unscientific test…of the liquid, not the vapor.

Then we had The American Legacy Foundation panel discussing all the things they didn’t know about the electronic cigarette. – apparently if they don’t know, it must not be good.

Then we had a CNN report that electronic cigarettes are ineffective based on a study done by Dr. Eissenberg – with 16 people who had never used an electronic cigarette before.

But for all of the questions about whether this product is “safe and effective”, what do we actually know?

We know that for at least some percentage of smokers, the electronic cigarette is now their preferred habit over smoking tobacco.

We know that to date there have been no reported serious side effects from using an electronic cigarette.

If you are a smoker deciding if you should try an electronic cigarette, do the research and make a decision for yourself. Just please don’t read one hyped up news story and decide it is not worth trying……because there are many smokers turned vapers who would disagree.