Why Did Puff Bar Get Banned and Where To Buy a Puff Bar

Puff Bar was a very popular disposable vape brand and you may have noticed it has become a lot more difficult to find and purchase as of recently. We created this article to give you information about what Puff Bar is, why Puff Bar was banned, where you can go to find a Puff bar now, along with some Puff Bar alternatives. We hope this article is helpful for you to see if Puff Bar is for you and also in making future decisions as to which disposable e cigarettes would be the best fit for you.

E-cigarette and Smoking Warning

Before we get into the Puff Bar we wanted to remind our readers, especially teens or young adults, about the dangers of cigarette and vape pen smoking. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance and the long-term health risks from smoking a tobacco product include cancer and unknown reproductive harm to its users. We advise that you learn of these risks before making any decisions that may affect your health.

What is Puff Bar?

Puff Bar is a disposable vape brand that was very well on the rise until July of 2020. They sold a pre-filled disposable device that was very similar to that of a Juul device in that the size and design mimicked a USB drive and it has a draw activated firing mechanism. A Puff Bar disposable device affords you 300 puffs before it runs out and it comes in many fruit flavours including Pink Lemonade, Banana Ice, Blueberry, and Mango. The devices vape juice ingredients are pretty standard including nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine and natural & artificial flavouring. Puff Bar is a disposable vape device that is incredibly easy to use since it does not need to be refilled or recharged. Once you are done you just throw the device away. Each device is pre-filled with 1.3mL of salt nic but you are able to determine your preferred nicotine strength, between 2%(20MG) and 5%(50MG).

Why was Puff Bar Banned?

If you were not aware of it yet (We don't blame you, we're in Canada), the F.D.A. (Food & Drug Administration) banned the sale of Puff Bar products in the USA around July of 2020 last year. People made the assumption that since the Puff bar was a disposable vape it was able to find a loophole that helped them avoid being banned and continue selling their device with its fruity flavours up until July of 2020. While other companies like JUUL, which has a device with a disposable pod, was essentially forced to voluntarily stop all production of its fruity flavoured vaping products as early as 2018, keeping only tobacco flavour pods. The actual reason Puff Bar was banned was because their products were being introduced without receiving approval from the F.D.A through the PMTA (Premarket Tobacco Product Application). This is why Puff Bar and many other companies with a vape juice or disposable vape pen that appeals to young adults and teens were banned.

Where to Buy a Puff Bar

You may be reading this and telling us that you can still go to the Puff Bar website to order their devices and they still offer the fruity flavours, what gives? Trust us we are just as confused as you are. Are they banned or not?! From our understanding, you are still able to buy a Puff Bar if you are outside the USA. Meaning us in Canada we still have a few select places that do have the Puff Bar. This includes the Puff Bar website and upon further investigation, it seems that they do offer delivery to Canada, Australia, the UK, and even the USA. We know we said it was banned but that was only for the USA and it appears that anywhere outside the USA (even still in the USA) we can order and purchase the Puff Bar. So check your local vape shop and see if they have the Puff Bar. There is a reason the Puff Bar was and still is so popular, unfortunately, we do not carry the Puff Bar at Vape Cove. We do have a few alternative devices and would be happy to share them with you.

How to Spot a Counterfeit Puff Bar

There are many great alternatives to the Puff Bar but before that, we wanted to give a quick warning to our readers about any fake puff bar you may encounter in the market. How would you know if a Puff Bar was a counterfeit or not? There are a few ways to verify your puff bar authenticity:

1. Box packaging of the device - You can distinguish a counterfeit Puff bar from the box packaging. An authentic package has the white Puff Bar logo at the top of the box. There is also an image of the device that should have the same colour as its corresponding flavour. You should also look for a scratch-away area that reveals a code that confirms the authenticity of your device.

1. Check the device itself - Every Puff bar flavour has a colour associated with it. If the bar of your Puff Bar is not matching the wrapper and the box then it might be a fake. There are also 4 elements printed on the Puff Bar, including the Puff logo, the name of the bar flavour, the level of nicotine and an arrow that points to the mouthpiece.

Alternatives to the Puff Bar

Now that we know how to spot a fake Puff Bar we are going to go over a few alternatives to the Puff Bar. We love all disposable vape devices, they are incredibly user friendly and are usually small and compact so carrying them around is super easy too. There are 3 disposable devices that we wanted to introduce:

PULL - Disposable Device - Vape Cove  - PULL is a newcomer in the Canadian disposable vapes market. This is a rechargeable device powered by a 600 mAh battery with adjustable airflow design. Out of the box it houses 7mL of e-juice, equivalent to approximately 2500 puffs.  With no setup or maintenance required, the Pull is perfect for the no-fuss user or as a backup device for a night out or vacation. Simply open and start vaping. Coming in at $19.99, this device gives you the best bang for your buck in terms of puffs per dollar. And it comes in 14 amazing flavours!

Envi Boost - Disposable Device - The Envi Boost is a fan favourite for us within Vape Cove. We love the cylinder design and the matte finish of the device feels really great in the hands. Along with a great mouthpiece that makes it really smooth to draw from. Our favourite flavour has to be Mango Peach Watermelon, the combination leaves an amazing taste upon your first inhale with the exhale leaving that subtle peach sweetness to linger on your taste buds. As you can see we really love this flavour and we can't get enough. The Envi Boost starts at $16.99 capable of up to 1500 puffs before it runs out. We love this device and we know you will too!  

Allo 1600 Disposable - Allo has a whole lineup of disposable vape devices ranging from $9.99 to $17.99. Since we have covered 2 alternatives already at lower price points we wanted to go over the most expensive Allo disposable vape pen that starts at $17.99. Similar to the Envi Boost the Allo 1600 comes designed with that cylinder shape with a beautiful colour that corresponds with the flavour you decide to go with. As the name suggests we expect about 1600 draws from this device before it runs out and with flavours like Pineapple Ice and Blue Raspberry, we know you won't be disappointed trying out this disposable vape device.

We hope that this article helped you with figuring out what device would be best for you. If you have any questions or anything that you noticed we got wrong or missed, please let us know in the comments below. Last but not least make sure to check out Vape Cove for more articles and for all your vaping needs!