Travelling to Puerto Vallarta, help with ecig and coils and juice

[jlazarus]

So, it's now illegal to bring ecig with you into Mexico (but of course I can bring cigarettes - ugh!) Haven't smoked since 2011, don't plan to start now. I do want to vape.

I found a store in Puerto Vallarta that carries mods - Geek Vape, Voodoo Drag, etc - they even deliver ;-) So, I can have that delivered to me.
The store does not however carry the tank I like, or the coils, or the juice I like. Ugh.

I've read a lot of other folks' experiences with customs arrival that all ranged from "They don't pat you down, just put your stuff in your pocket and make sure it's not in your carry on/purse/luggage because those are all scanned" - to folks that actually did get caught, but simply paid a fine to the agent and waived on, to folks that had their stuff confiscated and only one experience of someone claiming to have been detained for hours. Mostly it's, "Oh, it's no big deal".

Anyone have experience with this? 'cause I'm thinking, if my tank is completely apart - like, glass separate from drip tip separate from coils - is that actually something they would look for? I mean, the tank itself is NOT an ecig. So. Technically, to me, it's not illegal?

And for juice, I thought about just putting juice in shampoo bottle in checked luggage. But. Ugh. I believe that is illegal and hesitant to do so. I HATE the idea of using juice from a source I do not trust (which is why I don't want to purchase it there).

Thoughts? Anyone been to Puerto Vallarta recently with experience on this?

 

[Territoo]

I went to Mexico City earlier this year, but not Puerta Vallarta. I did not bring any vape gear, because with the group I was with, I wouldn't have had an opportunity to vape as vaping in all public places is illegal, including hotel rooms. Although Mexico did pass a law outlawing vaping, it is being challenged in their supreme court. However flying in to Mexico, they have a red/green light system. Red light means your bags are searched, but I don't believe they have you empty your pockets. I'm not a 100% sure on that as I got the green light.

 

[jlazarus]

I went to Mexico City earlier this year, but not Puerta Vallarta. I did not bring any vape gear, because with the group I was with, I wouldn't have had an opportunity to vape as vaping in all public places is illegal, including hotel rooms. Although Mexico did pass a law outlawing vaping, it is being challenged in their supreme court. However flying in to Mexico, they have a red/green light system. Red light means your bags are searched, but I don't believe they have you empty your pockets. I'm not a 100% sure on that as I got the green light.

Yes, I read that the supreme court ruled that the ban on the sale of e-cigarettes in unconstitutional, but that ruling only affected the companies who were party to the case.

Mexico Vape Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

The judgement applies only to the parties that brought the challenge, however.

tobaccoreporter.com

The law also bans importation of ecigarettes, unless for personal use. However, I've read that the customs agents can do whatever they want and will, and often just make $$ by scaring folks ("import" could be me bringing mine in, I guess if they want to claim I aim to sell it or something).

So, I figure I can just buy a mod while there, no biggee. But I really want to bring my own juice and at least two coils, and I can't find anything official that states one way or another (I do see a lot of unofficial stuff that says no, but mostly that's from bloggers or vape suppliers and redditors that are just repeating the former two so not sure if true).

I actually don't care about handing of $30-$50 to an agent to waive me through. What I do NOT want is to be detained for 72 hours.

 

[Territoo]

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