Pimp My Vape: The Rise of E-Cigarette Hackers

It's foggy outside the Henley Vaporium in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. Gray clouds, swirling like ghosts, cling tightly to the sidewalk and century-old brick buildings

The haziness from the street matches the air inside the shop. It's a different type of cloudy, though — lighter, with a sweet aroma. Water vapor from e-cigarettes.

"You can barely see two feet in front of you when these guys are in here," laughs Peter Denholtz, the shop's co-owner

He points to a handful of twenty-somethings near the back. The men and women, most of whom don button-up shirts and flat-brim hats, chat anxiously around a glass counter covered with screwdrivers, wires and small metal tubes Read more...