I once saw a sign for the Sun Wellness Center in Tampa, Florida.  At the time, I was interested in anything and everything related to preventive health.  I was a bit surprised when I walked into the building and found nothing but tanning beds—and a female attendant whose skin matched the texture of my first baseball glove.

Tanning beds marketed under the word “Wellness” join a list of promoters and scammers doing the same thing.  Here is a list of products and services marketed under the wellness umbrella:

Weight loss clinics

Supplement companies

Dental clinics

Chiropractors

Exercise trainers

Mindful meditation teachers

Day Spas

MLM marketers

Lifestyle coaches

Sex toys

Suboxone (opioid antagonist) clinics

As for the company featured in today’s edition, I have more respect for the owner of this company than I do for the supplement hucksters I’ve known and the lifestyle coaches and the weight loss gurus who have adopted the term “wellness” to market their products and services.  The person who owns Vape Wellness leased a store, paid for a sign, hired staff, ordered inventory and opened for business.  The people who walk into this store are getting exactly what they are paying for.  That would be the opposite of most of the customers of the entities that market wellness products and services.

Up next:  Why there are numerous articles like this one… and the worst wellness idea ever (w/ a Pittsburgh connection!)