Established in 2011 Founded in 2011, Vape New York opened the first e-cigarette store in New York City in October 2011 and then the first e-cigarette store in Manhattan in July 2013. Vape New York was started by Phil Roseman and Spike Babaian of New York, NY. Both vaping for a couple years, they got to talking at a Long Island Vapers Club meeting and after converting many smokers to vaping, they decided it was time to go into business. Both are very involved in the e-cigarette community and have represented vapers at e-cig ban hearings and have been strong advocates for e-cigarette education and research.