Enjoy Electronic Cigarettes in the Beautiful Gower In what is probably the first electronic cigarette friendly tourist accommodation in Wales, a house offering self catering accommodation in Gower specifies that while smoking has to be done outside the house, electronic cigarettes are welcome. The owner of the house (which just happens to be our managing [...]

In a tale of politics and ignorance Suffolk legislators have been trying to stop smokers from using their electronic cigarettes in public. Now Professor Michael Siegel has joined other distinguished scientists by writing articles in newspapers in an exposure of the move to ban electronic cigarettes. The Professor writes: “The question the FDA and the [...]

It appears that the Long Island Vaping Club may have won a small victory in their battle to keep smoking e-cigarettes in public places. Until recently, Suffolk County planned to ban the electronic cigarette. To promote support for the ban they used emotive language, unproven claims and plain lies. Emotive language: “…a new, high-tech smoking [...]

Updated 22/08: We are in the middle of a battle to save an alternative to the cigarettes that kill millions of people worldwide. The resistance to the powerful and well-financed campaign against the electronic cigarette is largely taking place on the internet – on blogs, forums and social media sites. Links are the currency are [...]

Action on Smoking and Health Claims ASH.org makes some extreme claims on their website. 1. That 30 minutes of exposure to drifting tobacco smoke can trigger a fatal heart attack. 2. That E Cigarettes pose dangers for both smokers and non-smokers. 3. That third hand smoke can pose serious risks for smokers. 4. That smoker’s [...]

A recent report in the New York Times managed to get all the facts wrong. THOMAS H. MAUGH stated that: 1. 19 varieties of electronic cigarettes were analysed. WRONG: Two varieties were analysed in the FDA report. 2. Many contained diethylene glycol. WRONG: One contained diethylene glycol. 3. Half contained nitrosamines (the same carcinogen found [...]

According to a medical study in South Africa highlighted by News 24 45% of smokers using the electronic cigarette were able to quit within two months of switching to the innovative new product. Of coure, what counts is whether smokers can cease smoking for the long term. However, the results remain extremely encouraging. The survey [...]

Ash Accuses E Cigarette Research of Being Compromised In a recent letter attacking E Cigarette Direct, ASH claimed that Electronic Cigarette Companies could not be relied upon to be neutral because of their financial interest. They also claimed that any research commissioned by Electronic Cigarette Companies was compromised. That research includes an analysis by Murray [...]

We’ve been surprised by how quickly our recent press release on the Peninsula’s outrageous exaggeration about the e-cigarette has spread around the net. ASH’s attack on us is also now gaining a reaction. Writing about their criticism of us, Tiffany Ellis published a press release entitled: “Is ASH practicing corruption or are they concerned about [...]

We recently wrote an open letter to the Peninsula regarding their article on the electronic cigarette. The article in the Peninsula carried blatant mistruths, including the allegation that the electronic cigarette contains 40 times as much nicotine as a regular cigarette. In fact, when measured per puff, the strongest e cigarette cartridges contains less nicotine [...]