I used to be a firm believer in passive smoking as a serious danger to health. Well, we were told this by people in positions of trust, by health organisations, by scientists and by doctors, so why would one think otherwise. However, I was a bit surprised when I heard the very doctor who had [...]

In this movie, the latest of our mini-extracts from our interview with Professor Carl Phillips from the TobaccoHarmReduction.org project, we get a scientist’s opinion on whether the electronic cigarette could potentially be used as a tobacco harm reduction tool. Also see: Full Interview with Carl Phillips The E Cigarette and the FDA: A Scientist’s Response [...]

A second tobacco expert has come out and criticised an article in the British Medical Journal on the electronic cigarette. To recap, the article concluded that the contents of the electronic cigarette were far safer than regular cigarettes but it should be banned anyway because the electronic hasn’t been studied enough. (In the process, as [...]

This is latest in our series of mini-extracts from our full interview with Professor Carl Phillips. Also see: Full Interview with Carl Phillips Electronic Cigarette Side Effects Health Benefits of the Electronic Cigarette The Electronic Cigarette and Passive Smoking Like this post? Keep up to date with us by signing up for our email updates. [...]

A couple of days ago we blogged about a health group who admitted that the electronic cigarette was far better than cigarettes, but felt they had the right to deny this healthy alternative to the millions of smokers who will die from using cigarette because it too closely resembled smoking. They’re not the only health [...]

In the latest extract from our interview with Carl Phillips we discuss the side effects of the electronic cigarette. You can see our other Carl Phillips movies here: Health Benefits of the Electronic Cigarette The Electronic Cigarette and Passive Smoking Is the Electronic Cigarette Safer than Smoking? You can also read the full interview here: [...]

Care about the electronic cigarette? Then click here to sign the electronic cigarette petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/vaping/petition.html The petition asks the government to: ‘ensure that electronic cigarette products and their use is regulated appropriately for recreational purposes rather than seek to define vaping as smoking, tobacco use or medical therapy.’ Click here to read the full petition! [...]

This is the latest in our series of movie excerpts from our interview with Professor Carl Phillips. You can see the previous excerpts here: The Electronic Cigarette and Passive Smoking Is the Electronic Cigarette Safe? You can also read the full text interview with Professor Carl Phillips here: An interview with Carl Phillips Also, we [...]

A quote in a New Zealand article on the electronic cigarette perfectly reveals the attitude anti-smoking groups have towards electronic cigarettes. Despite the fact that New Zealand researcher Dr Murray Laugeson had declared that electronic cigarettes were far safer than regular cigarettes, anti-smoking group Quit stated they were hesitant about endorsing the product even though [...]

This is the second in our series of excerpts from our Carl Phillips interview. You can read the full interview here: E Cigarette Direct Interview with Carl Phillips, and you can also see the first excerpt here: Is the Electronic Cigarette Safer than Cigarettes? Like this post? Keep up to date with us by signing [...]