Paul has written written about leaked journalist guidelines for reporting stories on tobacco on the tobacco harm reduction blog. If you read the blogpost you will soon realise that it is not entirely serious. I thought it was a good send-up of tobacco writing , although I might have made it more over the top. [...]

Yesterday we blogged about the winding up of The Electronic Cigarette Company (TECC). However, existing TECC customers need not worry about UK supply -  ECigarette Direct is ready to step in, offering  the latest technology 2 in 1 cartridges with integrated atomisers, compatible with the Super White electronic cigarette. We offer some of the best [...]

According to an email I was sent last night, one of the biggest UK e-cigarette companies is shutting down. Speculation about The Electronic Cigarette Company has been rife after 50% sales recently, and that speculation proved correct when owner Jason Cropper announced his company was going into liquidation. The owner denied that the closure was [...]

Lab study spun to show alarming results, but study of 63,000 women suggests no risk I noticed a rather alarming article the other day suggesting that nicotine can cause breast cancer. We already know that in labatory conditions nicotine can accelerate the growth of cancer. (As we saw in our recent article on nicotine on [...]

My friend’s Grandad is 102 years old. Until he was 100 years old he used to smoke a pipe and enjoy copious amounts of whisky. He also had a very sweet tooth, and consumed large amounts of sugar. Now, gently fading away in an old people’s home, he is denied the right to smoke or [...]

Beating the unmatched warranty We are quite friendly with ECigaretteNational, an American electronic cigarette company. I like some of the work they have done in defence of the e-cigarette – they have provided us with information and we have linked to them in the past. However, I can’t help noticing (or commenting upon) their claim [...]

Have you managed to quit smoking with the e-cigarette? If so, scientists in America want to hear from you. The American Council on Smoking and Health are looking for smokers who have managed to quit using the electronic cigarette. Dispatch: A question for our Dispatch readers ACSH staffers would like to know if you or [...]

Apologies to anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis – with two members of our team out on the road there hasn’t been much time for blogging recently! Which is a shame because, as always, there are interesting things happening… Second Obesity More Dangerous than Second Hand Smoke Grandad has been blogging about [...]

I’ve been writing an article for another website on the best way to quit smoking (the Allen Carr method wins) and started looking up statistics for Chantix/Champix. A search quickly throws About.com’s page on Chantix, which seems impressive. According to Terry Martin’s article on the subject users achieved a 22% abstinence rate. Terry didn’t mention [...]

The MHRA are supposed to be holding a consultation on what to do with the electronic cigarette. Yet according to a leaked trading standards letter the decision has already been made – before the end of the consultation! The letter, which was sent to us by Kate of Vaper’s Network, states: “The outcome will be [...]