A couple of months ago we did a deal with Groupon. We were promised a national deal, and consequently brought in huge amounts of HALO midi stock. Unfortunately, once we had signed a contract with Groupon we were only given local deals. Which, although successful, left us with a lot of stock! Our pain is [...]

This post, and this competition, was inspired by a lady who Jean, our MD, met while at a trade show. The lady had bought an electronic cigarette from us a year before, and was being very disciplined about using it to save money. “So far,” she told Jean, “I’ve bought an American fridge-freezer, a dishwasher and [...]

Recently I displayed 37 of the more controversial smoking ads to smokers and ex-smokers. Anti-smoking ads have fascinated me ever since I saw research that suggested cigarette warnings could have a very unwelcome effect – increasing the desire to smoke rather than decreasing it! So I asked smokers and anti-smokers if anti-smoking ads made them [...]

These shocking ads will repel, disgust, intrigue, confuse – and possibly even arouse! But the most shocking information is not an advert, but a little known fact ignored by the makers of these ads. Read on to find out what it is – and find out what smoker’s/ex-smokers reactions are to these adverts. Sexual/Erotic Anti-Smoking [...]

JF Etter (PHD), who has previously published research on vaping, is conducting a second survey on smoking and and sex. It’s likely to be more serious than the surveys we have conducted previously! The research aims to gain a better understanding of the link between smoking and sexual function, with a particular focus on the [...]

Ever since I read about the man who went to live on a deserted island to try and quit smoking (more on that shortly!), I’ve been fascinated by the more bizarre ways people have tried to quit smoking. Believe it or not, all of the methods below have been suggested somewhere on the net or [...]

Joyce tries the Smoker’s Halo e-cigarette for the first time, and her son was there to catch the experience on video. Thanks for Chris for sending this video in!

In the latest of our electronic cigarette interviews, Tobacco and Public Health Expert Scott Ballin (interviewed by Paul Bergen) argues the anti-smoking lobby faces a choice – adapt or face obscurity. You can read the full interview here, but for busy people here are a few choice excerpts. On the e-cigarette and the pharmaceutical industry: “In [...]