Andrew Case loved his family. On Facebook he wrote: I hate seeing my babies poorly, breaks my heart. No clue of what was to follow came in one of his final entries, boasting that his little daughter, Bee: … dances like an angel. Shortly afterwards, Andrew, who was training to run a marathon to raise [...]

First, let’s just say that condoms bear no actual resemblance to electronic cigarettes. I think few people think condoms make sex better (well, maybe the ribbed ones…) whereas a lot of dedicated vapers think e-cigarettes are better than tobacco cigarettes. The comparison comes when we get to harm reduction. The Pope has said that we [...]

In a fascinating new scientific discovery, ASH has found that the danger of some chemicals depends on who is making money out of them. For example, tiny traces of tobacco-specific-nitrosamines are absolutely harmless when used in products sold and promoted by ASH sponsors. Nicotine poses no danger when sold as a nicotine cessation product by [...]

According to a recent press release by ASH electronic cigarettes are banned on US domestic flights. ASH US are masters of implying that which is not actually true – in particular, we remember when ASH made a press release stating that the US was about to ban electronic cigarettes. We had several emails from people [...]

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Ban homeosexual marriage – it’s just as dangerous as smoking!

Based on public health claims, the nicorette inhaler is targetted at children.

ASH US recently announced the electronic cigarette faced an imminent ban in the US. Fortunately, as far as I am aware, courts in the US make their own decisions, and are not told what to do by ASH. Still, it continues to perplex me that anyone could oppose the electronic cigarette. As numerous scientists have [...]

Paul Bergen had an interesting post on Smokles the other day. In it he touched  on the attraction of risk. While I am no expert in the subject, it brought back to me rapidly receding days of childhood. What was the attraction of smoking?  A huge part of it was that it was illegal (for [...]

In a new press release Ash is calling all smokers throughout the US to pay more money on health insurance than non-smokers. Smokers already pay more on health insurance in a number of states. Carolina has just joined those states, forcing smokers to pay 30% of health care costs rather than 20%. Dodgy Maths Ash [...]