By Paul Bergen of tobaccoharmreduction.org This really has nothing to do with vaping at all but it is amusing. Vaping has come in at a time when the ways of using tobacco and/or nicotine don’t exhibit quite the imagination when compared to days of yore. Nowadays the choices are: inhaling  chewing  and a little bit [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I rushed over to Granny’s yesterday, shaking with fear. Just as I expected – the old dear was having her nightly sip of sherry. “No Granny,” I shouted, ripping the glass out of her hand and pouring the contents down the sink. “Don’t you know that this stuff is worse for you than heroin, crack, [...]

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. [...]

Check out the Tobacco Harm Reduction’s blog on how Health Canada is taking on the tobacco industry. It’s the best post you are ever likely to read on tobacco harm reduction.

Read about the mischief you can get up to when you are stuck in hospital with an electronic cigarette.

The American Stop Smoking Society is at its again. This time they have set up their own website. They are repeating their claims that the electronic cigarette kills – fast. And they are perpetuating the myth of fourth hand smoke. More dangerously, they are offering to sell suicide kits to smokers, stating: Are you a [...]

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Condescending or amusing?