Like many other vapers, I've always thought that both smoking and nicotine lead to an increase in our blood pressure.After all, nicotine constricts our blood vessels, making it harder for the heart to pump blood around our veins.And many health sites offer advice like:"After two hours without a cigarette, your heart rate and blood pressure will have decreased to near normal.....
And just how addictive is nicotine when removed from tobacco?One of the most shocking scenes of Trainspotting is this:Some people believe this scene exaggerates withdrawal symptoms (more on this later), but heroin is known to be difficult to quit.Yet according to respected sources there's something.....
Not so long ago, most people in UK Public Health were advising smokers to steer clear of e-cigarettes.
The very best we could hope for was:
They might be safer, but we need more research.
Fast forward to today and it’s a very different situation. In fact, the UK, with a few notable exceptions, probably has the strongest public health support for e-cigs.....
1. You've always got your head in the clouds... of vapour. Tweet this!
2. You can smell things much better now than when you smoked. Tweet this!
3. You have more e-liquid than food in your cupboard. Tweet this!
4. You forgot your wallet, keys and phone - but remembered to pack your e-cig. Tweet this!
5. You try to turn any electrical item.....
18 Words That Mean Completely Different Things To Vapers
Were you confused when you started vaping? (Or are you still confused now?) In the six years I have been writing about vaping (a word that has itself only just made it into the Oxford English Dictionary) the vocabulary associated with vaping has exploded like a badly put-together mechanical mod charged on.....
Who do you consider to be the inventor of the electronic cigarette?
Most vapers would answer Hon Lik, who came up with an electronic inhalation device in the first decade of this century.
But last year we interviewed Herbert Gilbert, who developed a smokeless cigarette in 1960's.
The debate is still ongoing as to whether Herbert Gilbert or Hon Lik is the true.....
Plus - announcing the winners to our recent giveaway!
1. Your ecig doesn't care when you use another ecig.
2. You can play with different e-liquids at the same time, or with several different electronic cigarettes, one after the other.
3. After you use an ecig, you don't need to cuddle it.
4. (On the other hand, it's happy to be held even.....
Text by Steve Kryworuka
The electronic cigarette has in less than a decade become one of the most promising technologies in the field of tobacco harm reduction. From a modest beginning in the mid-2000s, e-cigarette adoption has grown to over 2.5 million users worldwide.
How did the e-cigarette get to where it is today? The road has been rocky, and the.....
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The number one UK vapers forum has been taken down today following threatened legal action by an electronic cigarette vendor.
The vendor (not us!) previously told UK Vapers:
I want no part in your community, neither does my company and to that end i wish no products to be reviewed, talked about in a good or bad light. In fact my request.....