By Paul Bergen from tobaccoharmreduction.org. What news! When it comes to matters of nicotine, its rare that a government report not only exhibits common sense but gets as far as being reported in two major newspapers without some prohibitionary lunatics weaseling themselves into the mix. Though both the report in the MailOnline and the The Guardian  [...]

There’s another story from New Zealand about the safety of electronic cigarettes, with the Health Ministry stating that the devices are far safer than regular cigarettes. So that’s it, they are going to be made legal. Oh no! You see, that makes smokers seem normal: Let’s summarise. Electronic cigarettes are vastly safer than cigarettes but [...]

We recently held a little survey to test the scientific contention that nicotine users are smarter. Although the survey was a bit of fun rather than a serious scientific experiment, I think there was some real value in the comments, so I have actually added those above the survey results! (I have only removed one [...]

From DJ Beanie: DJ emailed us with these pictures, saying: Previously to buying my NJoy Pro Duo ECig, I smoked roll ups which always left my clothes smellinng and friends that dont smoke not wanting to visit. I watched many youtube videos into what e cigs were like and was very unsure but I thought [...]

Prue Talbot, a researcher at the University of California, has launched a new attack on the electronic cigarette. In her paper, due to be released today, she thunders that electronic cigarettes are not regulated and should be banned until such a time as they are. Prue Talbot is a researcher at the University of California [...]

The World Self-Medication Federation has directly attacked the electronic cigarette – and for the first time their motivation has been laid bare. In the past we have had to dig into financial statements for evidence that NRT producers were behind a concerted campaign to discredit the e-cigarette. That digging around found that the anti-smoking organisations [...]

Statements by the WHO/Anti-smoking organisations on the electronic cigarette from a conference in Uruagay appear to make little sense. Quit smoking aid? “The electronic cigarette is presented as an instrument certified to quit smoking but there is no scientific evidence to support this assertion,” said Eduardo Bianco. What we say (and other responsible suppliers) say [...]

Earlier this month we wrote to the MHRA asking when a decision will be made on whether the e-cigarette will be regulated as a medicine. The MHRA wrote back to us saying the decision was expected this month. Today we wrote again asking for confirmation of this: Dear Mr Mean Thank you again for your [...]

One way around a potential ban on electronic cigarettes!

Positive news stories and support from some anti-smoking organisations bode well for the electronic cigarette in New Zealand.