The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has released a major report calling for the UK government to promote electronic cigarettes via a mass media campaign. This would form part of a campaign that returned funding for anti-smoking campaigns to at least 2008 levels. The suggestion is just one of a number of recommendations the RCP …
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The Eleaf iStick Power 2 kit recently landed on my desk. I was quite keen to try it, as I have fond memories of the original iStick. In fact, the battery on the first version was so good I know people who still use it now half a decade after buying it. It’s the second …
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The World Health Organisation can sound pretty negative on vaping at times. So it might surprise you that harm reduction (such as switching from smoking to vaping) is embedded in its tobacco control charter. It might surprise you even more to find that one of the biggest influences on WHO policy is from an individual …
Guess WHO? Vaping, harm reduction & the World Health Organisation Read More »
Updated: September 2021 So you’re looking for a vape device, but not for a huge device designed to block out the sun with massive clouds of vapour? A vape pen might well be your best choice! Small, lightweight and discreet, these devices are often easy to use and make a great choice for the office. …
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You’re vaping away, when the battery runs out just as you’re leaving the house. Soon the nicotine cravings hit – along with the temptation to buy a pack of cigarettes. It’s a problem many vapers face. You either need to: have two devices have a device that takes replaceable batteries or put up with the …
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Opposition to vaping is driven by a complex web of factors. These include money, anti-nicotine morality and a justified distrust of anything related to tobacco companies. To get further into the web, it’s important to understand the precautionary principle. What is the precautionary principle? The precautionary principle applies across different fields of science. It informs …
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This website wouldn’t exist if my mum hadn’t been a heavy smoker. It was she who came across a basic cigalike device in 2008. Fortunately, for her it worked, and she hasn’t had a single (tobacco!) cigarette since. That simple device has helped tens of thousands of smokers switch from tobacco to vaping. It didn’t …
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Vaping is at least 95% safer than smoking cigarettes. That’s the opinion of the UK government after multiple reviews of the evidence – which includes a huge weight of studies carried out in the UK. It’s also the opinion of dozens of UK scientists and public health experts. Yet an increasing number of the public …
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When Vanity Fair journalist Marie Brenner met Jeffrey Wigand in 1996, Jeffrey was accompanied by a bodyguard. His reputation was under attack. Lawyers were trying to destroy him. He and his children had received death threats, one accompanied by a bullet. One of the death threats read: “We want you to know that we have …
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Coils have come a long way in the past ten years. But they still burn out, particularly when used at high wattages. It’s unpleasant when it happens, and it makes vaping more expensive – especially for Direct-Lung and restricted Direct-Lung vapers. What’s more, I suspect it has an impact on the relative safety of vaping …
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