How to ensure you don’t get derailed and go back to smoking Quitting smoking can be challenging, to say the least. Nicotine is a big part of the reason why, but you’ll also find yourself missing the routine and ritual of smoking too. The early morning rollie with your cup of tea, the post-dinner smoke, …
A Guide to Your First Week of Vaping Read More »
I remember the time I first picked up an e-cigarette. It was all very simple. It was a little cigarette-sized device with an in-built battery, and to charge it you just had to screw it into a USB charger and wait for the light at the end to turn green. It was foolproof. Little did …
Using Replaceable Vape Batteries: What You Need to Know Read More »
Do you know that feeling when something gives a huge number of people a bit of pleasure, and helps them kick a habit that stands a substantial chance of killing them, and all you want to do is criticise it and mock them for it? No, neither do I. But you can’t spend very long …
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And How You Could Help Science! Critics of vaping often point out that “we don’t have enough long-term studies” to really know how much risk vaping poses to users. While the Royal College of Physicians and Public Health England have famously estimated that vaping isn’t likely to pose more than 5% of the risk of …
Vaping and Your DNA: What You Need to Know Read More »
Vaping is changing. For a long time, e-cigarettes just kept getting bigger and bigger. We went from cigalikes to vape pens, from vape pens to tube mods, from tube mods to box mods, and since then the box mods have been packing more and more batteries into their bodies. There are many reasons for this. …
Pod Systems: A New Way to Vape Read More »
I had a few misconceptions about CBD prior to trying it. A friend of mine was vaping it across from me at a pub table, and after innocently asking what her e-liquid was, my curiosity was piqued. “So does it give you a sort of relaxed, sleepy high?” I asked, “Like weed but just with …
CBD E-Liquids: Separating Fact From Fiction Read More »
Smokers have a reputation for having bad teeth. They get “nicotine stains,” people say, turning their teeth from a brilliant white into a dull yellow-brown. Faced with comments like this, most vapers would rightly point out that nicotine in pure form is actually colourless. It seems obvious that – much like with the health risks …
E-Cigs and Your Teeth: Should Vapers Be Worried? Read More »
In hindsight, I wish I’d taken all of the safety advice for DIY e-liquid mixing seriously. But I used to smoke, so it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that I have a bit of a cavalier attitude to risk. It didn’t happen on my first mix, but I quickly learned that DIY mixing …
DIY E-Liquid: Everything You Need To Know Read More »
It’s safe to say nicotine has a pretty bad reputation. From exaggerated claims about how toxic it is to the unfortunately widespread myth that it causes cancer, it’s long been viewed as a menace. As soon as e-cigarettes came on the scene, they were viewed as a menace too, largely because most contain it. Nicotine …
What Does Nicotine Do To Your Body? The answer might surprise you… Read More »
A friend of mine tried multiple times to switch to vaping. He’d picked up an eGo-style device with a basic clearomizer and some e-juice, but vaping irritated his throat so much he couldn’t keep going. He assumed the nicotine level was the issue. However, reducing it makes vaping less satisfying for a just-switching smoker. Plus, …
PG vs. VG: A Vaper’s Guide Read More »
