It wasn’t so long ago that we all assumed Hon Lik invented the ecigarette. Then we found Herbert Gilbert invented a similar device in 1963, and that Dr Jacobson trialled a vaping device (albeit not electronic cigarette) in the late 70’s and 80’s. Now it seems there is another contender. If you look on the Simple English Wikipedia […]
Last week I was surprised to discover that the first mentions of vapings appeared to come from the late 70’s/early 80’s (see The Origins of Vaping). The inventor of that device has since passed away. However, since I wrote that post I’ve been very fortunate to interview the (very charming!) Dr Jacobson who pioneered the use […]
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 […]
Last year, when I was writing up the history of the electronic cigarette, I mentioned Herbert A. Gilbert, who is considered by many to be the inventor of the modern electronic cigarette. I also wrote: Herbert A Gilbert may still be alive, if this post is genuine. (Herbert, if you’re out there, I’d love to interview you!) […]
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 […]
The History and Origins of E-Cigarettes and Vaping Ask most vapers about the history of e-cigarettes, and they’ll tell you it began in China, not much more than ten years ago. So let’s start there… Like most men in China, Hon Lik was a smoker. He’d get through two or three packs per day, but […]
By Paul Bergen of tobaccoharmreduction.org In the New World, tobacco was both thought of as a panacea for all that could ail you and also as a spiritual conduit. Using it cured you, kept you safe, and could give you visions. And it also helped with what was more common in those days: a less […]
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 […]
The anti-smoking movement is hoping to stop smoking through policies such as: increased taxes pub and car bans a policy of denormalisation (no really – I’m not making that up!) But despite the protests of smoker’s rights groups, these are nothing compared to what anti-smokers did in the past: Imprisoning smokers The first person to […]
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