“E-cigarettes are just the latest gimmick from Big Tobacco to hook a new generation on their products. The majority of e-cigarette brands are owned by tobacco companies.”
You might be hoping that this is a joke – a scathing piece of satire of anti-vaping arguments – but you’d be sadly mistaken. This is a direct quote from the CurbIt anti-vaping.....
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
- Dale Carnegie
Why, you might wonder, do people continue to oppose electronic cigarettes when there is so much evidence proving they can help smokers?
Surely someone surveying the evidence would judge e-cigarettes to lead to more good.....
Imagine you’re looking for a reason to ban vaping in public places. No, really, put yourself in the shoes of somebody in that position.
The best approach is clear.
With an air of confidence, you say, “Vapers expose non-users to harmful chemicals and nicotine,” (taking care to say “chemicals” like it’s a dirty word).
But, just as you’re patting yourself on the.....
What a shame the UK E-Cigarette All Party Parliamentary Group didn’t write the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
I attended a meeting of the group yesterday and there was not a single person who thought the TPD was good legislation, while the value of e-cigarettes was clearly recognised by everyone in the room.
While the EU legislation on e-cigs is a badly written.....
Shocking news today, courtesy of Kirsty Williams of the Welsh Liberal democrats. The following is her email (posted with permission), along with a link to the petition they are holding against the ban.
Please take the moment to sign and share the petition. It takes seconds, and if enough of us sign it it could help save vaping in Wales......
By Fergus Mason
Anyone who’s been following the battle over vaping will, by now, be very familiar with a lot of the myths being circulated by our opponents in the public health industry:
Formaldehyde! Gateway effect! Think of the children!
You know the sort of thing I mean; it’s in every hysterical UCSF press release, every shoddy Daily Mail article and every.....
There’s no doubt it [The Electronic Cigarette] can save many lives and hundreds of millions of pounds.
David Halpern, UK Government Nudge Unit
When Spain banned e-cigs in public places, e-cig sales dropped 70%.
Because of this law and the message it sends, thousands of Spanish people still smoke the cigarettes that are estimated to kill around one in two of all smokers.
Perhaps.....
Update: Welsh Health Minister Drakeford has just released 'evidence' in favour of a ban.
The letter ignores the massive body of positive e-cig evidence, the opinions of the Welsh public who were opposed to e-cigs in a public consultation and the many public health bodies mentioned below who oppose an e-cig ban.
This post is more relevant - so please keep.....
How the EU TPD Will Change Vaping - and What You Can Do About It...
Guess which country has the lowest rate of lung cancer in Western Europe?
Sweden.
And the reason is simple.
Snus is an oral tobacco which has become popular as an alternative to cigarettes in Sweden.
In fact, Sweden now has the lowest rate of smoking in Europe, and the highest.....
In this interview we speak to Freedom to Choose representative David Atherton, discussing why they were set up, the anti-smoking lobby's effects on civil liberties in the UK and of course the electronic cigarette.
Why Freedom to Choose began
David, why was Freedom to Choose set up?
It was set up by Feal-Martinez in 2005 who was a Swindon publican, and he is still.....
10 E-Cig Bloggers Share Their Favourite Vaping Blogs
Have you missed any good e-cig blogs in the past? I know I have. And what better way to find great vaping blogs than by asking vaping bloggers themselves what they read.
To keep things fresh, I've invited different bloggers from those who kindly contributed to our 2015 ecig predictions post. We've also managed to.....
Recent data has shown clear evidence that e-cigarettes have led to schizophrenia among several UK newspapers.
In this case study, we'll look at one particularly severe case, although many media outlets have suffered similar symptoms after being exposed to unreliable second hand vapour reports.
Scientists Say E-Cigarettes Are Bad For You
We'll start off with one example, when our patient claims to.....
Want to find out what's going to happen next year? See: 2021 Vape Predictions: Expert Roundup.
Want to know what's going to happen to the e-cigarette world next year?
Well, you're in luck! For the third year running, we've been incredibly lucky to get some of the biggest names in vaping to contribute their predictions for electronic cigarettes in 2015. (You.....
Yesterday saw some of the key players in e-cigarettes in the UK (and quite a few from the US too) gather in London for the second electronic cigarette summit.
For your information, we've put together a summary of the event. Given that people may have different levels of interest, I've structured it so we have key quotes first, followed by.....
Phew! Yesterday I was called in from a day off to do an interview with Radio Wales with an hour's notice.
The subject? The WHO's latest statements on ecigarettes (that's a lot to digest in an hour!)
With little time to prepare, I was so nervous in the interview that I was shaking throughout. (If you are interested, you can listen here - it starts.....