Vaping and the environment Each cigarette contains over 1200 cellulose acetate fibres. It takes just one cigarette butt to kill half of the fish in a litre of water. Yet every year 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded into the environment, where they can take 10 years to break down. In the process, they leach …
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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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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 …
Breakthrough Battery: The Vape Mod That Charges in 15 Minutes Read More »
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 …
The Innokin Sensis: A New Breakthrough in Vape Technology? Read More »
When I first launched a vape predictions post in 2012, I had no idea what a mammoth post this would end up being. I did consider shortening it considerably this year and asking fewer people to share their predictions. But that would lose the invaluable perspective I think we can gain when people from diverse …
Vape Predictions 2021: Expert Roundup Read More »
Dr Marewa Glover, Director of the independent Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking based in Auckland, New Zealand This post is a part of our 2021 vape predictions. One slogan from my radical feminist past seems highly relevant when contemplating what’s in store for vaping in 2021. “The personal is political” when applied …
The Politics of Vaping Read More »
Smoking used to be everywhere. The first time I went to the pub – more years ago than I would like to admit – it was a decidedly smoky experience. It seemed like basically everybody at the pub smoked as they drank, to a level that youngsters today would probably find quite shocking. I quickly …
The Death of Smoking: Is Vaping Killing Combustibles? Read More »
A vape study co-published by Stanton Glantz which claimed vaping causes heart attacks was finally retracted yesterday by the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). The study had incensed vape researchers after it claimed that using vape products caused heart attacks – while failing to mention that most of the subjects in the study …
Junk Vape Heart Attack Study Pulled – But Damage is Done Read More »
Professor Polosa has recently completed his latest study, a review of the effect of vaping on respiratory health. We got together with Riccardo Polosa to discuss how vaping can reverse harm, the potential to reduce infections, the latest controversy over vaping and respiratory diseases in the US and more. In a recent press release you …
Vaping and Your Respiratory Health: Interview with Prof Polosa Read More »
Over the years, we’ve done several experiments with unusual vape flavours. Very often we’ve done this for a bit of fun, but sometimes the results have surprised us. A good few years ago, for example, we went to a vape show with a small range of very unusual flavours. One of them was barbecue sauce …
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