Note - You can find a more recent and in-depth version of this post here: Propylene Glycol in E-Cigs: Is PG dangerous to inhale?
Paul Bergen, from tobaccoharmreduction.org, summarises the current research into propylene glycol, one of the principal ingredients of the e-juice in most electronic cigarettes.
When it comes to recreational nicotine delivery, other than one notable exception, almost every component.....
Recently I displayed 37 of the more controversial smoking ads to smokers and ex-smokers.
Anti-smoking ads have fascinated me ever since I saw research that suggested cigarette warnings could have a very unwelcome effect - increasing the desire to smoke rather than decreasing it!
So I asked smokers and anti-smokers if anti-smoking ads made them want to:
a. Quit
b. Smoke more
c. Had.....
[caption id="attachment_627" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Warning labels on cigarettes: Disgusting, but apparently ineffective.[/caption]
When Martin Lindstrom started research for his book Buyology, he took a group of smokers, placed them in an fMRI machine and measured the reactions of their brains while flashing images of cigarette warnings labels at them.
He was astonished by the results.
Not only did they fail to deter.....
On its website, Action on Smoking and Health makes a number of claims regarding smoking, including that the very breath and smell of smokers, even when they are not smoking, can be extremely hazardous to people's health.
What are the claims?
1. 30 minutes of exposure to drifting tobacco smoke can trigger a fatal heart attack.
ASH states that: "...someone else’s smoke.....
Professor Michael Siegel (bio) is a doctor, a professor, an enthusiastic supporter of tobacco harm reduction and a tireless exposer of tobacco myths. We are very grateful to Michael for sparing us the time for this interview. If you would like to read more of Michael’s work please check out his Tobacco Analysis blog.
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