How a Reddit rumour became a National News story, how likely is malware in your e-cig, and how to stop it from ever happening
Imagine this.
Your new e-cig comes in. You immediately plug the battery into your laptop to start charging it.
Unknown to you, a small piece of software crawls into your computer, installs itself and starts collecting and uploading.....
About Kate
Kate was one of the first UK vapers and is probably the most activist e-cigarette user in the UK, plaguing those opposed to the e-cigarette on an almost daily basis and running the awesome Vapers Network, as well as an active Vaper's group on Facebook. Luckily for us, she managed to escape her convent long enough for a quick interview at.....
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.....
Confused by the terminology used in vaping? You’re not alone! When starting off in the world of vaping, it’s easy to become bewildered by the amount of vocabulary.
Here you’ll find a guide to the essential words you need to understand vaping. If you’re looking for a more complete guide, check out The A-Z of Vaping: From Amps to Zero.
Looking for.....
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.....
While at the 2014 E-Cigarette Summit this year I heard Louise Ross speak.
Louise is the manager for Leicester's Stop Smoking Service, the first stop smoking service in the UK to become 'e-cig friendly'. She gave a great talk, and it was the first time I heard an NHS therapist speak publicly in favour of e-cigarettes.
Louise very kindly agreed to talk.....
1. You've always got your head in the clouds... of vapour. Tweet this!
2. You can smell things much better now than when you smoked. Tweet this!
3. You have more e-liquid than food in your cupboard. Tweet this!
4. You forgot your wallet, keys and phone - but remembered to pack your e-cig. Tweet this!
5. You try to turn any electrical item.....
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.....
There’s no evidence that e-cigarettes are safe!
That’s a claim made all over the internet. Another is that there has been no research into the devices. But while we wait for our trade organisation, ECITA, to finish uploading over 800 studies conducted into electronic cigarettes, you might like to see what actual scientists, doctors and public health professionals say about.....
Are you worried about metals in ecigarettes? With recent media headlines screaming that ecig vapour contain metals, you won't be the only one.
But with the levels of metal seemingly very low, I thought further analysis was needed. That proved difficult, as every study into metals in vapour and cigarette smoke seems to use different variables.
Fortunately, in the latest of our Interviews.....
Are you having problems with your vape tank?
Most of us will experience issues with our ecig at one time or another, be it that horrible burnt taste, not getting any vapour, leaking, gurgling or even eliquid coming though the mouthpiece.
But, there are a couple of tips and tricks you can do to help resolve these problems.
The following infographic (produced in the form of a flow.....
A few weeks ago we published a guide to travelling abroad with your ecigarette.
(Thank you to everyone who shared helpful tips and stories!)
There's a bit of a story behind it - we had hoped to publish this some time ago with an interactive world map, but our programmer got stuck on it.
Fortunately, the map has now been finished off, and.....
Sitting on Highway 71 in Missouri is a factory producing microwavable popcorn.
The factory used a flavour called Diacetyl to produce its popcorn - and, according to one of its employees, Eric Peoples, it did so at three times the usual levels.
In the late 1990's, workers at the factory, including Eric Peoples, began to get ill.
Initially they thought it was just a cold.....