The California Department of Public Health's new "Protect Your Family from E-Cigarettes" campaign is a rag-tag collection of lies covering a lot of ground, like some prohibitionist Gish gallop replete with straw men, half truths and outright demonstrable falsehoods, masquerading as “the Facts You Need to Know.”
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The cancer risk associated with formaldehyde consumption from long-term high-voltage vaping is 5 to 15 times greater than the formaldehyde-related risk from long-term pack-a-day smoking, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, when you look more closely, the finding isn't quite what it seems.
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is losing sales of its nicotine patches and gums because of the proliferation of e-cigarettes, according to the company’s chief executive. Andrew Witty commented, “Of course, it's definitely taken a bit of our market, no question at all," but said they won't release their own because e-cigs are "just too controversial."
Whether you’re still attempting to replace your deadly combusted tobacco habit with e-cigarettes, have tried to quit smoking using traditional methods and aren’t having much luck, or just happen to have decided to make the switch recently, getting some tips for successfully switching from smoking to vaping can help you stay on the wagon and wave goodbye to cigarettes for good.
In December, the 2013 Health Survey for England was released, adding more evidence that non-smokers – children or adults – are not particularly interested in e-cigarettes, and that vaping is confined almost entirely to smokers or ex-smokers. Yet again, the idea of a potential gateway to smoking has been slapped down by cold, hard numbers.
The Vamo is one of the most well-known VV/VW mods on the market, now on its fifth incarnation and still much-loved by vapers around the world, but is it really worth the purchase when there are so many dependable and capable mods available?
The Standard Vape has a selection of ten e-liquids available, ranging from the marshmallow and kiwi Frankenvape to the pineapple, coconut, mango and menthol G35 and right through to the brown sugar and rum Irie Nights. But they’re a little on the expensive side, so we’ve put Dead Man’s Party, Irie Nights and Curious Jorge to the test to see if the extra cost is justified by the juice.
P.O.E.T. (standing for “pursuit of excellent taste”) is an e-liquid line from Randy Freer, a vaper who wanted to recreate the flavors from his favorite Italian bakery. He subsequently got awesome at it and five of his e-liquids went on sale at VapeRev, with romantically Italian-sounding names like Torte De Pastaccio and Americano Ciambella, and the implicit promise of gourmet quality. There are now eight, and P.O.E.T. is making quite a name for itself in the community as an excellent mixer, serving up primarily dessert-style e-liquids with a couple of drinks thrown in for good measure. We’ve put the original bunch to the test to see if the hype, borderline-food-porn descriptions and slightly inflated price tags are justified by the quality of the e-liquid. How far down the road to excellent taste can the P.O.E.T. go?
A new study has attempted to settle the "e-liquid flavors attract teens" debate, and found that flavors don’t attract non-smoking teens to e-cigarettes. The results suggest that pre-existing interest in e-cigarettes is the most important factor: even widely-criticized flavors like bubblegum or cotton candy had no impact on non-smoking teens' interest in vaping, and actually appealed more to adults.
Big tobacco giant Lorillard saw sales of blu eCigs fall by almost 40 percent in the third quarter of 2014, likely due to the fact that vapers have long-since realized that eGo-style devices or mods are vastly superior to the cigarette-sized weaklings of the vaping industry.
The new Monitoring the Future 2014 results show that more 8th, 10th and 12th graders had used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days than had smoked a cigarette. However, as is always the case, the rates of vaping among non-smokers is very low, and the concern about the findings is far from justified.
E-cigarettes are harmful, sold by the tobacco industry, contain toxic and cancer-causing chemicals, emit a “pollution cloud” that does “second-hand harm to others” and are just the "latest gimmick" from Big Tobacco, according to the new #CurbIt campaign from the San Francisco Tobacco Free Project.
The new Cochrane Review of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for quitting confirms that the evidence to date supports the idea that even poorly performing cig-a-likes are effective for helping smokers either quit entirely or markedly reduce the amount they smoke.
A new study actually asked the questions that need to be asked to work out if e-cigarettes are a gateway to cigarettes, and (surprise, surprise) found no evidence of a gateway effect from vaping.
Since most vapers change e-liquids at least once during the course of a day’s vaping, Totally Wicked has provided a tank atomizer perfectly suited to our needs, allowing you to fill up with two different e-liquids and change between (or combine) them by simply twisting a selection dial.
Despite criticisms that vapers are simply continuing in their nicotine addiction, a new study has provided evidence that e-cigarette users are much less addicted to vaping than they once were to smoking. Not only do e-cigs drastically reduce harm, they curb addiction too.
A new study from the UK has found that the number of 10 to 11 year olds who’d ever tried e-cigarettes was actually higher than the corresponding number for tobacco cigarettes, with the researchers arguing the finding "reinforces concerns" about a potential gateway to smoking.
A new study from Professor Riccardo Polosa has found that second-generation e-cigarettes are effective for helping smokers quit. Two-thirds of the smokers studied, who had no intention of quitting, either stopped smoking entirely or reduced their daily smoking by at least half after starting vaping.
A new survey of Minnesota-based middle and high school students has provided further evidence that the potential gateway to smoking is not a genuine concern, but, as is the pattern with such studies, it’s being presented as showing the exact opposite.
Are second generation e-cigs more effective for quitting than cig-a-likes? The latest clinical trial answers with an emphatic "yes": finding that second-gen e-cigs significantly reduce cravings and many smokers – even ones with no intention of quitting – successfully kick their combusted tobacco habit.