Category: Discussion
The Story of E-Cigarettes
6th April 2015
E-Cigarettes in their modern guise were invented by a Chinese pharmacist called Hon Lik, a graduate of Liaoning College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The reasons why he wanted to invent this device are extremely interesting to know, and it’s a tale
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Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar, the Heart Surgeon who endorses Vaping
2nd April 2015
Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar, the Heart Surgeon who endorses Vaping. More experience on the real-world promise of e-cigarettes to improve the health of smokers. And he makes some great points on the e-cig industry. We certainly are not advocating e-cigarettes to kids,
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Discover Magazine Looks at Nicotine
25th March 2015
Since the debate on the supposed dangers of tobacco has been conveniently shifted to nicotine since e-cigs have removed nearly all other substances of concern, and the quality of the debate from anti-tobacco lobbyists has been scientific dross, on the whole,
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Youtube Interview of Dr Farsalinos
23rd March 2015
Youtube Interview of Dr Farsalinos. Leading pro e-cig scientist Dr Farsalinos talks about how he got into e-cig medical research, and more…
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Cotinine Research Shows Alzheimer’s Promise
18th March 2015
In the search for treatments to prevent deterioration of the brain in aging and alzheimers, hopefully to delay or prevent cognitive loss, researchers have looked at chemical changes in the brain that they may block in order to protect this vital
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Is Nicotine Really Bad?
6th March 2015
I’ve just finished reading an interesting and insightful article that would make putting increased taxes on e-cigarettes even more counter-productive, because as pointed out in the article we can’t find much reason to deem nicotine, in the amounts users ingest, as
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Proof that Higher Taxes on E-cigarettes Will Harm
4th March 2015
When the Italian government added increased taxes to E-cigarettes including the liquids, batteries and accessories, which effectively doubled their price, we had an opportunity to observe the effect in terms of the number of users. These fell by half to 255,000
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The Science of E-cigarette Formaldehyde
26th February 2015
The point of an e-cig is not, firstly, to get people hooked on nicotine. It was invented for a simple purpose, and that was to create a low temperature vaporiser that could deliver nicotine much more safely to people who were
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The Formaldehyde Myth
24th February 2015
Myth 1 – e-cigarettes produce formaldehyde at dangerous levels. The truth is crucially different. Only certain e-cigarettes MAY produce formaldehyde and under certain conditions. Most will not. Myth 2 – the formaldehyde seen exclusively in exceptional circumstances represents a cancer risk
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The Vaping Revolution Has Only Just Begun
19th February 2015
In spite of current hurdles (which are mainly hysterical and misleading media reactions to science), vaping is the future. Vaping will evolve, and it will re-adjust to its original path as a safe nicotine/chemical delivery technology based on low atomiser temperatures.
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