E-cigarettes may help smokers to quit, but are they safe? Our writer investigates whether e-cigarettes are really saving lives. “Am I going to get arrested by the P.C. police?” asks actor Katherine Heigl as she puffs on an e-cigarette during a recent interview with David Letterman. Meanwhile, Jenny McCarthy takes a drag on one in … Continue reading Are electronic cigarettes safe?

  A vaping ban on the University of Otago’s campus is based more on prejudice than science, a Massey public health professor says. “It’s shocking,” longtime tobacco researcher Associate Prof Marewa Glover, of Massey University, said. In an internal memo circulated about the change, Otago University told staff its smoke-free campus policy had been changed … Continue reading Health professor attacks Otago University’s vaping ban

When it comes to smoking and vaping, the world of public health seems more like Oceania, 1984, every day. In that Orwellian realm, Big Brother issued nonsense statements such as “war is peace, slavery is freedom, ignorance is strength.” In the U.S., the CDC and the California Department of Health have assumed the role of Big Brother, effectively telling smokers … Continue reading Keep vaping China, don’t listen to the World Health Organization on e-cigarettes

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Maverick BankCard, an industry leader in merchant services and payment processing with a reputation for their consulting-based approach and outstanding customer support, has announced they’ll be sponsoring and exhibiting at Vape Nights 2015 in Ontario, California on October 29th and 30th. Vape Nights is an exclusive business-to-business trade show for the vape … Continue reading Maverick BankCard Sponsors and Exhibits at Vape Nights 2015 in Ontario, California

Admitting that you use e-cigarettes could cost you thousands of pounds in additional premiums. What basis is there for this price difference, asks James Daley It’s no secret that smoking tobacco isn’t great for your health. But when it comes to the world of insurance, it’s always been a little more complicated. When you’re young, … Continue reading How insurers are fleecing e-cigarette users

SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — With smoking bans and modern health awareness, tobacco alternatives such as nicotine tablets, chewing tobacco, nicotine gum, smokeless tobacco, flue-cured tobacco and electronic cigarettes have all into being.With such a variety of options, it may be difficult for consumers to choose. A multi-angle impartial comparison about various tobacco alternatives has been done by Andre, the chairman … Continue reading KIMREE’s STL Electronic Cigarette Comes Out On Top

The rising trend of vaping, why it is exploding, and what it means for public health   On season two of the Netflix drama House of Cards, when U.S. Vice President Frank Underwood gestured, electronic cigarette in hand, and uttered in his famous southern drawl, “It’s addiction without the consequences,” vaping society had already passed … Continue reading Up in vapour

The problem is too much FDA regulation, not too little. New York Times columnist Joe Nocera once againcalls attention to the lifesaving potential of electronic cigarettes and bemoans resistance to this form of harm reduction by the anti-smoking movement. Describing a new e-cigarette model from NJOY that is designed to more closely simulate smoking by delivering more nicotine and a … Continue reading Why Not Let E-Cigarette Companies Tell the Truth?

Two weeks ago, I received an email from NJOY, a company that sells electronic cigarettes. Its purpose was to introduce the Daily, a new product that NJOY described as “a superior e-cigarette scientifically developed to deliver quick-and-strong nicotine satisfaction at levels close to an actual cigarette.” One reason many adult smokers haven’t switched to e-cigarettes … Continue reading Can E-Cigarettes Save Lives?

There is a new trend shrouded in mystery, slowly appearing out of its own thick white cloud. It’s vaping, the futuristic pastime of smoking an electronic cigarette. Like the haberdasheries of old, vape lounges are popping up everywhere, but besides the nicotine, vaping has little in common with its predecessor, traditional smoking. It’s natural to … Continue reading Let’s vape!