Many smokers turn to electronic cigarettes for help when they are trying to quit tobacco. But many health experts worry that dual use, or both vaping and smoking intermittently, could ultimately only lead to worsening health problems and higher nicotine exposure. In an effort to find out if dual use was harmful, Dr. Hayden McRobbie, … Continue reading Ecigs Reduce Exposure to Deadly Toxins Even Among Dual Users

According to a recent report from the CDC, heroin use had doubled in the last ten years and the number of overdoses has quadrupled since 2002. The government has issued a massive response with multiple hearings in Congress, aggressive treatment regimes with opiate replacements, and needle exchange programs. This all sounds like a step in … Continue reading Forbes Calls Out the CDC for Double Standards and Hypocrisy in Ecig Policies

As Wales prepares to control ‘vaping’ from 2017, we ask the experts Does the use of e-cigarettes normalise smoking? The Welsh government believes it could do so. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ROBERT WEST Professor of health psychology, University College London I don’t think it’s right to legislate to ban them [in enclosed places]. The reason … Continue reading Should e-cigarettes be banned in enclosed public spaces?

Abstract BACKGROUND: A major characteristic of the electronic cigarette (EC) market is the availability of a large number of different flavours. This has been criticised by the public health authorities, some of whom believe that diverse flavours will attract young users and that ECs are a gateway to smoking. At the same time, several reports … Continue reading Impact of flavour variability on electronic cigarette use experience: an internet survey

(Reuters Health) – Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes – even if it’s only some of the time – may dramatically reduce their exposure to air pollutants including carbon monoxide and acrolein, a British study suggests. Researchers gave e-cigarettes to 40 smokers who said they wanted to quit. After four weeks, the 16 participants using only … Continue reading Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes may breathe fewer toxins

Vapers say switch to electronic cigarettes means they can smoke in company without offending people and their lungs feel healthier “It helps more with the social aspect of life than anything,” said Elijah Williams, manager of House of Vapes, a dimly lit east London cafe full of small flavour phials with names ranging from Grape … Continue reading E-cigarette users say vaping makes them feel better and stop smelling of smoke

Dieter Holger defends his Inquisitr article about e-cigarettes, saying he did not dodge the issue of whether they are less dangerous than the conventional kind, because he never meant to address it: My article wasn’t primarily concerned with comparing whether e-cigarettes are safer or more dangerous than cigarettes. My article presented health dangers of e-cigarettes. I never … Continue reading We Don’t Need ‘Decades of Research’ to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking