by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Technical
So you order some bulk unflavored NIC juice from your supplier. How do you know what you ordered is what you got? Unless you test it, you don’t. Suppliers are only human. They can make mistakes. Even if they are very sure they are mixing the proper ratio of NIC...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Science
As I mentioned in my very first post about e-cigs I mentioned that my impetus for quitting smoking was that I suffer from asthma. I’ve had it since I was 20 but continued to smoke all that time anyway because I couldn’t break the habit. To combat the asthma I would...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Society
In what may possibly be the dumbest study ever done a study found that when smokers saw someone using an e-cig it made them want to smoke. I smoked for 30 years so I may have some insight on this. Do you know what always made me want to smoke? Everything. Get up? Got...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Science
In an open letter to the World Health Organization some of the world’s leading scientists and medical experts have said that e-cigs could save hundreds of millions of lives from the dangers of smoking. The open letter, which can be read here (pdf file), in a nutshell...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Technical
We have yet another exploding e-cig in the UK and the Daily Mail is there. However much like they did with the MRSA study they buried the facts deep into the article. The device came with a charging lead but no plug, she said, so she used a phone charger – contrary to...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Business
We’ve all heard the argument that e-cigs and vaping are targeted towards children because they have flavors like cotton candy and bubble gum. I don’t believe that argument but it doesn’t help our case when some e-juice manufacturers are using the actual names of candy...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Science
A recent study done by the University College London shows what many vapers and e-cig users already knew, that e-cigs are more effective at helping people quit smoking than the nicotine patch or nicotine gum and cold turkey. Researchers surveyed nearly 6000 adults in...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Society
In this piece from an Irish news site a woman over-reacts to her 3-year-old play smoking and somehow connects it to vaping. However she does bring up a valid question. Is it ok to vape in front of your children? That depends. When you smoke did your kids know about...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Politics
Vaping lounges are basically coffees shops for vapers. You can go there and hang out, talk with other vapers, maybe enjoy a new flavor of e-juice, etc. You would think that people would be happy that so many people are quitting smoking that lounges are being...
by Jeff | Dec 21, 2017 | Politics
As I’m sure most of you know one of the big arguments against vaping and e-cigs is some of the sweeter flavors that they come in. A lot of people are convinced that flavors like cotton candy, that they always mention. will draw kids into vaping which will then lead to...