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State of New York looking to ban e-juice
Not happy with just trying to ban vaping indoors for ludicrous reasons the state of New York is now looking to ban e-juices all together. The current bill is called Bill S6939B-2013 and here’s what it says… Prohibits the sale or provision of any quantity of electronic liquid used to refill an electronic cigarette or…
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Is it cool to vape in the office?
So I ran across this article the other day with the headline “Is it cool to vape in the office?” As a former smoker and current vaper please allow me to answer this clearly and succinctly. *ahem* No. No it is not cool to vape in the office. Mainly for the simple reason that everyone…
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Don’t buy your e-juice at flea markets
http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_goscwnia/uiconf_id/12411312 The preceding video is from WKMG Channel 6 in Orlando, Florida. It’s actually a very good segment they did on vaping. However this is the headline they lead with on their website… Counterfeit FDA seal on E-cigarette ‘juice’ Towards the end of the video they talk about FDA regulation and they show e-juice that…
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Seeing e-cigs make smokers want to smoke
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 to…
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Top scientists from around the world say e-cigs could save countless lives
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 says that any regulation against e-cigs and vaping…
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Return of the exploding e-cigs
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 the maker’s…
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Candy makers want their names off of e-juices
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 products. Owners of brands geared toward children of all ages…
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Study shows e-cigs better than patches and gum
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 the U.K. who tried to quit smoking at least once in…
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Should you vape in front of your kids?
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 it? Since I’ve had kids…