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North Carolina to tax e-cigs and what you can do to help stop them
I received the following e-mail from my vape store, MadVapes. NC URGENT ALERT: BIG TOBACCO IS TRYING TO TAX E-CIGS! As a customer of ours, we try to not overfill your email inbox with messages. However, we knew you would be interested in knowing about a bill that legislators in Raleigh are trying to ram…
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FDA admits that vaping is less harmful than smoking
First I want to apologize to both of my readers for being away so long. I promised myself that with this blog I wouldn’t let it lapse into inactivity. Unfortunately a certain search engine company had other ideas. It seems that my first ever owned domain name is still in their version of the penalty…
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Vaping technology could help asthmatics
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 use inhalers. Prescription Albuterol…
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When anti-tobacco is pro-tobacco
According to NBC News the anti-tobacco organization Legacy says that e-cig manufacturers are blatantly marketing to kids to the tune of $39 million. But who are Legacy? Why they’re the American Legacy Foundation, the people behind those horrible ‘truth’ anti-smoking ads. I say the ads are horrible because whenever I saw one when I was…
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Major employer charges vaping employees extra for health insurance
In my civilian life, when I’m employed, I work in the healthcare industry. I’ve worked in the clerical side of it for almost the past 30 years mainly in either claims processing or medical billing. You can read my musings on the healthcare industry here. A few years ago I worked for a company…
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Hyperbole thy name is Michigan
First off I think I speak for all vapers and retailers when I say no one is saying that vaporizers and e-cigs should be sold to anyone under 18. I don’t know why policy makers are making a big deal of this other than the fact it makes them look like they’re fixing a problem…
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Richard Blumenthal compares vaping to Joe Camel
In my opinion U.S Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has a history of backing legislation that is only designed to get him elected/re-elected and goes back to at least when he was the Connecticut Attorney General. In the past he has written legislation that does nothing to solve the actual problem but makes people feel like…
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If vaping should be banned so should nicotine gum
I came across this ‘ask a doctor’ article the other day and in it a reader asked the doctor what are the long-term effects of nicotine gum. This was the response… Long-term use of nicotine gum has been linked with certain health problems like: Hair loss; Skin irritation; Elevated blood pressure; Irregular heartbeat; Insulin resistance;…
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New Jersey fat guy wants vaping tax to pay for junkies
I used to like New Jersey governor Chris Christie. I appreciated his pull no punches approach and the way he reached across party lines in order to help his state in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. It seems he just another Jersey politician though. He wants to put a tax on vaping and e-cigs and…
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