Vapers File Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against High-End E-liquid Maker Five Pawns
A group of three e-cigarette users have recently filed a lawsuit against e-liquid company Five Pawns for misleading its customers about the presence of known dangerous flavorings in its products. Plaintiffs Duane Robert Greene, Shawn RandallThomas and James Hirtzel are claiming that Five Pawns purposely advertised its e-liquids as diacetyl (DA) and acetyl propionyl (AP) free, despite having lab test results that showed otherwise....
Read More...Is Washington DC’s Struggling E-Cigarette Market a Sign of Things to Come?
With a growing number of US states mulling excise taxes for electronic cigarettes, we're left wondering how the extra cost will affect the vaping community and e-cigarette businesses. If Washington DC, which has already adopted a 67% tax on all vaping products in October, serves as an indication, the future looks very grim. The 67% tax puts electronic cigarettes, e-liquids and all other vaping products in line with tobacco cigarettes, even though there is actually no...
Read More...Colombian Congressman Claims E-Cigarettes Cause AIDS
We've apparently reached a point where e-cigarette opponents will make the most preposterous claims in order to make their case against vaping. Case in point a Colombian congressman who recently said chemicals in e-cigarette liquids weaken the immune system and can cause AIDS. During a debate on banning electronic cigarettes for minors, in Colombia's House of Representatives, congressman Oscar Ospina, of the Green Alliance, said that certain substances in e-liquid may...
Read More...120 Health Experts Rally in Support of Electronic Cigarettes as Tools for Tobacco Harm Reduction
120 health professionals, including pulmonologists, addictologists, heart surgeons and oncologists, have recently signed an appeal to the French government asking it to practice a tobacco harm reduction policy "based on the full potential of electronic cigarettes." The appeal signed by the 120 health experts was made public during the first ever Vape Meet held in France and organized by Fivape (Interprofessional Vaping...
Read More...Yet Another Mech Mod Explosion Gets News Coverage
A Wichita man claims he is lucky to be alive after a mechanical mod blew up in his hand, causing minor burns and piercing the walls of his home. Jonathan Reser says his girlfriend wanted him to quit smoking, especially for the well-being of their young son, so he went and bought himself an e-cigarette from a store in downtown Wichita. He paid $112 for a mechanical mod, and claims he followed the manufacturer's guidelines when using it, but something definitely went...
Read More...Mech Mod Explosion Leaves Man in Medically Induced Coma
21-year-old Evan Spalinger is in critical condition at a Miami hospital after the mech mod he was vaping on exploded in his face. Evan's sister was lying in bed with her 2-year-old son when she heard the explosion and started smelling smoke. She rushed downstairs and found the young man covered in soot. "I found my brother not breathing, with his whole face burned and his neck burned and trying to throw up a little or maybe he was gasping for air, so I called 911," Emma...
Read More...Tabloid Claims E-Cigarettes Left User with Hole in His Lung
Last week, British tabloid The Sun posted the bizarre story of Richard Courtney, an e-cigarette user who was allegedly left with a hole in his lung after his mod failed to turn the e-liquid into vapor. Needless to say, his case caused quite the controversy within the vaping community. 33-year-old Richard Courtney was vaping as he walked home from a friend's house when he tasted an unusual fluid in his mouth and started coughing. "It felt like I’d got a...
Read More...SHOCKER! Study Finds Nicotine-Free E-Cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Quit
A study carried out by Cancer Council South Australia recently concluded that electronic cigarettes don't help smokers quit, while also mentioning that most of the participants used nicotine-free e-cigs. Researchers will be presenting their findings in detail at the 2015 Oceania Tobacco Control Conference in Perth, but, according to an article published on
Read More...Number of NHS Smoking Cessation Products Handed Out in Scotland Drops Due to Popularity of E-Cigarettes
The number of quit smoking aids handed out by Scotland's National Health Service (NHS) in the last year has dropped by 169,967 products, roughly a third less than the previous year. The increasing popularity of electronic cigarettes was provided as a "plausible explanation" of this phenomenon. The statistics released last week also found that the number of attempts to quit smoking with the help of NHS smoking cessation services has dropped by 39% since 2012. At the same...
Read More...New Plant-Based E-Liquid May Enhance Virility in Men
Chinese e-cigarette and e-liquid company Kimree has recently launched a new plant-based juice that, according to preliminary tests, can boost men's virility. This special Kimree e-liquid apparently contains extracts from a Malaysian plant called Tongkat Ali. The wild shrub, which grows in the sandy soils of rainforests around Southeast Asia, has a reputation for enhancing male function. Malaysian men have been drinking Tongkat Ali extract coffee and tea for centuries, and...
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