Welsh Survey Can’t Find a Single E-Cigarette User Who Has Never Smoked
Under the Welsh Government's new Public Health Bill, electronic cigarettes are set to be banned in enclosed public spaces and work spaces. One of the main arguments for this drastic measure was that e-cigs may serve as a gateway to smoking for youth and non-smokers, but according to a recently conducted national survey, this couldn't be further from the truth. The Welsh Health Survey asked 3,565 people aged 16 or older if they had tried electronic cigarettes and whether...
Read More...Reaction to Low-Nicotine Cigarette Study Exposes Anti-Tobacco Groups as Hypocrites
A number of leading anti-smoking groups have praised low-nicotine cigarettes as a way of cutting down and even quitting smoking, based on a recent study that actually reported no significant change in cigarette consumption among smokers using low-nicotine cigarettes. At the same time, these same organizations are firmly opposing electronic cigarettes, denying nearly every advantage they might have over cigarettes. The Donny et al. study, published last week in the
Read More...Controversial French Report Finds “Anomalies” in 90% of Analyzed Vaping Products
In a recently released report, the French General Directorate of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) claims to have found "numerous anomalies" in the vast majority of vaping products analyzed, mainly e-liquids and e-cigarette chargers. The DGCCRF investigation was carried out in the second quarter of 2014. In all, 601 vape shops and over 1,000 reference products were monitored and a total of 135 products (electronic cigarettes, cartridges, liquid...
Read More...UK E-Cig Company Takes On European Union Over Contested Article of Tobacco Directive
In little over a year, the European Union's Tobacco Directive will come into effect, with substantial restrictions on electronic cigarettes, and right now there's only one thing that has a shot of stopping it - a legal challenge launched by UK-based company Totally Wicked. They will present their case to the Court of Justice of the European Union, on October 1st, 2015. From a logical standpoint, Totally Wicked has a great case. Virtually everyone agrees that smoking is...
Read More...Taxing E-Cigarettes a Mistake in the Fight Against Tobacco, French Economist Says
In an economic note published by Institut Economique Molinari - a Brussels-based think tank that promotes liberal economic policies - renowned economist Frédéric Sautet talks about the detrimental effects of e-cigarette taxation on public health. E-cigarette taxes have already been introduced in two US states (Minnesota and North Carolina), as well as Italy and Portugal, in Europe. In France - Europe's second largest e-cig market after the UK -
Read More...Man’s E-Cigarette Blows Up in His Face – An Explanation
You've probably heard the sad story of James Lauria, a 23-year-old from Cobb County, Georgia, who suffered severe injuries after his mechanical mod blew up in his face while he was vaping. The story was all over the news these last few weeks, and while the media keeps talking about the dangers posed by e-cigarettes and the serious harm suffered by Lauria, no mainstream news site has so far offered any kind of explanation as to what may have caused the explosion. The...
Read More...Controversial “Study” Claims Most Electronic Cigarettes Release High Levels of Formaldehyde
In a report released late last week, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) claimed it had tested almost 100 different electronic cigarettes from two dozen manufacturers and found almost all of them release high levels of dangerous gases like formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. CEH, a non-profit group based in Oakland, California, apparently carried out an independent laboratory analysis of 97 e-cigarette products and found that most emit higher levels of the two...
Read More...SHOCKER: Positive E-Cigarette Review Slandered in the Media
Last week, a scientific review commissioned by Public Health England (PHE), an agency of the UK’s Department of Health claimed using e-cigarettes was 95% safer than smoking tobacco and encouraged smoking cessation services to recommend e-cigs to smokers looking to quit. It was extremely positive news for vaping, so it comes as no surprise that opponents of electronic cigarettes would try to slander it in the media. The latest attempt comes via The Lancet medical...
Read More...Australian Doctor Founds Advocacy Group in Bid to Get Electronic Cigarettes Legalized
Attila Danko, an emergency department doctor from Ballarat, Victoria, has recently founded New Nicotine Alliance Australia, a non-profit organization that aims to counter misinformation about electronic cigarettes and ultimately get them legalized in Australia. Although the use of electronic cigarettes in the Land Down Under is not illegal, a number of laws relating to tobacco control, medicines and poisons make their regulation very complicated. The sale of...
Read More...UK Survey Shows Electronic Cigarettes Don’t Lead Youth to Smoking
British anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has recently published the results of its third annual survey of youths' attitudes toward electronic cigarettes, and they once again show e-cigs do not act as a gateway to smoking. The organization's previous two surveys - from 2013 and 2014 - yielded similar results. In March,
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