Vaping News

So here’s a turn-up for the books. Just like alcohol retailers joyously taking to the concept of informing us all that we should drink responsibly, tobacco companies are now trying to convince us that they have our best health interests at heart! Call me cynical, but with an estimated 100,000 deaths a year in the UK linked to smoking, according to ASH (Action on Smoking and Health), and vaping reported as being the fastest growing and most effective way of helping their customers to break their toxic habit, I’m not at all surprised that big tobacco are trying to find new ways to curb the e-cigarette market.

We love e-cigarettes – of course we do or we wouldn’t be selling them, selecting only the best mods and e-liquid flavours for our online and in-store customers and helping some of the 4 million plus vapers in the UK to get access to the finest quality vaping products and accessories. But, according to current affairs magazine Spiked, the situation in the US seems infinitely more hazardous for their electronic cigarette market than it is over here.

OK, so the youth of today may consider themselves to be streetwise and savvy, looking down their collective noses at the person using such words that are so…like…last Tuesday. But the government, numerous respected studies, the major political parties and various smoking charities assure us that young people’s decisions are still being influenced, and manipulated, by trends created by targeted marketing that make smoking look ‘cool’ (there you go, another word to show my age). How do you feel about that?

Life can sometimes be hard for critics of e-cigarettes. Just as quickly as they invent new ways to discredit vaping, they see their myths evaporate into thin air. One thing I do agree with, however, is that more research on e-cigarettes is needed. Every bit of new information gives us an opportunity to learn more about the long-term effects of electronic cigarettes, and allay doubts smokers may have about quitting. It will also no doubt further disprove many of the arguments used against e-cigarettes.

It seems like it’s every other day that new evidence arrives of vaping’s ability to help smokers kick their habit. Just last month, a Belgian study saw people reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke by an astounding 60%. Now, Cancer Research UK reports of a comprehensive study by The Cochrane Collaboration, a not-for-profit organisation focusing on medical research, which found that e-cigarettes helped smokers quit or cut down on smoking.

One of the arguments that those determined to fight against e-cigarettes often use to scaremonger the general public is that its popularity could lead to more people taking up smoking. Well, that argument’s just had a whole load of holes blown through it by, of all organisations, the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

New research from the University of Leuven in Belgium published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, flies in the face of previous reports by suggesting that vaping evangelists may well be right after all – e-cigarettes can be a legitimate aid for those looking to quit smoking and stop their tobacco habit. The results of the study were astounding – and a huge success for those who have quit as a result of being introduced to the benefits of e-cigarettes.

Camel cigarette maker Reynolds America Incorporated (RAI) has taken the decisive, though quite frankly baffling, step of banning smoking in their offices in a move toward a ‘smoke-free workplace’. I don’t know about you, but that makes about as much sense as Facebook blaming a fall in productivity on the overuse of social media in their offices or Land Rover providing each of its employees with a Toyota Prius to save on fuel costs! It seems crazy that such an established organisation after having fended off years of attacks on its products for health and life related issues, should so publicly imply that maybe, just maybe, everyone was right all along.

Everyone knows that you are not allowed to smoke on the Tube system. If you were not aware of the 1987 King’s Cross fire that killed 27 people, started by a dropped match on an escalator, that resulted in the ban, the incessant reminders over tube and train tannoy systems could not be missed. Such a ban was introduced for good reason, but what Transport for London (TfL) have now done through introducing a network and premises-wide ban on electronic cigarettes is unfathomable.

We've all known for a while now that smoking indoors around children and non-smoking family members isn't exactly beneficial to their health, to say the least. But according to new research published by the British Medical Journal's Tobacco Control Journal, living with smokers could be just as bad for your health as living in the heart of a heavily-polluted city.

Fabulous news for all vapers and those who wish to quit smoking – the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) has ruled that from 10 November this year, TV adverts displaying electronic cigarettes can be shown in the UK – finally!

France’s Health Minister Marisol Touraine has announced a raft of proposals to reduce smoking in the country. These measures are aimed specifically at younger smokers and would-be smokers, as they are currently the most rapidly growing group in the country’s 13 million smokers. And with around 73,000 premature deaths a year from smoking in France, it is not surprising at all that their government has decided that enough is enough – but could they be going too far? Could they in fact be missing the opportunity to lead the way in Europe in turning their smokers into quitters?

UK-based anti-smoking charity, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), has just released a new study which affirms that there is no evidence to suggest that electronic cigarettes are encouraging young people to take up smoking. This is an important point as it is a claim that those looking to prevent e-cigarette use tout around as truth. Therefore, it being disproved is an important win for the two million or so vapers in the UK and the many thousands more who were on the fence about quitting with the help of e-cigarettes.

We’ve been conditioned to automatically believe what authority figures tell us – so what happens when what they are saying is, well, just plain wrong? Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs – they’re all carefully regulated, and for good health reasons based on sound evidence to protect us from the harmful effects of their abuse or misuse. But, the conflicting information on e-cigarettes coming from those in supposedly high places is simply bemusing!

A very public debate is raging in the laboratories, pubs, homes and media over the benefits or banning of e-cigarettes. But thankfully sense seems to be prevailing as new research claims that not only is vaping safer and cleaner, but as a result could save upwards of 50,000 smoker’s lives over the coming years.

If you are a smoker, you will know very well that the laws about where you can and can’t smoke tobacco cigarettes are pretty clear – it’s banned in the majority of workplaces and in pubs, bars and restaurants. However, the rules around the use of electronic cigarettes are a little less clear. Now that’s mostly due to a lack of knowledge around vaping, leading to public places being overly cautious or unclear on their policies and causing much confusion for potential users. So we thought we’d shed a little light on the subject for you, clear it up a little.

With such varied opinions out there about the benefits of e-cigarettes, we feel it’s important to present the facts as clearly and concisely as possible so you can make up your own mind.

To help you to do so we thought you should know about a study carried out by researchers at University College London (UCL) that discovered smokers are 60% more likely to quit with electronic cigarettes – interesting reading for anyone looking for ways to break the habit.

There’s great news afoot for vapers. We are officially part of the fight against the diseases caused by smoking. Fifty-three leading scientists, from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, have written an open letter to the World Health Organisation (WHO) extolling the benefits of electronic cigarettes and the power they have to help stem the pandemic of tobacco-related deaths. This comes after leaked documents exposed the WHO’s proposed plans to regulate the sale and promotion of e-cigarettes in the same way as ordinary tobacco products, in all of its 178 member countries.