Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is intricately linked to smoking. It’s estimated around 80% of cases of COPD are caused by smoking, and it’s one of the most important ways smoking causes death and disease. It might not be the first smoking-related condition you think of, but it’s right up there with lung cancer and …
Study: COPD Patients Improve After Switching to Vaping Read More »
Many vapers start with an intention to gradually switch to no-nicotine vaping. E-liquids are perfectly-designed for it, with a progressive reduction in nicotine strengths from 18 mg/ml (or higher) down through 12 mg/ml, 6 mg/ml, 3 mg/ml and then finally zero nicotine. The good news is that many vapers have made this journey, and have …
Study: Does Switching to a Lower-Nicotine Liquid Really Make a Difference? Read More »
Vaping really revolutionized the way people use nicotine, but the changes are really only just beginning. Heat-not-burn devices, which use actual tobacco but just heat it rather than “smoking” it through combustion, offer a bit of a middle-ground between vaping and smoking. But with the middle-ground in function, you might assume a middle-ground in risk …
Study: E-Cigarettes vs. Cigarettes vs. Heat Not Burn Read More »
A new study has found that vaping in your home has essentially no impact on the average amount of particles in your indoor air. Unlike cigarette smoking, marijuana smoking, cigars, using gas heating or lighting incense, vaping in the home did not appear to affect the particulate matter counts in a selection of low-income homes. …
New Study Refutes Concerns About Fine Particles in E-Cig Vapor Read More »
Those opposed to vaping like to concoct doomsday scenarios. When you have limited evidence on which to base your pre-determined opposition to the technology, grasping at straws is part of the game. One of the key rallying calls of the opposition to vaping is that “there’s no evidence they’re effective for quitting!” This is a …
Quitting Smoking, the Fun Way: Why Vaping is a Godsend for Smokers Read More »
Although the facts on diacetyl in vape juice are debatable, the evidence still paints a consistent picture: it probably isn’t something you should be inhaling. That’s the plain and simple truth. But the issue for vapers themselves is even less clear. Even if the amounts detected in vapor do pose a risk, the amounts in …
The Diacetyl Debate: Panic, Controversy and the Need for Transparency Read More »
Diacetyl in E-Juice It’s hard to have missed the recent furor about diacetyl in e-liquid. The media whipped up a typically exaggerated storm of concern about the buttery flavoring, and familiar battle-lines were drawn among the vaping community: should we be concerned about diacetyl? Should we be putting more pressure on mixers to remove it …
The Diacetyl Debate: What Top Researchers Have To Say Read More »
