Many years ago, when I was working in Indonesia, I met a girl.
Despite some initial language barriers the conversation was going well until I reached for a cigarette.
“I don’t like men who smoke,” she told me.
Fortunately she made an exception for me and, with her encouragement, I eventually quit smoking. We’re still together 22 years later. (We’re also a.....
The world of vaping exists in a cloud of confusion and misinformation. Arguably there’s never been a greater need for clear, authoritative guidance for smokers who are considering switching to vaping.
A new book, Stop Smoking Start Vaping, by Dr Colin Mendelsohn, aims to do just that.
Colin is well qualified to write this book. Specialising in helping people to quit.....
I’m quite proud that the teams in our vape stores are clued up on vaping myths. Thanks to their research, and regular updates from head office, they have the knowledge, information and confidence to deal with concerns generated by negative press.
When we visit other shops, though, that’s not always the case, and I’ve seen some vape sellers struggle to.....
Do you know that feeling when something gives a huge number of people a bit of pleasure, and helps them kick a habit that stands a substantial chance of killing them, and all you want to do is criticise it and mock them for it?
No, neither do I.
But you can’t spend very long as a vaper or involved in.....
Updated: July 2022
As I sat in the cafe, without thinking my hand slipped to my pocket. I took out my vape device, raised it to my mouth and inhaled, savouring the delicious nicotine-infused vapour as it hit the back of my throat.
Then a loud voice interrupted me.
“Oi, you do know you’re not allowed to vape in here!?,” said an.....
Smokers have a reputation for having bad teeth. They get “nicotine stains,” people say, turning their teeth from a brilliant white into a dull yellow-brown.
Faced with comments like this, most vapers would rightly point out that nicotine in pure form is actually colourless. It seems obvious that – much like with the health risks – the problem for your.....
Free Electronic Cigarette Trials
Have you been scammed?
It's over four years since we wrote this post, and we're still hearing reports of e-cig scams. (See the comments below this for some examples.)
Typically, the victim has bought an electronic cigarette from someone advertising a free trial - and they're wondering why their money is suddenly disappearing from their bank account.
How the E-Cigarette Free Trial Scam.....
Will EU attacks on e-cigs affect the vaper vote?
If so, what specific issues would affect how people voted?
As we think the opinions of vapers are often ignored, we decided to ask 1200 vapers.
Here's what we found out:
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Surprise test! Get your pens out and set your brain to mathematics mode.
How many amps are you drawing from your battery if you’re vaping at 40 W on a 0.4 ohm coil?
What will the nicotine strength of the resulting juice be if 4 percent of the mix is a 72 mg/ml nicotine base?
If you make a.....
We do not offer these flavours anymore, but you can check out our variety of Halo e liquid flavours.
After the success of our barbeque e-liquid at last year's Vapefest (one vaper told us it was the first time he had tasted anything since a stroke!) we are now launching a delicious new range of e-liquid called:
Voop Juice
The first two e-liquids are now.....
Last month we surveyed over 1000 readers to find what the consensus is on how vapers should behave (see The Ten Rules of Vaping Etiquette for the original post).
There are three reasons we did this:
Vaping Etiquette is contentious, often triggering disagreement online (especially on Reddit!)
Non-vapers feel happy to produce infographics telling us how we should behave -.....
How a Reddit rumour became a National News story, how likely is malware in your e-cig, and how to stop it from ever happening
Imagine this.
Your new e-cig comes in. You immediately plug the battery into your laptop to start charging it.
Unknown to you, a small piece of software crawls into your computer, installs itself and starts collecting and uploading.....
About Kate
Kate was one of the first UK vapers and is probably the most activist e-cigarette user in the UK, plaguing those opposed to the e-cigarette on an almost daily basis and running the awesome Vapers Network, as well as an active Vaper's group on Facebook. Luckily for us, she managed to escape her convent long enough for a quick interview at.....
While at the 2014 E-Cigarette Summit this year I heard Louise Ross speak.
Louise is the manager for Leicester's Stop Smoking Service, the first stop smoking service in the UK to become 'e-cig friendly'. She gave a great talk, and it was the first time I heard an NHS therapist speak publicly in favour of e-cigarettes.
Louise very kindly agreed to talk.....
It wasn't so long ago that we all assumed Hon Lik invented the ecigarette.
Then we found Herbert Gilbert invented a similar device in 1963, and that Dr Jacobson trialled a vaping device (albeit not electronic cigarette) in the late 70's and 80's.
Now it seems there is another contender.
If you look on the Simple English Wikipedia here, you won’t see the usual claim that.....