Neurologist Dr Jacques Le Houezec is the Honorary Lecturer, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, University of Nottingham, England, a founder member of The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and manager of treatobacco.net. You can find him blogging at Le Blog de Jacques Le Houzeq.Eliquid and AddictionJD: One of most fascinating possibilities to emerge recently is the.....
The rat squealed as I forced another drop of Halo American Red e-liquid into its mouth."3 milligrams, and still alive," I reported grimly to my smoking hot lab assistant... Not really!While strictly speaking you'd need experiments to see how much e-liquid it would take to kill, that's not.....
In a new paper five scientists, Professor Polosa, Professor Brad Rodu, Assistant Professor Caponneto, Research Fellow Maglia and Assistant Professor Raciti, argue the case for electronic cigarettes. Professor Polosa also kindly agreed to answer some questions we had about the study.In the paper the authors highlight the apparent safety and improving quality of electronic cigarettes,.....
Last year, when I was writing up the history of the electronic cigarette, I mentioned Herbert A. Gilbert, who is considered by many to be the inventor of the modern electronic cigarette.I also wrote:Herbert A Gilbert may still be alive, if this post is genuine. (Herbert, if you’re out there, I’d love to interview you!)Fortunately, Herbert, now in his 80's,.....
Updated: June 2016If you trawl the net, you'll find little data on how e-cigarettes effect your lungs.So, with some help from researcher Paul Bergen and vaping bloggers (and from lots of you lovely readers!) I asked vapers how switching to an electronic cigarette had affected their smoker's cough, ability to exercise and do strenuous jobs and lung capacity.I'm leaving the detailed analysis to.....
research suggests long term nicotine inhalation causes you no harmuse of nicotine could help you lose weighttobacco has been used throughout history to control appetiteOne problem with electronic cigarettes is that while short term studies have been carried out, there haven't been any very long term studies.Scientists tell us that the problem with smoking is not the nicotine,.....
By Paul BergenFor those out there curious about this new bit of research from Schripp and company on “passive vaping”, the abstract (which is all most of us ever see) is only a little misleading.Essentially the study consisted of one vaper using three different types of e-cigarettes and exhaling in a relatively small.....
By James Dunworth and Paul Bergen There has been plenty of concern about nitrosamine levels in the e-liquid in e-cigarettes, and whether it has the potential to cause harm. However, when bearing in mind the question of harm from vaping, it's important to compare the levels of any harmful substance to those of cigarettes.....
Cardiology researcher Konstantinos Farsalinos is interviewed by researcher Paul Bergen on behalf of the Ashtray Blog on the motivations for his 2012 study in the latest of our series of e-cigarette interviews.Bio: Dr, Farsalinos has been practicing medicine since 1992. After six years at the Charles University in Prague, he returned to Greece.....
Although this is a blog about vaping, I think this is an important post for both smokers quitting and for new vapers (electronic cigarette users).That's because while some vapers switch to e-cigarettes effortlessly, others struggle, and some get withdrawals symptoms (especially those using low zero nicotine e-liquid).This year, for example, I've heard two people complaining of mouth ulcers from vaping......
Nicotine causes cancer.That's just one of the misconceptions that surrounds nicotine. In fact, while not healthy in an absolute sense, nicotine is nothing like as bad as nicotine plus the tar, toxins and carcinogens that are in cigarette smoke. And in this post we aim to clear up some of the misconceptions.1. Does Nicotine Cause Cancer?Many.....
If you're like me, when you first heard of the electronic cigarette you immediately wondered what was wrong with it. In fact, it was a fortunate comment left by a researcher, now a good friend, in the very very early days of this blog which reassured me (and lead to our Interviews with Scientists series).I think I have learnt a.....
One thing we have noticed is that we don't seem to need electronic cigarettes in the same way we used to need cigarettes.I have also seen discussions on forums speculating that it is not just nicotine that causes the addiction in cigarettes. I'm not a scientist, but it did lead me to wonder whether electronic cigarettes were less addictive than.....
Updated: August 2022Pick up any e-liquid bottle and you’ll typically see letters VG:PG. The VG refers to vegetable glycerine, one of the key ingredients used in almost every e-liquid. In this article we’ll cover what vegetable glycerine is, how it is different from propylene glycol and other frequently asked questions.ContentsWhat is vegetable glycerine?Why is it used in e-liquid?
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