One of the keys to successfully switching to vaping is choosing the correct nicotine strength.
In fact, it may be THE most important factor.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of incorrect information written about e-liquid nicotine strengths.
As a result, many smokers fail to switch to vaping.
Based on research, experience and an unusual French experiment, we put this guide together to.....
Ashtray Blog - Chronicling Vaping's Journey Since 2008
During 12 years in this industry, I have seen numerous attempts to derail and destroy vaping.
These attempts have often had some success.
Today, in many countries, vapers face restrictions, flavour bans and even criminal prosecution. Some vapers have been fined or sent to prison for daring to use e-cigarettes to try and stop smoking and save their lives.
Even in the.....
Dr Marewa Glover, Director of the independent Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking based in Auckland, New Zealand
This post is a part of our 2021 vape predictions.
One slogan from my radical feminist past seems highly relevant when contemplating what's in store for vaping in 2021. “The personal is political” when applied to vaping, reminds us that an.....
Tim Phillips, Managing Director, E-Cig Intelligence
This post is a part of our 2021 vape predictions.
I think most people would be keen to see the back of 2020 and head into 2021 without looking back. Yes, lockdown and the economic hardship which many in the vape sector have experienced has been bad. This has affected manufacturing but particularly vape stores.....
At a time when vaping in Europe is again under threat, with taxes, flavour bans and restrictions looming, non-profit organisation European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA), are running an ambitious survey to draw a map of vaping and nicotine use across the EU (and, yes, that includes the UK!)
We got together with Philippe Poirson, who is directing the.....
10 tips for getting through the current crisis
Times are brutal for the retail industry.
On top of the EVALI scare last year, vape shops have been forced to close for months. Even between lockdowns, some customers are going to ground in the midst of the worst pandemic for a hundred years.
To survive and thrive, vape shops have to adapt and.....
Smoking used to be everywhere. The first time I went to the pub – more years ago than I would like to admit – it was a decidedly smoky experience. It seemed like basically everybody at the pub smoked as they drank, to a level that youngsters today would probably find quite shocking.
I quickly found myself among them, holding.....
Over the last few years, no official government body in the world has endorsed vaping like Public Health England has.
With grace and integrity, the organisation and the people at its helm, have countered misinformation. For example, when the lung disease EVALI was wrongly attributed to nicotine vaping (it was actually caused by the use of illegal cannabis in the.....
From a small niche market in the late 2010s, vaping has rapidly changed the face of nicotine and tobacco in the world, gaining over 40 million users worldwide by 2018.
However, it has gained some powerful enemies in the process.
In this post, we’ll be soaring over the superlatives and hyperbole present in the vaping debate, and looking at the story.....
The Innokin Cool Fire Zlide series is unusual in that the tank was designed in collaboration with two well-known reviewers, Phil Busardo and Dimitris (aka the Vaping Greek).
After reviewing hundreds of devices, the two should be well placed to create their own. They worked together to meet the needs of the average smoker-turned-vaper - creating a tank that.....
It’s strange how sometimes something really big can creep in with barely a whisper.
An example of this is an upcoming ban on menthol cigarettes, which will be banned in the UK and the EU from May 20th 2020 - yet many smokers have still not heard of the ban.
The impact could be huge - while estimates vary,.....
Just a week ago I speculated that vape shops might not close in the UK.
It was not to be.
Last night vape shops, along with all other non-essential shops, were ordered closed by the government.
That’s despite lobbying from both vape trade associations (IBVTA / UKVIA), who called for vape shops to remain open to help people stay.....
As Coronavirus continues to impact life across the UK (and, indeed, the world), we thought you might appreciate an update from a vaping perspective.
There’s rumours to quash, vape hygiene to consider and the need to think about the continued supply of vape products.
Let’s get started.
Will vape shops be shut in a lockdown? Maybe not...
What's going to happen to vape.....
A vape study co-published by Stanton Glantz which claimed vaping causes heart attacks was finally retracted yesterday by the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA).
The study had incensed vape researchers after it claimed that using vape products caused heart attacks - while failing to mention that most of the subjects in the study had suffered heart attacks.....
Time drifts away like a cloud of gentle vapour, and after attending the 1st E-Cigarette summit in 2013 (and every one since!) it seems astonishing to find myself at the 7th event.
Events change too, and gone are the huddles of dedicated vapers at the back of the room. Indeed, you can't now vape in the building of the Royal.....