News & Media
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Posted: November 20, 2022
Senior British academics, who recently carried out the largest review of its kind on e-cigarettes for the UK government, were reportedly “in despair” over the new research in America which made global headlines, explaining that nicotine in vaping causes these symptoms - and coffee create a similar if not larger response.
The American research by the University of Wisconsin sparked a barrage of news articles last week when it’s Cardiac and Lung E-Cig Smoking (CLUES) Study - due to be presented at this weekend’s American Heart Association’s Scientific Session - reported how participants suffered increased blood pressure and heart rate along with blood constriction, immediately after vaping or smoking cigarettes.
In a second report, they found people who used e-cigarettes consistently performed worse on treadmill exercise measurements, compared to those who did not use nicotine. The “significant
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Posted: November 18, 2022Categories: News & Media
Here at Vaping.com, we’re committed to ensuring your vaping experience is the best it can be, whether you’re at the start of your journey to a smoke-free you or you’re an accomplished vaper.
That’s why when we compile these monthly blogs, we’re not just offering our expertise, we also take into account the opinions of our 270,000-plus e-cigarette forum members too – ensuring you receive the best advice possible.
Each recommendation, whether we’re discussing disposables, talking tanks or speaking about starter kits, is made to make sure you’re using the most suitable vape devices all year round.
This month,
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Posted: October 28, 2022Categories: News & Media
VAPERS in the UK have voted for their most-wanted e-cigarette flavour of the future – roast chicken.
The famous British roast dinner topped a poll run by (UK based vape business VIP) which surveyed Brits’ dream vape juices followed by three runner-ups; apple crumble, chocolate brownie and cheesy chips. The survey of 1,000 people, launched to coincide with the country’s e-cigarette awareness month VApril, found preferences varied based on location, gender and age. Londoners tended to prefer mango chutney, vapers from northern city Leeds preferred Diet Coke, while Millennials were keen on almond milk, garlic bread and Prosecco.
With a huge growth in the vaping market across Britain in the past few years - up from 700,000 vapers in 2012 to three million today - demand for new e-liquid
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Posted: June 15, 2022
A top advisor to the UK Government has said that without drastic action – including the promotion of vaping as a less harmful alternative to smoking – the country will miss its smoke-free 2030 target by 7 years.
Dr Javed Khan OBE – a senior NHS leader and former CEO of the Barnardos children’s charity – was asked to review Britain’s progress towards its target of a smoking prevalence of less than 5% by 2030.
Khan’s report to the Department of Health makes for critical recommendations:
- Increase investment - around £125 million in smoke-free 2030 policies should fund accessible stop smoking support; while Khan also recommends implementing a tobacco industry levy in order to raise the money.
- Increase the age of sale
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Posted: June 15, 2022Categories: News & Media
tiquette Experts Debrett's Reveal Vaping Rules in New Do’s & Dont’s Guidance.
If you have ever been somewhere and not quite known what the right vaping etiquette was – Debrett’s - the leading authority on etiquette and behaviour, has compiled the ultimate guide to social vaping rules, including a list of “dos and don’ts” so you can easily avoid offending others.
This handy new guide on how to vape politely takes you through top tips like:
- Never vape on Zoom (other online meeting platforms are available!)
- Avoid vaping in confined spaces such as lifts and public bathrooms, don’t vape and eat at the same time - and if in doubt, just ask.
A greater number still, 61% of the 2,000 adult nicotine users questioned in the research
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Posted: May 30, 2022Categories: News & Media
As you take your first steps into vaping, it can be difficult to know what’s right for you. There are several different types of vape devices that are designed with a variety of functions in mind. So, to help you find the best vape device for you, this guide outlines the different types of vape devices, as well as what they do and how they work.
First, we answer a few frequently asked questions relating to vaping...
How does vaping work?
Vaping is the act of inhaling vapour created by a vape device. Vaping is non-combustible, so is considered a cleaner alternative to smoking as it doesn’t involve the same chemicals and tar associated with burning tobacco.
What are the different styles of vaping?
Mouth-to-lung (MTL) and direct-to-lung (DTL) are the two styles of vaping.
Mouth-to-lung (MTL) vaping
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Posted: April 27, 2022Categories: News & Media
Doja Cat. Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0
US RAPPER Doja Cat put vaping firmly in the spotlight at the 64th Grammy Awards in Las Vegas this month as she boldly vaped on the red carpet before receiving an award for her contribution to music.
The star - who was nominated for a staggering eight Grammys at this year's event and took home the Best Pop Duo Performance award - turned heads for accessorizing her designer Versace gown with a vape pen as she appeared at the star-studded event.
But despite it being cited as a bold move, Doja isn't the first musician to appear in public vaping, with many fellow singers attributing it to helping them make a switch away from smoking.
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Posted: February 03, 2022Categories: News & Media
Interest groups, the media and well-intentioned parents are fuelling a moral panic about underage ‘Juuling’.
Hungry for views, many news carriers have written countless stories about the ‘epidemic’ of vaping in schools. Some have even spread fanciful concerns about cocaine e-liquid.
One of the keen drivers behind the moral panic in America has been interest groups like Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. These groups want the FDA to bring in new restrictions that will damage vaping companies.
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Posted: February 03, 2022
THE UK government is set to introduce a tax on heated tobacco for the first time.
In the 2018 Budget announced this week, “heat not burn” smoking alternatives, which include brands such as Philip Morris's iQOS, will be taxed at the same rate as hand-rolling tobacco from April 2019.
Britain’s The Mirror newspaper discovered the “hidden” measure after painstakingly trawling through the Budget’s red book, after it was released by Chancellor Philip Hammond on Tuesday (October 30th).
Duty on rolling tobacco amounts to around £7 for the smallest (30g) packs, while under the new tobacco duty, prices of cigarettes will cost £10 for a packet of 20.
But experts say that the government's tax hike on tobacco will do little to discourage smokers with a better way of helping people quit to help develop and promote e-cigarettes and vaping instead.
Giles Roca of the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association said: "Tobacco taxes have
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Posted: February 03, 2022Categories: News & Media
Apologies to those who’ve been waiting for the videos from the 2016 E-Cigarette Summit, but I’m happy to announce that they are now published. The Summit was co-founded by E-Cigarette-Forum.com and Smooth Events back in 2013 and has been held annually since.
The E-Cigarette Summit is the top international science and public policy one-day conference on vaping, held at London’s Royal Society. This year’s event was more transatlantic in nature than previous years with a good number of American delegates and presenters in attendance.
If you only watch one video, please make it the Tom Miller video.
"It took great courage to be the first to do what you did worldwide. I thank you for that courage. It also takes great persistence. You have shown that and need to continue to show it. From my perspective, you are
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Posted: February 03, 2022Categories: News & Media
It’s with great sadness that I learned Njoy filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday after two years of diminishing sales.
I came to know many of those involved with Njoy over the years. There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that this is a team motivated to the core to fulfil their founder’s mission: to create a world free of smoking.
And, let it be known, all vapers owe a HUGE debt to Njoy, or Sottera as the company is called. It was Sottera that forced back the FDA from impounding vaping products as unauthorised medicines, winning their case in 2010 and ultimately setting the stage for the industry that followed and flourishes today, despite the continued threat of regulatory oblivion.
Their Njoy king was revolutionary when it was release three years ago, selling $93 million through 2013. However, for numerous reasons the success didn’t persist and the tobacco industry, doubling down on their offerings, took over the market with their distribution strength and
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Posted: February 03, 2022
SCHOOLS across America are increasingly installing Artificial Intelligence in bathrooms to catch young vapers, it has been revealed.
Pro-vapers have slammed the latest extreme measures in response to a so-called vaping “epidemic” sweeping the US, saying underage use of e-cigarettes has been vastly over-exaggerated by the media and campaign groups.
But over 200 schools in 23 American states and Canada have installed special AI devices, which are trained to detect the water vapour signatures coming from vaping pens, e-cigarettes and other vaping paraphernalia. Its manufacturers claim it is now receiving 20 new inquiries a day from schools.
The Fly Sense device, which uses machine-learned AI, was originally developed by Soter Technologies to detect bullying in school, since it also reacts to elevated sound levels that might indicate fighting. But it has quickly been brought in to monitor vaping instead as concerns among parents rise.
It works by using technology
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Posted: November 22, 2021Categories: News & Media
In a move that will surprise no one (although it may dismay some on the anti-vaping front), Riccardo Polosa and six scientific colleagues from the University of Catania and other European institutions, found that switching from smoking to vaping improved the health of asthma sufferers.
Their findings were reported in May in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and showed that subjects vaping with asthma displayed significant improvements in three measures and non-significant improvements in one measure compared to smokers. The improvements had to do with better asthma control, as measured by a standardized questionnaire (Juniper's Asthma Control Questionnaire), better pulmonary function, as measured by spirometry, a common test for lung function in asthmatics and COPD (chronic
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Posted: November 22, 2021Categories: News & Media
Fed up with lack of information about e-cigarettes, San Diego's Channel 10 decided to run its own test.
They engaged a researcher from the University of California at Riverside, one who has published reports in the past finding e-cigs dangerous, and asked her to go to a vape shop, buy an e-cig, and test it. It was announced that results would be published Thursday evening, January 30, at 11 pm, Pacific Standard Time. NEWS FLASH: Findings show e-cig vapour contains healthful chemicals. See below!
In preparation for the big unveiling of her results, the news outlet consulted UC San Francisco professor Stanton Glantz, known for his strong stance against e-cigs, for some unbiased information about the product. Predictably, Glantz warned of dire perils.
One of the perils he selected for special
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Posted: November 22, 2021Categories: News & Media
The E-Cigarette Summit last week was a game changer. I think everyone on all sides of the issue can see that. My take-away, one of them, anyhow, was a vivid picture of the community that has formed among those who want electronic cigarettes to be a harm reduction tool.
A community of scientists, public health advocates, and consumers, joining forces with those who market the product they advocate, in an effort to bring about the triumph of common sense in the regulation of vapes.
Nowhere was this clearer than in the misfortunes of the one hapless representative of Big Tobacco, perhaps not the only one present, but the only one who dared to speak up. Midway through the Question and Answer period of the second Experts' Panel, someone noted that some Big Tobacco people were present, persons from
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Posted: May 28, 2021Categories: News & Media
Sweet and juicy, fruit is always a winner at picnics, pool parties and summertime cook outs.
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Posted: May 28, 2021Categories: News & Media
Easter is here this weekend. Religious and secular Easter celebrations will be taking place right across the US, but however you're celebrating, we're sure you are looking forward to spending some time with friends and family.
From fresh fruit juices to crunchy brunchy favourites, this blog post will talk you through the best e-liquids to vape this Easter.
Fresh fruit
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Coming in the Springtime, Easter brings with it a sense of freshness and new life. And e-liquids don’t get much fresher than Vaping.com’s unique Watermelon and Strawberry blend.
Gushing with flavour, there is a reason this fruity juice is one of the top reviewed e-liquids on our site.
If you want to blow away the cobwebs and give your taste buds a spring clean then we can also recommend this Sweet Peppermint e-liquid.
Cotton candy
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What
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Posted: May 28, 2021Categories: News & Media
Vape tricks are a lot like relationships. They take work, respect and the ability to have some fun.
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Posted: May 27, 2021Categories: News & Media
HOSPITALS across the UK have started to roll out vaping zones following Public Health England advice.
While many are already smoke-free, hospitals have agreed patients, staff and visitors alike can vape in certain areas.
In support of today’s (March 14th) No Smoking Day, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust is reaffirming its commitment to being a smoke free organization and has gone one step further in taking the decision to allow the use of e-cigarettes.
The move was taken in the wake of PHE’s findings that vaping is considerably less harmful than tobacco.
In its report last month, the agency advised hospitals should sell vape kits and provide vaping lounges, while suggesting e-cigarettes be made available on NHS prescription to help smokers quit.
Research by the UK’s Royal College of Physicians also reported that vaping is up to 95 percent less harmful to use than traditional cigarettes, which
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Posted: May 07, 2021Categories: News & Media
There’s no more mainstream cultural phenomenon these days than the “Got Talent” franchise.