Dr. Michael Siegel author of the TobaccoAnalysis Blog will be doing a live chat at Vapersplace on Sunday November 1st 7:00PM EST.
It will last for one hour, don’t miss it!
Electronic cigarettes are opening a new front in the tobacco wars as state and local lawmakers try to restrict the product, which may allow users to circumvent smoking bans.
The battery-powered device is made up of a cartridge containing nicotine, flavoring and chemicals. It turns nicotine, which is addictive, into a vapor that is inhaled. Users [...]
Public smoking bans — very common now, even in live and let live Nevada — are usually justified on health grounds.
Children mustn’t be subjected to the dangers of second-hand smoke, the argument goes, and adults who venture into public shouldn’t have to put up with the stench and pollution associated with cigarette smoke. In addition, [...]
This weekend, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) apparently adopted a new position in which it is now advocating for bans on electronic cigarette use in public places. It adopted new model ordinance language which includes e-cigarettes in smoking bans and it is encouraging smoke-free advocates to use this language in future ordinances.
ANR writes to alert [...]
Below are SMOKIE’s videos from the hearing and his original post.
A few of us attended this Public Hearing, Spikey, Dumwaldo, Gregg Perrielli, Donel White, who is the owner of Smoking Everywhere in the Garden State Mall on Route 17 in Paramus, NJ and myself SMOKIE, but I was video tapping this hearing, and I did [...]
I like smoking.
Actually, I love smoking. Since mononucleosis infiltrated my body, however, I’ve engaged in the attempt to quit.
My blood pressure, heart rate and carbon monoxide levels have dropped. I’m regaining some circulation, lung capacity and sharpening my senses of taste and smell. Plus, I’m salvaging years of my life and fistfuls of dollars.
It’s hell.
I [...]
Heaven Gifts are having a contest to design a new logo, for full details click here.
Up for grabs are the following awards :
1. Every eligible participant can get 500 points. The participants who provide multiple masterpieces can only get 500 points as well.
2. We award $500 credit to the unique winner and his account will [...]
While the men and women of science often appear to spend the bulk of their time dreaming up novel ways to sink great sums of money into projects with limited utility for humanity at large, every so often they invent something that truly benefits us all. In 1952, the refreshment wizards at Kirsch Beverages figured [...]
It is another bizarre twist in the electronic cigarette battle over the safety of this new product that has hundreds of thousands of followers across the United States and a growing number of supporters around the world.
ASH UK has all but put their name on the dotted line in endorsement of the e cigarette as [...]
THE City Council this week voted 46-1 to ban many flavorings in a variety of tobacco products, and Mayor Bloomberg is likely to sign it into law. Speaker Christine Quinn justified it as an effort to protect children — but the main effect will be to make it harder for adult smokers to quit.
The ban [...]
