The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping? PHE: 95% less harmful than cigs, may be on NHS

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by Faust » Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:19 pm

Non smokers can make up their own mind and live with their own decisions.

All these different flavours are made to give people more choice.

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by Harry Bizzle » Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:26 pm

Colonel Boom's Over The Top is superb. Their Comino isn't bad, either.

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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping?
by Faust » Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:09 am

[iup=3613142]Harry Bizzle[/iup] wrote:Colonel Boom's Over The Top is superb. Their Comino isn't bad, either.


Ew, over the top was vile. Just tasted burnt. I even emailed complaining that something was wrong with my bottle and they sent another. Just as vile. I later discovered what they described as biscuit is actually a rather unpleasant burnt taste.

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PostThe E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping?
by jamcc » Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:47 pm

Never knew there was an e-cig thread! Didn't think there would be enough of us to justify one. I'll post my current setup this evening; it's pretty sexy.

Edit: here it is:

Aspire CF (carbon fibre) VV (variable voltage) battery:
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Kangertech Protank Mini 3 clearomiser (one of the best on the market):
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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping?
by bear » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:53 pm

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/22/7872505/vaping-high-voltage-releases-carcinogens-e-cig


Now be honest, who didn't know something like this was going to be discovered?

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by Monkey Man » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:31 am

Vaping: e-cigarettes safer than smoking, says Public Health England

Government body says vaping can make ‘significant contribution to endgame of tobacco’ and raises concerns about length of licensing process

Vaping is safer than smoking and could lead to the demise of the traditional cigarette, Public Health England (PHE) has said in the first official recognition that e-cigarettes are less damaging to health than smoking tobacco.

The health body concluded that, on “the best estimate so far”, e-cigarettes are about 95% less harmful than tobacco cigarettes and could one day be dispensed as a licensed medicine in an alternative to anti-smoking products such as patches.

While stressing that e-cigarettes are not free from risk, PHE now believes that e-cigarettes “have the potential to make a significant contribution to the endgame for tobacco”.

The message was backed by the government’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, who nevertheless cautioned that “there continues to be a lack of evidence on the long-term use of e-cigarettes”. She said they should only be used as a means to help smokers quit.

“I want to see these products coming to the market as licensed medicines. This would provide assurance on the safety, quality and efficacy to consumers who want to use these products as quitting aids, especially in relation to the flavourings used, which is where we know least about any inhalation risks.”

The 111-page review raises concerns about the length and cost of the the government’s licensing process, which is a key part of the revised strategy to cut tobacco use.

No e-cigarettes have yet been licensed, unlike other nicotine-replacement therapies such as gums, lozenges and patches. Pilot schemes in Leicester and the City of London allow stop-smoking specialists to offer free e-cigarette starter kits, but smokers elsewhere cannot be offered e-cigarettes on prescription.


The review found that almost all of the 2.6 million adults in the UK now thought to be using e-cigarettes are current or former conventional smokers, most using them to help them quit tobacco or to prevent them going back to smoking.

There was no suggestion that the products were a gateway into tobacco smoking, with less than 1% of adults or young people who had never smoked becoming regular cigarette users.

More at the link - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015 ... an-smoking

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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping? PHE: 95% less harmful than cigs, may be on NHS
by Holpil » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:37 am

Good stuff. I've been vaping for about 3 months now and haven't smoked since. Got the following:

Vision Spinner II
Kanger Protank 3 w/ Airflow Control valve

Mostly using Vamp Vapes flavours, Blackjack mainly which I never get tired of.

I'm about to have a go at mixing my own juice with some concentrates so I'll update with how that goes!

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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping? PHE: 95% less harmful than cigs, may be on NHS
by Moggy » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:44 am

I don't really understand the backlash against e-cigs that has been going on. Sure they probably are not good for you, but they are a damn sight better than actual cigarettes. Next to zero risk of passive "smoking" and vastly reduced risks to the "smoker" themselves.

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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping? PHE: 95% less harmful than cigs, may be on NHS
by Monkey Man » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:56 am

Moggy wrote:I don't really understand the backlash against e-cigs that has been going on. Sure they probably are not good for you, but they are a damn sight better than actual cigarettes. Next to zero risk of passive "smoking" and vastly reduced risks to the "smoker" themselves.

Worryingly for many of those behind the policy change, increasing numbers of people – up to 22%, compared with 8% two years ago – think e-cigarettes are equally or more harmful than tobacco. This is leading some smokers to avoid switching, studies have suggested.

Tobacco reduction campaigners say the public needs to be educated to recognise that although e-cigarettes, like tobacco cigarettes, contain addictive nicotine, they do not contain more dangerous chemicals such as tar and arsenic.


Concerns have tripled in the last 2 years, maybe due to more reports. I don't know.

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by Cal » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:08 pm

I'm back on the vaping bandwagon. It's taken me far longer to clamber on board again than I would have wished (no willpower). Anyway, I've started using the Vype e-pen with a strong dark cherry cap. It has a switchable power supply, so I can get a good performance out of it - all for a modest cash outlay. So far, so good. I haven't knocked the tobacco completely on the head yet, but I have cut down significantly (no real roll-ups until after 6pm). I can actually sense my dependence on tobacco lessening - and vaping is just so hassle-free compared to all that faffing about with papers and filters, etc.

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by OnlyShallow » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:48 pm

My gf and I decided to stop smoking last October. She went down the nicotine replacement/vaping route and I opted for champix.

We are both still off the tobacco but I think I find it much easier. She has had a few fags since stopping and is more tempted by the thought of them.

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by TigaSefi » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:57 pm

Once my gf figured out vaping, she not gone back to tobacco at all. Her lung capacity has actually increased. Sure this is new and we'll find unbiased reports coming out in the next few years that will either say it is good or bad but i think it is a lot better for the smoker to try and quit via vaping than the other methods.

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by Cal » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:00 pm

OnlyShallow wrote:My gf and I decided to stop smoking last October. She went down the nicotine replacement/vaping route and I opted for champix.

We are both still off the tobacco but I think I find it much easier. She has had a few fags since stopping and is more tempted by the thought of them.


Hmmm. I'd never heard of Champix until you mentioned it. Did some quick online research. I see my local Lloyds Pharmacy offers a course of tablets - but very expensive! Also, it seems the Daily Heil has not been slow to jump on the alarmist bandwagon regarding the pill: http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/health/artic ... -safe.html

TBH, I'm happy vaping for now, even though I understand there are still safety concerns around that. Either way, vaping does seem to be a much safer option than staying on tobacco.

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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping? PHE: 95% less harmful than cigs, may be on NHS
by OnlyShallow » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:12 pm

You can get it on prescription. The nurse at my medical centre's smoking clinic put me on them. Because of the side effects you do have regular follow up appointments. You set yourself a stop smoking day within the first two weeks of taking them. Mine was the 18th of October. I've not had a cigarette since. You carry on taking the champix for 3 months. My only side effect were mental lucid dreams.

I've been in every situation since where having a fag would have been expected (Christmas work night out, friends who smoked being over at our house, my girlfriend succumbing and getting a cigarettes when we were in Paris). Not once was I tempted. I missed them but I knew I didn't need them.

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PostRe: The E-cigarettes Thread - anyone else Vaping? PHE: 95% less harmful than cigs, may be on NHS
by Lex-Man » Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:37 am

Judging from the number of vape shops quite a lot of people.

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