Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
U.S. Government Task Force to Smokers: Quit or Die
Via Vaping.org Press release
While U.K. health authorities embrace vaping, a U.S. health panel uses same old reasons to dismiss it
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Vaping Association, a leading advocate for the benefits of vapor products such as electronic cigarettes, reacted today to a new report by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on smoking cessation tools. The report by the USPSTF, a government-backed independent organization that has a Congressional directive to review the evidence on cessation practices, advises doctors to only recommend FDA-approved therapies and counseling for smokers looking to quit.
Even though vaping is now almost certainly the most frequently used cessation tool in the United States, the task force kicked the can down the road on articulating a clear position on the disruptive technology products. Dr. Francisco Garcia, a task force member and a researcher at the University of Arizona, told Reuters , “There is not enough evidence to evaluate the effectiveness, safety or benefits and harms of using e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking.”
Gregory Conley, President of the American Vaping Association, expressed disappointment in the task force’s decision to dismiss the evidence of the effectiveness and relative risk of vapor products.
“In effect, the task force is sending an irresponsible message to smokers and their doctors – quit or die,” says Conley.
Conley continued: “Every year, far less than 5% of those trying to quit smoking do so successfully. The task force should have at least had the integrity to advise doctors that vapor products may be a positive intervention for hardcore smokers who have tried and failed to quit with products like the nicotine gum, patch, and medications. In the United Kingdom, Public Health England and over a dozen
respected public health authorities have endorsed the use of vapor products by smokers looking to quit. Their rigorous assessment is based on a totality of the evidence, both from clinical trials and the real world,” says Conley. "In contrast, the task force only made a cursory attempt to review the data, and as a result they end with the same old conclusion – more evidence is needed.“
"The clock is ticking. Smoking still kills hundreds of thousands of Americans each year,” adds Conley. “Every time groups like the USPSTF dismiss the benefits of vapor products, there are smokers that take their advice seriously and continue to smoke. The policy is unconscionable and needs to change.” ####
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The Sub-Box ( Vape Like They’re Watching ) I received this...
The Sub-Box ( Vape Like They’re Watching )
I received this product at no charge from the vendor for the purpose of doing a video, Therefore it has no monetary value to me. This video is my opinions and experiences with the product, and is in no way intended to be the final hammer of judgment.
TLDW: Solid box, if not just a touch “cheap” feeling. I REALLY dig the button and I really dig the voltage display but I just cant stand that STRIPE running down the mod. For me, it makes it 100% less comfortable to handle and use.
Hits well and hits hard due to the dual parallel 19650 batteries on the inside. Non spring loaded, but fully adjustable 510 connection is on top.
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New Regulations on E-Cigarette Sales Kick In This Week Via...
New Regulations on E-Cigarette Sales Kick In This Week
Via Necn.com
New regulations governing the sale of electronic cigarettes in Massachusetts take effect this coming week.
As of Friday, anyone under 18 years old will be barred from buying e-cigarettes.
The regulations also ban the promotional giveaway or free distribution of e-cigarettes and require that they be kept out of the reach of customers.
Attorney General Maura Healey said the regulations also ban most sales of e-cigarettes except through face-to-face purchases and not through vending machines except in adults-only establishments.
Other regulations requiring that the liquids and gels used in the devices be sold in child-resistant packaging won’t take effect until March 15, 2016.
E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that turn nicotine-containing liquid into vapor that is inhaled. Though nicotine can be addictive, e-cigarettes lack the chemicals and tars of burning tobacco.
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Are Children being poisoned by e-liquid? Unfortunately yes... but the numbers will surprise you
Originally written by Reid Mukai from (Cascadia Vape Blog)
As much as we want all teenagers to to be completely nicotine-free, there will always be some who experiment (especially those with backgrounds of physical or emotional abuse). Because e-cigs have been proven to contain less harmful toxins than tobacco cigarettes and e-cig users can choose to downgrade the level of nicotine contained in the e-liquids used (or switch to e-liquids containing zero nicotine or substances less harmful than nicotine), perhaps e-cigs could more accurately be viewed as “anti-gateway” Harm Reduction devices?
According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), there were 1,543 e-cig and e-liquid exposures reported to Poison Centers in 2013. While unfortunate and preventable if more people took precautions with the handling and storage of e-cigs and e-liquids, the number of cases weren’t even close to the top exposures called in to Poison Centers. To put them in context, in the 2013 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System, the following were the top 10 substance categories most frequently involved in human exposures:
- Analgesics 298,633
- Cosmetics 199,838
- Cleaning substances 196,183
- Sedatives/Hypnotics/Antipsychotics 153,398
- Antidepressants 109,110
- Foreign bodies/Toys/Misc. 103,737
- Cardiovascular Drugs 101,544
- Antihistamines 99,176
- Topical preparations 89,287
- Pesticides 85,033
The report also included the top 10 substance categories most frequently involved in pediatric (≤5 years) exposures:
- Cosmetics 151,154
- Cleaning substances 113,872
- Analgesics 106,639
- Foreign bodies/Toys/Misc. 75,184
- Topical preparations 66,893
- Vitamins 47,816
- Antihistamines 45,250
- Pesticides 35,254
- Plants 29,346
- Gastrointestinal preparations 28,481
Of course these figures do not diminish the seriousness and danger of children being exposed to e-liquids, but it does highlight the often selective nature of news reportage, the inability of regulatory measures to completely prevent such incidents, and the overall importance of personal responsibility and vigilant parenting. While news media does have an important role to play in educating the public about health issues, it’s important to understand that what is reported and the way it is reported is never completely without bias.
As members of the e-cig industry, it should be clear we have an interest in defending the e-cig industry. Often less clear is the interest of corporate news media in releasing particular scare stories to increase viewership. Higher ratings and “correct” messaging ensure support from corporate sponsors who may also influence which stories are covered and/or how they’re reported. For example, would it not be in the interest of news networks to discourage the use of products which directly compete with smoking cessation products such as nicotine patches and gum produced by large pharmaceutical companies which spend large sums of money to advertise on the networks (and/or produces PR material which attacks the competition)? In other words, keep in mind that corporate media has more self-interested motives besides public safety. Now more than ever we need to question what is reported and think critically about how facts are presented.
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research: From Oxford University
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Now, There’s a lot going on int his article. Basically Jennifer B. Unger, Ph.D wrote an editorial on “The current era of scientific uncertainty” regarding ecigs and vaping.
The full editorial can be found here http://ift.tt/1FjqX9G
But these are the highlights below
- Many state and local smoke-free laws predate the development of electronic cigarettes. Currently, only three states include the restriction of electronic cigarettes in their comprehensive smoke-free policies.
- The young people in this study’s focus groups perceived that e-cigarettes are marketed for smoking cessation, but they did not perceive that e-cigarettes are effective for cessation, indicating that they may be distrustful of the marketing.
- The interest of nonsmoking teens in flavored e-cigarettes is very low - in fact, flavor descriptors had no significant influence on nonsmoking teens’ interest in using e-cigarettes.
- Between 2012 and 2013, e-cigarette sales in the tracked channels of this study more than doubled, increasing by 132.5% across all markets. Convenience store sales drove most of this, accounting for 81.9% of e-cigarette sales in 2013.
- Among current cigarette smokers, reported reasons for e-cigarette use included: quit smoking (58.4%), reduce smoking (57.9%), and reduce health risks (51.9%). Prior quit attempts were reported more frequently among e-cigarette users (82.8%) than nonusers (74.0%).
- This study analyzed and evaluated the chemical composition including nicotine, tobacco alkaloids, pH, and flavors in 36 e-liquids brands from 4 manufacturers. Three-quarters of the products contained lower measured nicotine levels than the stated label values.
It’s that 3rd one that i’ve put in BOLD text that I find the most fascinating personally. This is pretty much what every law maker and assembly person are basing their bans and taxes on. Thoughts?
-Grimm
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Truly simple Fused Clapton coils ~ RDA Atomizers For those...
Truly simple Fused Clapton coils ~ RDA Atomizers
For those wondering. This is the OHM reader i’m using. It’s from CoilMaster
I am by no means a “builder guy"but after realizing that all my fused clapton and cool staple coil builds I was using were done by other people. I decided that I needed to learn how to do this myself.
Again, believe me when I say that if I can do this, you can do this. Huge shoutouts to OhmboyOC, M.Terk and Squidoode for all their help / tip and tricks for this.
I do realize that these coils are not for everyone, but I hope this is helpful for some people out there who are wanting to try out coils like this.
For this build I was using Anarchist 26g wire and 38g NI80 from Kidney puncher.
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Monday, September 14, 2015
Friday, September 11, 2015
To help smokers quit, make them...
To help smokers quit, make them vapers
Great little Op-ED piece from the Los Angeles Times. Thanks Leora for sending this my way.
e FDA is considering proposals to regulate e-cigarettes that would discourage their use. The Los Angeles City Council has banned them in public places, and the California Legislature may vote on an anti-“vaping” law this week.
Blanket laws discouraging the use of e-cigarettes are the wrong policy move. E-cigarettes have already shown themselves to be an appealing alternative to many smokers who are trying to quit. Because almost 500,000 Americans die annually from tobacco-related diseases, a lot is at stake.
Most smokers want to quit but typically try and fail, often repeatedly. Some successfully stop by using nicotine gum or a nicotine patch or taking drugs that make smoking unappealing. But for most smokers, these strategies have not worked.
E-cigarettes, although varied in style, all deliver nicotine to the user in a vapor, which can look like cigarette smoke. By vaping, e-cigarette users can get the level of nicotine hit that addicted smokers crave but without the dangers of burned tobacco. To be clear, nicotine is addictive, but it is not the ingredient in cigarettes that makes traditional smoking so lethal — it’s the burned tobacco that kills.
Though e-cigarettes are not harmless, existing evidence makes clear that they are staggeringly less dangerous than regular cigarettes and other burned tobacco products. The British government agency Public Health England reviewed existing studies and estimated that e-cigarettes are about 95% safer than burned tobacco products. Some users have then been able to wean themselves from nicotine altogether, as the level of nicotine in e-cigarettes can readily be controlled and therefore reduced.
By adopting three complementary policy ideas that would encourage rather than discourage e-cigarette use, government — especially the federal government — could nudge many more Americans to quit smoking and eventually save millions of lives.
Read the full article HERE at Latimes.com
http://ift.tt/1LoXzeP September 11, 2015 at 09:05PM GrimmGreen.com http://ift.tt/177rnJE http://ift.tt/1LoXBDHThe V-MODZ 60w Box ModThe V-Mods 60w modTLDW: It’s a...
The V-MODZ 60w Box Mod
The V-Mods 60w mod
TLDW: It’s a strange little device. I still don’t like the way it feels in my hand, and I really don’t like the button. It works good, battery life on a single 18650 at higher wattage is very… meh..
I’m not the biggest tank user, so a lot of the appeal of this is lost on me. It does what it says it will do. And 90% of my tanks do fit inside with no issues.
Super vape budget hands. These mods start at $275 and go UP from there.
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How China steals US Technology for Profit ~ Video Thanks to One...
How China steals US Technology for Profit ~ Video
Thanks to One of my subscribers named HUSKY for sending this my way. The video doesn’t mention vape products at all ( obviously ) but it’s a pretty good window and commentary on the whole cloning issue.
Great video IMO
-Grimm
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