News — e-cigarettes

Nicotine salts. It’s the new thing on the block and smokers and vapers alike are flocking to it to quit cigarettes for good. If you haven't heard of it before, nicotine salt basically allows you to vape at higher nicotine strengths without getting the rough throat hit you’re typically used to. This also means you get more bang for your buck! You end up vaping less because you get a lot more nicotine. So, if you love that light headed feeling, but hate having to vape 24/7, nic salts may be right for you. As you may already know, the...

If we thought vaping regulations were bad in the UK, we should think ourselves lucky compared to the Australians. E-cigarettes are banned in the South Pacific country and in January a federal decision was quietly slipped through to uphold the ban on the devices, potentially costing Australian smokers 6000 Australian Dollars every year. SMOKING IN AUSTRALIA Tobacco tax is continuing to increase rapidly in Australia and current figures show that a smoker who gets through a 20 pack a day will spend 7300 Australian Dollars every year. The Australian government are therefore trying to force smokers to quit the habit or...

Summary: - Heart disease is the main cause of death associated with smoking - The study compared heart function after smoking a standard cigarette compared to an electronic cigarette - A tobacco cigarette led to significant heart dysfunction - The electronic cigarette had no adverse effects on heart function  The Study: Smoking is the most preventable risk factor for cardiac and lung disease and is expected to cause 1 billion deaths during the 21st century. Electronic cigarettes have been marketed in recent years as a safer habit for smokers, with several millions of people already using them worldwide. 40% of...

Electronic cigarettes are causing confusion around the world as lawmakers struggle to decide the technology’s place in society. Australia is one of the countries where that confusion is at its height, with laws that are already some of the strictest in the world and that vary more between the different states. The baseline is that because nicotine is classed as a Schedule 7 poison in Australia, it’s illegal to sell it except as a licensed medication. That means disposable e-cigarettes or cartridges that contain nicotine are not for sale right across the country, but nicotine free ones and refillable devices can be...

We’re all familiar with the role cigarettes play in causing cancer, which is why the usage of such products is frowned upon. However, cigarette usage is addictive and breaking free of the addiction is incredibly challenging. Many smokers manage to overcome their addiction by turning to e-cigarettes instead since these still offer a nicotine hit without the damaging effects of tobacco and tar. This method of overcoming, or reducing, a nicotine addiction is even supported by Cancer Research UK, who state that e-cigs ‘help people quit smoking‘. E-cigarettes are a relatively new product, which is why learning how to regulate...