(Text from CASAA) Are you fed up with the claim that “there is no evidence” that e-cigarettes, snus, or other low-risk tobacco/nicotine products help people quit smoking? We are, too. It is obviously wrong, since every individual story of how e-cigarettes helped someone quit smoking (especially after many failed attempts using other methods) is such […]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Given how many bad knockoff articles in papers about vaping surface every few days I have been ignoring them but I just had to say something about this one because there are a lot of people who take Oprah’s former court physician Mehmet Oz as a source of wisdom. Oz has attracted some negative attention […]
A tip of the hat to Tom for sending me the links to the following information regarding the lawsuit between Zen Cigarette (formerly located in Montreal) and Health Canada. First of all from the Zen site and its president Vincent Deblois: A year ago, following the publication of Journal de Montréal’s article exposing our troubles […]
Inside the world of vapers, the subculture that might save smokers’ lives by Andrew Couts at Digital Trends
image from Addicting Info Though this might seem like a little conflict of interest given that I work with ECTA its not really since 1. I have always supported buying local and 2. I advocate sourcing e-cigs and vaping supplies locally whether or not ECTA members are involved. It seems to me that when you […]
Its not that unusual for an organization that promotes health to do a lot of good but still abandon all its standards when it comes to anything to do with nicotine or tobacco. Case in point – the Canadian Lung Association. I recently commented on a welcome reconsideration of a ludicrous position statement on e-cigarettes […]
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In the recent article at the Globe and Mail: Could e-cigarettes save smokers’ lives? Some health advocates think so, Jennifer Miller of the Canadian Lung Association is quoted as saying: “I think we owe it to the five million Canadians who are addicted to tobacco products. If there’s a product out there that may have some […]
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