Planet of the Vapes: why is there a war on e-cigarettes?

Nonsense

Ditto.

Agreed.

I remember visiting my Mother in Preston a couple of days after the UK smoking ban came into place.

The once bustling local pub was deserted, there was hardly anybody there.

A man woman and young boy were sat at a table in the middle, all drinking orange juice and looking out of place, not regular customers, seemingly just there so that the parents could gloat about the fact that smoking was banned.

Sickening really.

Smoking has been illegal in Philippine bars for almost 2 years.

I'm a non smoker. Never even experimented. I watched those shock-docs as a kid and could never understand why anyone in my generation (one of the first to be properly informed) tried smoking. Possibly goes to prove that I was a boring do-gooder, but I'll be hanging on to my lungs when my friends begin needing transplants.

I support any move that gets people off cigarettes, so vaping has my support. However, it is absurd to allow it in enclosed public spaces like a pub. It is bad enough walking behind someone in the street who blows a nuclear mushroom cloud in my face. Having this in an indoor environment would be daft.

Surely the product will evolve over the years so that the cloud is less obtrusive. However, I've always thought it must only be a matter of time before smart phone batteries will keep them juiced up as long as old school Nokias were. If the product can be less smelly (I don't care if it's candy floss flavour) and a minimal cloud, then problem solved. Vape away on the 14 hour flight to Manila.

I don't blame the smoking ban for the demise of pubs. It's a generational thing. The younger crowd typically prefer wine bar type places which have managed fine without fags inside. The old customers in local pubs aren't being replaced as they die off - the only exception being the Rovers Return.

No enforcement in our area..Went to local sports bar yesterday to watch the Pacquiao fight..
It was like smokers paradise in there.
It`s more fun in the Philippines!

Propylene glycol is also added to food and beverages to improve taste and texture. It is not antifreeze.
It is considered safe to use in the amount present in foods.
It is considered non-toxic


The trouble that many ex smokers have that I have talked to over the years is this..
It doesn't matter how many years have passed since refraining..They still miss smoking.
I wonder how many ex smokers are secretly having a crafty vape?

You do seem to be a little defensive when there is absolutely no need..Not sure why that would be?
It`s very far from being "utter Bollocks" when I hear the same kind of testimonies from quite a few honest long term ex smokers.. Of course not all ex smokers experience these cravings but it`s certainly not rare to hear of ex smokers that start smoking again after 10-15 years of abstinence.
I suppose it`s similar to an alcoholic that will always be an alcoholic no matter how many minutes,days,weeks,months,years they manage not to have a drink.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and...ng-habit-i-know-it-s-crazy-but-i-do-1.3180564

I quit smoking seven months ago. I do feel better, and don't struggle with cravings to smoke all of the time now, but I still have days when I miss cigarettes. I sometimes wish I could have just one now and then. At times, the urge to smoke is so intense. I wonder if I'll ever be free of this habit? Will I miss smoking forever?
https://www.verywellmind.com/will-i-miss-smoking-forever-2824756



Seven years after quitting, I still miss my fags
They might be killers, but cigarettes are often still missed by those who gave them up

The odd thing is that I haven’t gone off the fags; I still think wistfully of smoking. I once said to one of our daughters when she was about six: if I get to the age of 70 I might take up smoking again. Deadpan, she replied: “You could do that, daddy, because you’ll be nearly dead then anyway.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/act...ears-after-quitting-I-still-miss-my-fags.html

Bad news, Boots: new research by the American Heart Association indicates that E-cig use raises heart disease and heart attack risks by forty percent and fifty-nine percent respectively. Users are also at a seventy-one percent higher risk of stroke.

Read article here.

Vape shops,interesting,i have two separate friends who own vape shops,both sell CBD flowers AKA cannabis with 0.3 THC content but higher CBD cannabinoid percentages,a lot of vape shops are stocking it.

Thanks.. Can you find a source to the exact and complete study.. I`d be interested to read it thoroughly before commenting.
Unfortunately the mail online article as usual was probably nothing more then the usual sensationalist twaddle.
Cheers.

Vaping Cancer, Heart Disease Risk Overstated By Recent Research.

Two recent study findings that were released to the media this month are just wild speculation, and possibly intentional misrepresentation, according to analysis by The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA).

http://www.casaa.org/news/vaping-cancer-heart-disease-risk-overstated-by-recent-research/