Tweet Dr Richard Carmona, the former Surgeon General who supports a comprehensive ban all tobacco products has recently joined the board of a well-known e-cigarette company. His role is an advisory one, essentially to advise the company on public health and regulatory issues, as well as spearhead their research center. Carmona holds other positions along… Read more »
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The Superbowl and an e-cigs advert…
Tweet Did you watch it? Did you watch the adverts? Did you see the e-cig advert? Because lots of folk did, including the folks that work at the American Lung Association (ALA), and they are not happy campers at all people, not at all. They feel that this one advert is going to undo ALL… Read more »
One interesting reason e-cigs are easier to switch to.
Tweet Had a bit of an epiphany last night while I was reading a book about motivation. In it the author suggest that the motivational paradigm (idea/theory) that we use is not good for us, and doesn’t really work. He has scoured the research and he has proof that if you offer rewards for certain… Read more »
CASAA call to action!!
Tweet I know many of you are aware of the political machinations currently underway around smokeless tobacco and e-cigs – but just in case you haven’t taken action and told the FDA how e-cigs have helped you – we are urging you all, as a final push for this public consultation, to let the FDA… Read more »
A potted history of electronic cigarettes:
Tweet 2003: E-cigs invented by a man called Hon Lik in Beijing, China. The company he worked for liked them so much, they decided to manufacture them, and changed the company name to Ruyan, which means ‘like smoke’. 2006: E-cigs come to Europe. 2006-7: E-cigs arrive in the USA. 2008 – March, Turkey ban e-cigs…. Read more »