This is the second in what is likely to be a long series of blog posts written to bust myths about electronic cigarettes, smoking, and nicotine.  In part 1 we discussed e-cigarettes without nicotine and the situation in Canada.  In this post, we will try to address myths regarding what is in an e-cigarette. Myth [...]

The information below on the electronic cigarette, chemical change, physical change, propylene glycol, glycerol, flavorings, water, nicotine and other components of e-liquid is given to pose questions, not answers. We encourage all to read the linked articles and testing to form their own opinions. The information was compiled from online sources. We encourage readers, especially [...]

The testing on the American made Instead brand e-liquid is complete.  The testing was done by Alliance Technologies and performed on both the liquid and the vapor.  Below is a summary chart of the findings: The testing shows no detection of either Diethylene Glycol or Ethylene Glycol.  Diethylene Glycol or DEG was the compound the [...]

On October 1st, we had reported in our blog post Tobacco Kills. E-Cigarettes, Not Sure. So Smoke Tobacco, Siobhan DeLancey, Press Officer at FDA, stated: “There are no long-term studies on the health effects of just nicotine, minus the tobacco component. We know what smoking tobacco does to the body over the long term,” DeLancey [...]

I’ve heard about the blind following of main stream media for sometime, but until now I didn’t realize how deep it ran. It runs deep. Here are a few of the media head lines after the FDA press release on electronic cigarettes yesterday: * Electronic cigarettes unsafe, linked to cancer – NOT TRUE – no [...]

There are many things about e-smoking that are similar to traditional smoking but let’s not forget that it still isn’t actually smoking. Some argue that it is still smoking because the action of smoking is still present and although this is a valid argument, there is still no combustion, just vaporization. Thus, the term “vaping” [...]