Archive for January, 2012

I switched to e-cigarettes – and bought a house with the savings!

ecigarettedirect.co.uk is in the Mail on Sunday! The story features one of our customers, Julie Parnell, and how she managed to buy a house with the savings she made from switching to electronic cigarettes. Click here to read the fully story! Alternati…

Posted in in the news on January 29, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Electronic Cigarette Sale: Discounts and Special Offers on The Smoker’s Halo

You can get two special offers from ecigarettedirect this month: one on mini-kits and on refills. Mini Electronic Cigarette Kit Special Offer For a limited time only, you can get a free battery (usual cost: £8.50) with every Smoker’s Halo mini …

Posted in discount, special offer on January 27, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Disposable electronic cigarettes: Are they any good?

I think it should probably be taken as a given that I am biased writing this post. However, I have yet to taste a disposable electronic cigarette that I have found personally satisfying. I’ve tried several. When Tescos brought out the 10 Motives …

Posted in e Cig, electronic cigaratte, electronic cigarette, Electronic Cigarette Kit on January 25, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

The Great Vaping Quiz: Day 5

UPDATE: The Great Vaping Quiz is now over. If you’d like to know when we run more quizes like this, make sure to sign up to our newsletter in the right sidebar or join our facebook page here. 5 Days 5 Questions 6 Great Prizes Over the next 5 days…

Posted in competition on January 23, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Nicotine and hunger: closer than you think

By Paul Bergen of tobaccoharmreduction.org In the New World, tobacco was both thought of as a panacea for all that could ail you and also as a spiritual conduit. Using it cured you, kept you safe, and could give you visions. And it also helped with wha…

Posted in history, nicotine on January 20, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Are Electronic Cigarettes Safe: The Shocking Truth

If you’re like me, when you first heard of the electronic cigarette you immediately wondered what was wrong with it. In fact, it was a fortunate comment left by a researcher, now a good friend, in the very very early days of this blog which reass…

Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

The Great Electronic Cigarette Free Trial Scam

Free Electronic Cigarette Trials Every few weeks or so we seem to get a spate of people ringing us up demanding to know where their money is. They’ve had an electronic cigarette from someone advertising a free trial – and they’re wond…

Posted in resources, safety on January 14, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Smokers, you are being lied to!

Nicotine cessation aids don’t work! The public health organisations have lied to you. The National Health Service has lied to you. The pharmaceutical companies have lied to you. What’s the lie? That nicotine cessation aids work. Pfizer is c…

Posted in in the news, studies on January 11, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Do e-cigarettes constrict airway passages?

By tobacco harm reduction researcher Paul Bergen of tobaccoharmreduction.org No one knows if e-cigarettes actually do help smokers kick the habit! This statement (my exclamation mark!) arises predictably in many a tobacco control research paper and art…

Posted in in the news, studies on January 10, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

DON’T quit cold turkey says big-pharm funded campaign (and why the campaign is wrong)

A campaign in Portsmouth is telling smokers NOT to quit cold turkey. Whose funding the campaign? Surprise, surprise, it’s Pfizer, a manufacturer of quit smoking aids. One problem – pharmaceutical aids, when measured at 12 months, have half…

Posted in in the news, quitting, quitting methods on January 9, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

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