Monthly Archives: January 2015

Customer Kicked Out Of Supermarket For Vaping

In recent news a woman has been kicked out of Morrisons Supermarket for using her electronic cigarette in the store. The woman now plans on boycotting the Supermarket saying she will take her "custom somewhere else".

Everyone will have their own opinions on whether or not Morrisons should allow people to vape in store but the simple matter of the fact is they don't, and she was breaking the company policy.

The customer said,

"I couldn't believe it – I was in Morrisons a couple of days ago, took a couple of puffs and was told by a member of staff to get out,” 

“When I asked, ‘How come?’, they said there’s a sign on the door saying no smoking, including e-cigarettes.

“I was pretty annoyed, but when I rang Morrisons head office they said it’s company policy across the whole country.

“I think it’s disgusting. I spend over £300 a month there"

Giving Vapers A Bad Name

Although she probably didn't realise it her actions and others like it only have damaging consequences on vapers. Whether or not they agree with the ban, or whether they spend £300 a month its irrelevant, it is not for vapers to ignore company policy and decide to vape anyway. This kind of behaviour only provides ammunition to those against those who use electronic cigarettes and the people that use them.

"Even more reasons to shop at Morrisons" - well maybe not for this customer anyway...

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Reduced Cases Of Lung Cancer In High Elevations 

A recent study has uncovered some very interesting details on lung cancer. The study revealed that living at higher altitudes reduces risk of lung cancer in not only smokers but also non-smokers too.

By controlling for variables that are associated with high rates of cancer the study which was co-authored by a student at the Perelman School of Medicine uncovered that for every 1,000 rise in elevation the rate of lung cancer in the population decreased by around 7 cases per 100,000 people.

The same effect was not seen with others such as breast and prostate cancer. Something that might explain this is due to the direct nature of the lungs and its use of oxygen. Higher elevations results in less inhaled oxygen, even as much as a third less than low elevation areas.

Other factors that were also studied included sunlight , precipitation, temperature and pollution.

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Should Cigarette Taxes Be Increased Again?

Increase taxes and smokers will be forced to quit saving hundreds of millions of lives. Sounds good in theory but is this really the way to go? Is it fair to keep picking on smokers or do they need intervention to help them to quit and live healthier lives?

Experts claim tripling the tax on cigarettes would save around 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer. The new tax hike would also close the price gap that is currently seen between the cheapest and most expensive cigarettes which would encourage people to quit rather than switch to a cheaper brand.

In the UK, in 2010, 42,000 people were diagnosed with long cancer reported Cancer Research UK. 34900 people were known to have died from the disease in 2010.

Smoking into old age can potentially take away 10 years off your life however a new study has found that quitting smoking at a young age could potentially help a smoker to regain much of the decade that they would have lost if they had continued to smoke cigarettes.

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Eater critic Ryan Sutton gives his take on why vaping shouldn't be demonized like smoking a regular cigarette in restaurants.

He argues that vaping should not be grouped into the same category as traditional cigarettes, which to be fair is a valid statement because even though the two seem similar they operate very differently.

With no tobacco and no combustion, e cigarettes are much more health friendly to the user and to those in close proximity due to there being no second hand smoke which you find with normal cigarettes.

As with all debates there are two arguments, one for being allowed to vape in restaurants (at the moment it is not a law that you can't, it is down to the discretion of the owner of each respected establishment)  and the others against restaurant vaping.

For Restaurant Vaping

A study at the Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute’s Department of Material Analysis and Indoor Chemistry in Germany found the vapour from an electronic cigarette did not contain any detectable amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). They tested both a normal cigarette and a e-cig which provided very interesting results. While the tobacco smoke of the normal cigarette scored high for the 20 VOCs that were tested for, the electronic cigarette vapour scored zero for 75% of the VOCs and only registered a very minuscule mounts in the remaining ones.

Sorry if the above seemed a little off topic but I included it as it backs up the claims made by vapers, that the vapour produced by them vaping is not harmful to those around them unlike tobacco smoke so why should they be banned?

Against Restaurant Vaping

Those against vaping in restaurants usually hit back with 2 main arguments:

Argument 'A': More Testing Needs To Be Done

Even though some studies and research such as the above show that vaping isnt harmful, more research needs to be conducted b

Electronic Cigarettes Continue To Rise

The rapid growth of electronic cigarette users has been felt by the British company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) who produce nicotine patches and gum a chief executive said.

During the interview with Reuters, Andrew Witty admitted that he and his team had spend "a few days" in deciding on whether it would be the right decision for them to embrace the modern times and compete directly by creating electronic cigarettes of their own.

After careful consideration they decided that they "we're not going to play", and leave the e cig market well alone. Andrew Witty went on to say,

"Of course, it's definitely taken a bit of our market, no question at all -- but there's a lot of competition in that space anyway."

GSK are currently undergoing a joint venture with Novartis which will make the business the market leader in the smoking cessation market.

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<pA Simple Blood Test May Finally Help You Quit Smoking

Science is an amazing thing and the wonders never cease to amaze me - we have sent people to the moon, have computers as small as our hands and can communicate with people all around the world in real time via smartphone apps. However one of the latest scientific findings by a group of researchers in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine may lead to a personalised way to help smokers to quit

The Research

During there research they decided to look at a pill called varenicline and the nicotine patch as these two methods of quitting had shown a good percentage of effectiveness among quitters. Over 4 years they looked at more than 1,200 smokers and test groups who had a variation of a real pill, a placebo and a nicotine patch. The research showed that the people who metabolized nicotine normally did better with the pill and those who had low nicotine metabolism did better with the patch.

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Read more about the research and the various results here.

Manchester Cracks Down On Vaping

As both the awareness and electronic cigarette usage increases in the UK we are seeing more and more places deciding to take up a no vaping policy. In recent news it has been reported that e-cig users in Greater Manchester are being forced to share outdoor smoking shelters inhabited with smokers who are still using analogs and leaving a trial of smoke in their wake.

The most noticeable places that have banned electronic cigarette usage include:

• Old Trafford
• The Etihad Stadium
• Metro Link Stops
• Train & Tram Stations
• Caffe Nero
• KFC
• Manchester Airport
• The Academy
• O2 Apollo
• The Manchester Arena
• Bridgewater Hall
• Manchester Metropolitan University & Universite of Manchester

These are just to name a few but the list goes on and on....

Do e cigarettes really pose such a health risk to the people of Manchester or are the bans unjust? On one hand you have those who support electronic cigarettes and will tell you that there has been no evidence that they pose any risk to the general public, in fact quite the opposite, and then you have the others who think electronic cigarettes promote the unhealthy habit and make smoking appear normal again after the 2007 ban. What are your thoughts?

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Get Fit This New Year

Ok so you have decided to quit smoking this new year and you want to focus on achieving that rock hard 6 pack along with those bulging t-shirt muscles. Ok lets not get too ahead of ourselfs just yet - often a lot of people that want to get in shape can set targets that are just too unrealistic for the time frame they are giving themselves. Although most people would like to have the 'perfect body', the time, effort and commitment it takes is more than the average person is willing to commit too however that doesn't mean you you can't be fit, healthy and be in shape.

Get In Shape With These Unique Fitness Gadgets

While most people have the best of intentions in January to get fit over the upcoming weeks by joining a gym or starting a diet program sooner or later laziness kicks in and they slip back into their old unhealthy ways. However there is hope in wearable technology and cool fitness gadgets that now make it easier to get in shape.

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Electronic Cigarette Sales Soar

Electronic cigarette sales shot through the roof last year with an incredible 49.5% increase and were even the fastest growing product in British supermarkets.

Britain has been very health conscious for the last few years but 2014 took things to a new level with huge growths being seen across the board for healthy food. Not so surprisingly frozen and fast food continued on a downward slope.

Electronic cigarettes have become so popular due to the fact that they mimic a smokers actions from the hand moments to satisfying the oral fixation. A vaper, someone who uses an electronic cigarette, has a wide variety of flavours at there disposal that they can choose from as well as having the ability to customize their e cig to suit their personal requirements.

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Is There A 'Right Time' To Quit?

So you want to quit smoking but don't know were to begin. You have tried all the tips and tricks that are floating around the world wide web but have so far yet to try something that actually works.

Research has shown that out of those that do decide to quit the actual motivation happens quite suddenly which is often spurred into action by a specific event, milestone or resolution.

Some of these key times/events include the Stoptober challenge that as I am sure you already know or could have guessed is in October. New Year as a resolution to yourself to live a healthier lifestyle or even when you or your partner is pregnant as a way to provide a safer environment for your new born baby to grow up in.

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