Recent content by markab

Hi TB, Unfortunately your right. The amount of hostility and bickering here, and the in your face aggresive posts is certaintly not helping the e-cig cause or this forum, and has really turned me off coming here as often or contributing. I remember when I first discovered this forum...

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BINGO! This short term, get rich quick approach, that most, if not all e-cig manufacturers have taken, has seriously jeopardized the future of a potentially life saving smoking alternative. Mark

Hi Ludo, In all fairness it's rather hard to believe that you thought that there were no rules governing the manufacture and distribution of new products (which includes e-cigarettes). It seems pretty clear to me -and I'm no business major, that if I wanted to manufacture and sell a...

Hi Nuck, Approx. a year ago I did some investigation into making my own e-liquid. Upon checking two different catalogs from lab grade supplier's they both stated their nicotine solution shelf life was only 6 months. After that, who knows? Perhaps the nicotine looses its potency...

Hi TB, You hit the nail on the head. Anyone who has taken an introduction course to business would realize that a product like this is going to need government approval. Electronic cigarette manufacturers dropped the ball and let us all down by not going through the proper channels...

Health Canada released an anticipated comment today which included, the rather gloomy -although anticipated response; "Persons importing, advertising or selling electronic cigarette products in Canada must stop doing so immediately. Health Canada is providing information to interested...

BINGO! Gold star for you Kate! We don't know what these concoctions will do to us in the long term. Hopefully though, through a proper scientific evaluation we can. In my eyes if a company can fund to have a product researched, engineered, produced, and marketed ,they can pay to ensure that its...

Disman, I'm not going to play this silly game. If you have a link share it with us. The point I made was not with "corn flakes" it was with some of the ingredients in it like preservatives. Mark

Hi Kate, I agree. I'm currently in a transition phase between tradional cigs and e-smoking and I would hate to loose the use of my e-cig. Having said that I recognize the importance of the FDA, Health Canada, ect... in ensuring that products released to the general public are indeed...

Hi DisMan, Please provide the link to your source? The only studies I've read so far do not include long term exposure. Perhaps I missed this one. Thanks. Mark

Hi Kate, I commend you on your stand on animal testing. It's a contentious issue and I'm glad that it's not used as frivolously as it once was used by such groups like the cosmetic industry. Unfortunatly, it's my understanding, that certain medical analisys cannot be determined...

Hi DisMan, Although I don't have a box of Cornflakes handy I'm pretty confident in stating that more than corn is listed under its ingredients. There are probably such items as perservatives, artificial agents, colouring, ect... Which have required government testing...

Hi Kate, I don't claim to be a research scientist or the like, but I would imagine that it would be tested under controlled conditions, would include chemical and gas analisys. And probably involve animal testing. Mark

Hi Kate, I value your input here but I can't say I agree with allowing people to become human guinea pigs in testing a new product. As much as we enjoy our new smoking alternative we simply don't know the long term health affects. Odds are they're better than traditional cigarettes...