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  1. hifistud

    401 info requested

    How does bright shiny gold with a purple LED strike you??
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    Niicotine drink for smokers?

    Have a look here: The Sun to read it up.
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    NHS Survey

    Hi Angela - yes, that's because they have not been submitted as smoking cessation devices or NRT - TS didn't think they needed it, as they were being marketed as smoking alternatives. However, if they're submitted for approval with the right trials etc., they stand a good chance of gaining...
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    NHS Survey

    It would be lovely if it was down to the NHS, but it's not, unfortunately. the MHRA is the body responsible for approval of e-cigs as a smoking cessation device, and the NHS won't do much without the MHRA has done its bit. That will require clinical trials, with a timescale of around 2 years...
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    What children are learning

    It is an unfortunate truth that educators are, by and large, political beings - political in the sense that they have deeply held beliefs about what is right and good (for kids) and what is wrong and bad. It seems that a fair few, though, do not have the ability to separate the action from the...
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    Newbie questions

    And down on my peak of 100 a day back in the mid eighties. Part of what comes living the rock'n'roll lifestyle...
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    Pubs that DO NOT allow Vaping!!

    I get into lots of pubs and clubs in the North East (the nature of my work), and so far have had no problem at all - but then I've made a point of not using a cig-alike PV - always a blue or green LED (or none), always none-white battery, and preferably a black tip. Loads of interest, loads of...
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    Oh dear, this is a little worrying

    And that's cool - if someone asks you which tastes better, a 510 or a 401, or which juice tastes most like reconstituted camel droppings, get in there, go for it. Nope, not at all. If folks around here want a self-help AA type group, that's cool by me - but I think it needs a separate part...
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    Oh dear, this is a little worrying

    You've missed the point. He wanted to sell what kit he had. He wasn't crying for help to get through a hard patch = he simply had decided that vaping wasn't for him - and yet some folks took this as a lost soul needing guidance to bring him back into the fold. He didn't "want to quit ecigs" - he...
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    Oh dear, this is a little worrying

    I've read the full thread before answering this post. The way I read it, the guy had tried it, couldn't get away with it, and wanted to flog some kit - but folks were straight in there offering help to "get him through" it, like this was AA or something. The "help" he needed was to get his...
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    Oh dear, this is a little worrying

    @Nightshadow - it's not just that, though - although I am a little concerned that the "smoking cessation device" mantra keeps on popping up, something I think is guaranteed to keep FDA interest fairly high. No, it's running deeper than that - the almost "Live Aid for E-cigs" concert, for...
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    Vaping strictly without nicotine?

    My two pennorth? If you don't use a nicotine bearing e-juice or cart, I can't see that it's going to do you any harm to try it, and you could easily blow $50 or more on any other "thing to try". Or, to put it another way, I'd far rather you got a 0-nic 901 out every three weeks to have a drag...
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    Oh dear, this is a little worrying

    I am a little concerned, frankly. As far as I'm aware, PVs, e-cigs, personal portable nebulisers, call 'em what you will, are an alternative to cigarettes, can be used alongside them, instead of them, or as well as them. As in it's all down to personal preference. However, what I'm seeing...
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    Have you had problems with Smoking Everywhere / Anywhere?

    What are you reviewing? Is it the product, the company or the deal? As a reviewer, you have a duty to make it clear from the outset: thus, you may have an excellent product that is part of a shoddy deal from a poor company. Smoking Anywhere is SLB/SaiLebao's soubriquet - it's on all their...
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    Blood test lab results for nicotine levels!!!

    I've noticed this too...
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    Met another vaper in public for the 1st time ever, and it was sad

    How do you get 30 seconds once a month to equal "the biggest part of our lives"?
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    Newbie questions

    Wasn't that Freecig.com mob, was it? I'm in Houghton, by the way. Yes - tobacco free since May 27th this year, ex 60 a day man. Opinions vary. My own preference, at the moment, is the DSE401, because its flavour seems better than my second favourite 901, and it puts out just the right...
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    Discouraging Nonsmokers from Vaping

    When did this whole thing morph from giving sage advice to non-smoker putative vapers into "Trying to get "innocent people" "hooked" on e-Cigs"? If ever there was a piece of rhetoric that you would attribute to one of the more fanatical anti-smoking groups, that would be it. No matter what...
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    This bothers me.What is your opinion on badged ecigs

    And absolutely fine until 11:30 on a sunday night when you've only 2ml of juice and your last atty goes belly up, and the closest neighbour with a likely spare is 100 miles away. THEN you're round to the closest store at 08:15 Monday banging on the doors...