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I stumbled across this paper a few days ago: Monoamine oxidase (MAO) enzyme inhibition in human coffee drinkers. Apparently coffee contains MAOIs similar to those found in tobacco (smoke?). FWIW - my coffee consumption has gone from ~6 cups/day when smoking (almost a year ago) down to one...

Just found this in Science Magazine (from last week). I wonder if some pharm companies are thinking they can't compete against [smokeless] nicotine. News Focus Is Pharma Running Out of Brainy Ideas? Greg Miller On 4 February, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that it planned to pull...

Actually, I did smoke one analog (the whole thing, too) on April 1. It was not a crave, more a semi-curious/semi-celebratory declaration of freedom. It tasted rather stale and acrid, not as bad as I expected but nowhere near as good as I seem to remember from 6 months ago. And I did brush...

--- I think this is worth a new thread --- Have I got this right? 40,000 people die each year because they don't have health insurance. 440,000 people die each year from smoking related issues (11 times as many). So instead of giving the green light to encourage switching from smoking...

I've been vaping for about 4-1/2 months now and I have noticed that for at least the last month I have been drinking significantly less coffee. I used to (when smoking) brew a 5-mug pot in the morning, my wife would have 1 mug, I would have a couple during the morning, finish off a couple more...

This article in New Scientist magazine is almost a year old, but I haven't seen it mentioned in ECF. Electronic cigarettes: A safe substitute? - health - 11 February 2009 - New Scientist