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    My pneumonia was not due to vaping

    My experience may be relevant to clarify the yet unfunded claim found in many articles published on the web that vaping may cause pneumonia. I've been analogs free for 8 months now, vaping, and enjoying the healing of my lungs since then by exercising consistently at least 3-times per week. My...
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    Malaysia considers ban on e-cigarettes

    Ban on e-cigarettes being considered in Malaysia Malaysia, the second biggest vaping market after the USA as they say. Let's see what the ones in power decide....
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    The vaping hustlers

    I had an interesting encounter last night when a seller from craiglist that my wife contacted knocked on my door to sell an ipad device... Frank, polite mid 30 guy, holding a big mod, 4 times bigger than my eleaf TC40 with a short gold tank. I am not too qualified but quickly deduced, thanks to...
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    Capella versus TFA Flavors

    This was the second time since I DIY that I am ordering flavor concentrates. I first used DX flavors from TFA to avoid Acetoin and recently learned that Capella's V2 flavors are also a good option in that regard. This time, I also ordered flavor concentrates from Capella but noticed that, in...
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    Spicy taste with Rayon

    Very new in RTA, I've tried different wick materials and I selected Rayon as my preferred one over organic or Japanese cottons. However, I notice a spicy taste at the beginning of my vape on a new build. I use 24 gauge Ti from Unkamen, 10 wraps at 2.5mm diameter, ~0.35 ohms Ti coils in TC...
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    Titanium coils taste issue

    I recently get myself into RTA and I've been using the Unkamen Ti coils for my builds and noticed a chemical type of taste when I first vape on them with eleaf TC40 mod with Ni to Ti temperature adjustment. I clean my wire with ethanol before building my coil (~0.4-0.5 ohms).This bad taste...
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    RDA Titanium coil and resistance range

    Hi folks, I recently decided to go RDA but ordered a kayfun clone from fastech without considering the shipment time... So I ended up rebuilding my nautilus mini coil with titanium coil that I run with a eleaf TC40. I am taking security measures with TC correction from Ni to Ti. I've been able...
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    Immune Response Against Nicotine

    The proposal is not new. A way that some smart scientists are pursuing to "help smokers overcome their addiction". The goal is to educate the immune system to see nicotine as a foreign entity and prompt an immune response that blocks nicotine activity. From my stand point, this approach won't...
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    Vaping is healthier than Processed meat

    So far... "The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, put processed meat such as hot dogs and ham in its group 1 list, which already includes tobacco, asbestos and diesel fumes, for which there is "sufficient evidence" of cancer links." Vape safe and...
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    Preventing or reducing smoking-related complication

    Preventing or reducing smoking-related complications in otologic and neurotologic surgery. Golub JS1, Samy RN. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To discuss effects of smoking on otologic surgery in an era of electronic (e-) cigarettes and proposals for legalization of marijuana. Physiologic mechanisms and...
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    E-Cigarettes – Friend or Foe?

    By Russi EW1. Not nicotine, but an abundant amount of toxic chemicals produced by the combustion of tobacco are the cause of well-known health problems. E-cigarette vapor contains no or only minimal quantities of potentially harmful substances. Hence it can be assumed that vaping in adults is...
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    Alors, quoi de neuf?

    Salut la France, Alors quoi de neuf au pays? Je vape dure et ça dure… Quelles sont les nouvelles de la vape en France ? Je viens visiter régulièrement mon Paris bien aimé mais la dernière fois que je suis passé, je n’ai que peu entendu de vapeur. Je vie aux USA depuis un baille maintenant et ça...
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    Any comments on this paper?

    "Direct Dripping": A High-Temperature, High-Formaldehyde Emission Electronic Cigarette Use Method. ht tp://ww w.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu bmed/25863521 I am curious if anyone looked at this paper. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the full version. Their claim is very strong regarding the...
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    2013 scientific review for clinicians

    Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping: A New Challenge in Clinical Medicine and Public Health. A Literature Review http://w ww.n cbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859972/ It's not a very recent review and progresses have been made since then. This review offers an unbiased summary of scientific...
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    ISick TC40W with Nautilus Nickel atomizer compatibility?

    I just got myself an ISick TC40W with the GS-tank atomizer but I don't like the feeling of the mouth part. I am looking into using my Nautilus mini with a Nickel NI200 atomizer head instead. My search led me to few conflicting info regarding their functional compatibility. Do you know if the...
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    My wife birthday is up... in need of tips

    My wife smokes 2 to 4 Marlboro a day and a pack last her about a week or so since I'm not stilling her sticks anymore. I think she enjoys the smoke hit because she only smokes after she wakes up in the morning and after the day is over, but never during day time when she is out. Also, she never...
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    Vaping is safer for our lungs than Smoking!

    Lol :D... We know that already you'd say. But lets get some more details with a recent paper published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research (2015 Aug 13): "Acute Exposure to Electronic and Combustible Cigarette Aerosols: Effects in an Animal Model and in Human Alveolar Cells."...
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    An interesting study about switching

    We already know that using appropriate gears and nicotine load in our ejuices is critical for successful switching, from analogs to vapor. I first failed with the blu sticks and an Ego-u loaded with basic tank containing 24mg/ml ejuice. I found this freshly published paper...
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    Some good stuff into our vape

    New in vaping, I've been off from analogs for few weeks now. After buying my first ejuice from the local Smoke Shop, I became interested about its chemical composition. Except for the PG, VG and nicotine I failed to find out what my flavor of choice is made with. So I look into making my own...
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    Nicotine: Carcinogenicity and Effects on Response to Cancer Treatment - A Review. Sanner T1, Grimsru

    I found this recently published review on Nicotine and Cancer that may be of interest for whoever feel to get her/his mind into the details : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553893/ It's a pretty technical review and certainly unbiased: "The authors declare that the research was...