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March 2, 2018February 8, 2018

Vaping May Increase Pneumonia Risk, New Research Suggests

While researchers continue to debate the potential benefits of vaping over smoking, a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal has found that vaping electronic cigarettes may increase one’s risk of contracting pneumonia. The study, which was published on February 8, 2018, did not directly compare vaping e-cigs to smoking conventional cigarettes. According to …

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March 1, 2018March 1, 2018

Public Health England’s E-Cig Review Finds Substantial Health Benefit For Smokers Who Switch To Vaping

Public Health England (PHE), part of the United Kingdom’s public healthcare system, has found that the evidence shows that there is substantial benefit to switching to vaping for smokers. The finding comes as a result of a new e-cigarette evidence review conducted by leading independent tobacco experts. The review’s findings were unveiled by the U.K. …

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February 28, 2018February 9, 2018

Possible E-Cig Explosion Leaves Florida Woman Injured

A woman in Florida’s Pinellas County was injured while riding a bus after something in her backpack caught on fire and according to local fire officials, it may have been an exploding e-cig. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) director Jeff Thompson was quoted by local news outlet Fox 13 as having said that they “thought …

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February 28, 2018February 9, 2018

Can Vaping Help You Lose Weight?

New research published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research suggests electronic cigarettes might find application in obesity treatment as it’s the nicotine in tobacco that inhibits overeating in some smokers, not the tobacco itself. In other words, vaping nicotine infused e-liquids may help some people lose weight. For smokers who use cigarettes as an …

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February 27, 2018February 9, 2018

Does Vaping Create Tar?

Vaporizers, unlike the cigarettes that they’re actively replacing in the hands of some smokers, do not emit tar. That’s right, unlike the smoke produced by burning cigarettes, the vapor or aerosol produced by vapes and vaporizers such as electronic cigarettes and the like do not produce tar. And for that matter, they don’t produce carbon …

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February 27, 2018February 9, 2018

Can A Vape Explode?

Can a vaporizer, commonly referred to as a vape for short, actually explode? That’s the question we’re going to address here today, but a better question, perhaps, is: can vape batteries explode? Exploding Vape Batteries The fact of the matter is that batteries can explode. That possibility is a real one. It has happened with …

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February 24, 2018February 9, 2018

NYU Analysis Finds Vaping To Be Safer Than Smoking

A new analysis led by researchers at the New York University (NYU) College of Global Public Health has found vaping to be a safer option than smoking. While many questions regarding the health implications of vaping remain unclear at this time, the researchers behind the analysis found that based on the research that they examined, …

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February 24, 2018February 9, 2018

Do Electronic Cigarettes Actually Produce Vapor?

To many, the answer to this question is obvious: of course electronic cigarettes produce vapor, otherwise, why would they be referred to as vaporizers? The truth of the matter is that, as far as we’re aware here at Vaporizer Wire, most (if not all) e-cigs are actually producing an aerosol, which is commonly mistaken for …

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February 24, 2018February 9, 2018

Heat Not Burn Products Likely Safer Than Cigarettes, New Research Suggests

There’s another alternative to vaporizers that some smokers and vapers alike might not yet be aware of and they’re quickly heating up in popularity. These new devices are known as heat-not-burn (HNB) products and according to new research conducted by the independent Committee On Toxicity of Chemicals in Foods, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT), …

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February 23, 2018February 9, 2018

New Vape Research Challenges Notion That E-Cigs Are Healthier Than Traditional Cigarettes

A new study led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine challenges the concept that vaping electronic cigarettes is less harmful than vaping traditional cigarettes. In the study, which was published in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers examined the possibility of electronic cigarettes causing lung damage. …

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