The pioneering COSTED NHS Vaping Trial has taken off in the United Kingdom and promises to show if supplying e-cig kits to NHS patients saves the health service money. University of East Anglia’s pioneering COSTED Trial is now being implemented across NHS emergency departments within the United Kingdom. While many studies have been conducted and […]
Cigarettes and nicotine are interchangeable in the minds of many, mainly thanks to decades of anti-smoking campaigns. The truth is that while people may smoke for the nicotine hit, they die from the tar (Michael Russel, 1976) and other toxins in cigarette smoke. Nicotine itself has been described as a benign and relatively harmless substance […]
Caitlin Notley, a Fellow of the UK Society for the Study of Addiction at the Norwich Medical School, argues that we need to rethink ‘addiction’ and ‘dependence’. Following on from a study looking at how people view nicotine and addiction, Professor Notley argues that “nicotine addiction” is a loaded term that doesn’t reflect the real […]
A new study attempts to whip up fear over using rebuildable dripping atomisers – should we be wary of them or just continue vaping? A new study by researchers at the Eastern Virginia Medical School attempts to whip up fear over the use of rebuildable dripping atomisers – should we be wary of them? A […]
A new study from the Yale School of Public Health shows the mental health benefits of switching to vaping. A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have produced estimates from their study that providing patients with depression with the tools to quit smoking could save as many as 125,000 lives over […]
