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 […]
People might talk about an ecig containing the equivalent nicotine as a full pack of 20 cigarettes, but it isn’t as simple as that – so how much nicotine do you actually need? New vapers will walk into a UK Vape Shop and ask the assistant how much nicotine they will need in their premium […]
The UK government supports smokers switching to using e-cigarettes from UK vape and juice shops. The same can’t be said across the other side of the Atlantic – and nothing exemplifies the divergence in our approaches than the tale of a mother who produced deepfake photos and a video. How is vaping seen in the […]
Many working in tobacco control see nicotine use as the new battlefront, we look at what experts are saying about the approach that would deny e-cigarettes to smokers. The evidence is clear: vaping is at least 95% safer than smoking according to Public Health England, and switching from cigarettes to e-cigs is fully supported by […]
Professor Peter Hajek’s a key figure in the vaping debate. He has been conducting research into vaping from the early days and was quickly convinced by published work that vaping offered a huge opportunity to combat tobacco-related disease. Findings from his own work encouraged him to speak about vaping’s positive aspects, something he’s done frequently […]
