Nothing grabs the public’s attention like a sensational headline–and it’s hard to get more sensational than exploding e-cigarettes. It has it all: danger, drama and the ability to demonize an entire industry. All of these sensational headlines have a cumulative effect in leading people to […]

As part of the vaping community, we all may be very aware of the proposed local, state and federal regulations on electronic cigarettes. Throughout the past year, e-cig critics, health organizations, and anti-vaping advocates have all pushed for strict regulations on electronic cigarettes based on […]

In the first two parts of this series, we provided a breakdown of epidemiology related to e-cigs and expanded further with a little bit of experimental research 101. We also addressed the sensationalism of e-cig study results in the media and in academic publishing. Now […]

Part 1 of this series on research methods covered the pros and cons of observational studies when it comes to e-cigarettes. As a quick recap, observational studies involve studying the behaviors of a target group and using these observations to make comparisons to a control […]

Public officials rely on the scientific community for guidance in developing health policies. Ideally, rigorous academic research keeps our laws grounded in hard facts rather than the whims of politicians and special interest groups; however, when lawmakers are presented with shoddy science, it can lead […]

Electronic cigarettes are still a relatively new technology that has not gone without controversy. As with any new technology, there will always be questions surrounding it and parties who are against it. In the e-cig world, new information, studies, and propaganda surface every day. Unfortunately, […]

As for the future of electronic cigarette regulations and tax policies in the United States, right now we can only speculate. But across the country, an e-cigarette ban is on lots of people’s minds, treating e-cigs as tobacco products. Politicians are calling for both e-cigarette […]

E-cigarettes are fantastic travel companions, so why can’t I use my e-cig on airplanes? Electronic Cigarettes are meeting an overwhelmingly unwelcome fate on at least one mode of transportation: airplanes. What’s the deal with the no-vape situation in the skies? Ahead, we unpack all of […]

There have been a few articles and e-cig studies recently causing some vapers to question whether e-cigarettes are just as unsafe as tobacco cigarettes. Some published results raised potential concerns that e-cigarettes compromise lung immune systems and function, and that they generate the same potentially […]