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dangers of smoking for children 15/05/2017
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The Dangers Of Secondhand Smoke For Children

The health risks associated with smoking are now widely known, but the dangers of secondhand smoke are often ignored or underestimated. In particular children can suffer significant health problems as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke in homes and cars as our infographic below explains. You’d have to have been living in a cave for the last 20 or 30 years to not now be aware that smoking really is very bad for you. Big Tobacco companies have pretty much given up even trying to pretend their product doesnt... Read More

man vaping 02/03/2017

Is Vaping Safe?

Is vaping safe? Or is it bad for you? These are the questions that most people will ask themselves before taking the plunge and giving e cigarettes a try. There has been lots of negative press about e-cigarettes but is this justified? Is it just as dangerous as smoking? Is it even worse than smoking? Are these stories based on fact or just a load of rubbish made up by scaremongers to sell more newspapers? The reality is that many people and organisations (including Public Health England) have gone on... Read More

diacetyl molecule 12/01/2017
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What Is Diacetyl? And Should Vapers Be Worried About It?

You’ve read the scare stories in the newspapers but should you be worried about diacetyl in your vape? Life is never simple is it? Nobody is more aware of this fact than a smoker who is trying to quit the habit. Failure can seem inevitable when you feel so miserable and that itchy red skin from the nicotine patches has become a serious pain in the posterior. Then you discover vaping, and life as a reformed smoker doesn’t seem so bad after all – until the European Commission starts interfering... Read More