Saturday, 30 November 2013
Monday, 25 November 2013
Just Like Dad - the EU Ecig Ban
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The EU - rolling back the clock to give smokers the same choice that 'Dad' had !
The EU - rolling back the clock to give smokers the same choice that 'Dad' had !
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Gamucci e-cig zone at Heathrow
So, I read the news that Gamucci are to run an e-cig zone at Heathrow airport.
Stupid.
In the past, Gamucci have said that they support the plan to medicalise e-cigs, even though it has taken one of their competitors over 2 years to apply for a licence and they have still not been successful.
Now they are proposing the idea that e-cig users should be segregated away from the rest of the public at Heathrow - happily throwing away one of the many benefits of using an e-cig rather than smoking tobacco, namely that they are not covered by the indoor smoking ban.
My advice to anyone thinking of buying an electronic cigarette - Don't buy Gamucci, instead get one of the others that you can use anywhere.
By the way - Gamucci were not the first to introduce an e-cig zone in Britain and Ireland.
Below is a map of the original - with the 'e-cig zone' shaded in green.
Stupid.
In the past, Gamucci have said that they support the plan to medicalise e-cigs, even though it has taken one of their competitors over 2 years to apply for a licence and they have still not been successful.
Now they are proposing the idea that e-cig users should be segregated away from the rest of the public at Heathrow - happily throwing away one of the many benefits of using an e-cig rather than smoking tobacco, namely that they are not covered by the indoor smoking ban.
My advice to anyone thinking of buying an electronic cigarette - Don't buy Gamucci, instead get one of the others that you can use anywhere.
By the way - Gamucci were not the first to introduce an e-cig zone in Britain and Ireland.
Below is a map of the original - with the 'e-cig zone' shaded in green.
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Friday, 8 November 2013
The first time an e-cig featured in a UK mainstream TV drama
Cast your minds back to the end of 2009 and the start of 2010, a time when Gordon Brown was still Prime Minister.
Electronic cigarettes were just beginning to be used in the UK, the seed had been planted and the number of e-cig users were the original early experimenters, perhaps just a few thousand.
I have found, what I believe, must be the first time an electronic cigarette appeared in a mainstream UK television drama.
Filmed in 2009 and broadcast on the 1st Feb 2010 at 9.00pm on BBC1
Season 6, episode 5 of 'The Hustle'
Electronic cigarettes were just beginning to be used in the UK, the seed had been planted and the number of e-cig users were the original early experimenters, perhaps just a few thousand.
I have found, what I believe, must be the first time an electronic cigarette appeared in a mainstream UK television drama.
Filmed in 2009 and broadcast on the 1st Feb 2010 at 9.00pm on BBC1
Season 6, episode 5 of 'The Hustle'
If anyone knows of an earlier clip of an e-cig that appeared in a UK television drama, please let me know. I am also curious about the type of e-cig that is being used here.
At the time of filming (2009) there were just a few e-cig Vendors in the UK.
There was Totally Wicked (or Pillbox28 on ebay), Gamucci and E-Cigs (now Libero) and also starting out were iVapour and Liberty Flights.
This really was early days when the pioneers paved the way for what we have now.
There was Totally Wicked (or Pillbox28 on ebay), Gamucci and E-Cigs (now Libero) and also starting out were iVapour and Liberty Flights.
This really was early days when the pioneers paved the way for what we have now.
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