Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: E-cigarettes and the path of least harm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address keen ja https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=384729#post384729 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=384729#post384729 https://www.longwhitevapour.co.nz/… ]]> Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:05:26 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382689#post382689 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382689#post382689 Sadly, it’s probably still safer to smoke weed than vaporize it...

With oil mixes, yes. Safety is very dependent on what has been added. However when you're vapourising dry material there are no additives and you're only extracting the important bits. IMHO it's one of the purer consumption methods.
**(Five…

]]> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:03:11 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382688#post382688 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382688#post382688 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:54:09 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382686#post382686 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382686#post382686 Here's more info on the vitamin E acetate used to thicken black market THC oil, and why it should never be used in vaping liquids.

Note that no credible vaping company in the US uses this product. It's only being added by a few bad guys in the black market…

]]> Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:52:37 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382683#post382683 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=382683#post382683 WTF has happened to vaping lately? O'K, there were four or five deaths in the US but they were caused by contaminents added to backyard THC-infused vape juice. The delivery method wasn't the problem.

I can understand Trump & his cronies move to ban vaping. For a crooked administration in perpetual…

]]> Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:36:42 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371901#post371901 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371901#post371901 That's awesome Alfie, and thanks for the language correction, makes sense.
Much appreciated!

]]> Sun, 02 Apr 2017 15:56:53 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371900#post371900 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371900#post371900 I was wondering if you or anyone else might have any recommendations for buying an e-cigarette

If you'll allow me to be pedantic for a moment, I associate the term "e-cigs" with those things the tobacco companies are selling, as opposed to vapes which is a more generic term and…

]]> Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:02:23 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371899#post371899 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371899#post371899 Vaper and the Trails...
a band name going begging?

]]> Sun, 02 Apr 2017 07:50:49 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371898#post371898 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371898#post371898 If you’re a smoker I urge you to give vaping a try. If it works for you, stop putting money into the pockets of Phillip Morris and BAT

Thank you for your post Alfie, inspiring, I was wondering if you or anyone else might have any recommendations for buying an…

]]> Sat, 01 Apr 2017 20:30:48 +1300 Martin Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371897#post371897 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371897#post371897 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:40:41 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371887#post371887 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371887#post371887 That doesn’t mean cafés and the like can’t keep or even enlarge ‘vaping permitted’ areas … but not on the bus, please.

Certainly not on the bus! But forbidding people to vape in their own dwellings isn't all that helpful.

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:03:34 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371885#post371885 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371885#post371885 but the enjoyment of playing with and manipulating the smoke. Think smoke rings and the like. My vape gives me that same reward without any of the downsides.

That's why the kids vape zero!

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:01:00 +1300 Walter Nicholls https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371884#post371884 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371884#post371884 the blanket decision to ban vaping wherever smoking is banned isn't entirely logical:

I can't possibly agree. It's about not losing ground, which has taken decades to gain, granting the populace the right to clear (not saying clean ) air. We can choose not to smoke*, but we can't choose…

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:54:33 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371883#post371883 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371883#post371883 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:43:29 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371873#post371873 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371873#post371873 Both smoking and vaping feed the same addiction.

That's true, Joe. But I was pleasantly surprised to discover that for me, a large part of the appeal of the smoking experience (as stupid as that may sound) wasn't purely the nicotine addiction, but the enjoyment of playing with and manipulating…

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:44:17 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371872#post371872 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371872#post371872 Hone Harawira would have it that I've just swapped one addiction for another. That may be true, but I know that I've swapped an addiction that was destroying my health and would eventually kill me for another that's at least 95% less harmful, tastes a damned sight better, costs less… ]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:35:43 +1300 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371871#post371871 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371871#post371871 I've a very similar experience to you (been vaping – argh I loathe that term – for a couple of years now), though haven't really tried to cut nicotine levels as much as I could but am happy with where I am...

I've saved a lot of money... feel healthier...…

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:23:34 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371870#post371870 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371870#post371870 Here's my experience.

I've been a smoker since my late teens. It was a thing back then. Both of my parents smoked, tobacco advertising was highly misleading — "Nine out of ten doctors smoke Lucky Strike" — and the majority of my peers were smokers. It was normal to smoke.…

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:58:30 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371860#post371860 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371860#post371860 a special room for lynx wearersa group, after all,
desperately waiting to have someone tell them to “Get a room!”

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:07:05 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371859#post371859 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371859#post371859 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:55:00 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371858#post371858 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371858#post371858 If your intention is to get people to switch from smoking, then it’s important that the alternative actually works for them. Any current vape seller will tell you that customers returning to complain that their gear isn’t working is quite a burden. A dairy owner’s not going to be interested… ]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:36:24 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371851#post371851 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371851#post371851 To be fair, I think he was referring mostly to opiates, where the benefits are clearer.

Because of injecting?

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:35:50 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371848#post371848 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371848#post371848 What was his rationale there? Meth is already vaporized, just using a different method. I don’t know about opiates,

To be fair, I think he was referring mostly to opiates, where the benefits are clearer.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:19:31 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371847#post371847 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371847#post371847 The alternative case is put here, but it's not exactly a balanced look at the issue.

But this recent study is interesting. It compared vaping not only with smoking but with long-established nicotine replacement therapy systems (i.e.: patch and gum). The results were quite encouraging.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:18:50 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371845#post371845 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371845#post371845 It was, he thought, a reasonable form of harm reduction, esecially for the opiate users.

What was his rationale there? Meth is already vaporized, just using a different method. I don't know about opiates, I guess as an alternative to injecting it's safer. But as an alternative to putting it…

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:01:49 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371844#post371844 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-e-cigarettes-and-the-path-of-least/?p=371844#post371844 Discussion from blog post.

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