Typically, employers on behalf of their insurance companies are testing for nicotine due to a policy relating to the smoker or vaper’s employment. Although this is more frequently found overseas, it is becoming increasingly common in major organisations in the United Kingdom. The problem is that almost every insurance company...
A reported “surge” in teen and unemployed male smoking has reversed a 40-year decline. The revelation puts the government’s aim of eradicating smoking by 2030 in jeopardy. Fortunately, findings from researchers at Queen Mary University of London this month have shown (again) that vaping/using electronic cigarettes is the best way...
Switching from smoking to vaping offers benefits other than improving your health. Fire services across the UK say that it also decreases the number of fires in homes. From the London Fire Service to the one in Dorset, the message is the same: switching to electronic cigarettes reduces the number...
The World Health Organization has accused the tobacco industry of being behind the promotion of electronic cigarettes in order to promote a new generation of nicotine users in its latest report. The media covered its position extensively but gave little space for genuine independent experts. The World Health Organization has...
Quitting smoking is the most significant thing you can do to improve your health. Your body will begin to heal itself just minutes after you smoke your last cigarette. But you could find that you feel worse rather than better in the days and weeks after you stop smoking. You...
