On this page of the E-Cigs Academy, we've included links to articles, reviews and sites that we hope you'll find informative and helpful, along with definitions of the most commonly used terms and phrases associated with the e-cigarette.
If you have any questions about electronic cigarettes or accessories, please feel free to contact us here at e-cigs.co.uk. We'll always do our very best to help!
Clever Chemistry!
Analyses of propylene glycol:
Material Safety Data Sheet 1999, Mistral Pure Chemicals.
Certificate of Analysis of Propylene Glycol. Mistral Pure Chemicals.
Screening Information Data Set Initial Assessment Report 2001. UNEP Publications.
Analyses of e-liquid:
‘Analysis of Components from E-Cigs.co.uk E-Juice XXHigh 36mg.’ LPD Lab Services.
'Chemical composition of “Instead” electronic cigarette juice and vapour.’ Alliance Technologies.
‘Analysis of Chemical Components of High, Low and Medium Cartridges.’ LPD Lab Services.
‘Analysis of Components from Totally Wicked E.S. Smoking Liquid.’ LPD Lab Services.
... & Dashing Doctors
Royal College of Physicians, London:
“Ending tobacco smoking in Britain: Radical strategies for prevention and harm reduction in nicotine addiction”, Royal College of Physicians, London, Tobacco Advisory Group, September 2008
“Protecting smokers, saving lives: The case for a tobacco and nicotine regulatory authority”, Royal College of Physicians, London, Tobacco Advisory Group, 2003.
“Harm reduction in nicotine addiction: Helping people who can’t quit”, Royal College of Physicians, London, Tobacco Advisory Group, 2008.
(Please note: the full text costs £15, but there is a summary via this link.)
“Regulatory approaches to tobacco products in Britain”, Royal College of Physicians, London, Tobacco Advisory Group, 2001.
UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies – A UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence
Dr Joel Nitzkin:
“Citizen Petition to reclassify E-cigarettes from “drug-device combination” to “tobacco product”, J.L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, February 7, 2010
“Citizen Petition to Follow-up July 22, 2009 Press Conference on E-cigarettes”, J.L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, February 7, 2010.
“AAPHP E-cigarette Petitions to FDA – Actions Requested and Justification”, J.L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, February 7, 2010
“AAPHP Tobacco Policy: Lessons Learned 2007-2009 and Current Policy Orientation”, J.L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, February 7, 2010
Extracts from Court trial bundle in Civil Case No. 09-771 (RJL) between Smoking Everywhere, Inc., and Sottera, Inc., d/b/a/ NJOY v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, January 14, 2010.
Professor Michael Siegel:
“The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary – Tobacco-Specific Carcinogens Found in Nicotine Replacement Products; Will Anti-Smoking Groups Call for Removal of these Products from the Market?” by Professor Michael Siegel, 22 July 2009
Experiences of Electronic Cigarette Users Suggests that These Could Be Life-Saving Devices and that They are Effective for Smoking Cessation. Commentary on Professor Siegel’s tobacco policy blog.
“The passionate testimonials of electronic cigarette users suggest that these devices are effective in helping smokers to quit and stay off cigarettes. These are all the comments from electronic cigarette users in response to Dr. Whelan's Washington Times op-ed piece. They are taken from the Washington Times site as well as the Digg site for this article. Dr Siegel has not omitted any comments from electronic cigarette users, which is remarkable because there is not a single comment from a user who has not found these devices to be satisfactory as a substitute for conventional cigarettes.” Dr. Joel Nitzkin
Dr Brad Rodu:
Rodu B & Godshall WT. 2006. Tobacco harm reduction: an alternative cessation strategy for inveterate smokers. Harm Reduction Journal 3:37.
Rodu B & Phillips CV. 2008. Switching to smokeless tobacco as a smoking cessation method: evidence from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Harm Reduction Journal 5:18.
Rodu B, Stegmayr B, Nasic S, Cole P & Asplund K. 2003. Evolving patterns of tobacco use in northern Sweden. Journal of Internal Medicine 253: 660-665.
Tilashalski K, Rodu B, & Cole P. 2005. Seven year follow-up of smoking cessation with smokeless tobacco. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2005, 37: 105-108. Abstract.
Dr Carl V. Phillips:
Phillips, CV, Wang, C & Guenzel B. 2005. You might as well smoke; the misleading and harmful public message about smokeless tobacco. BMC Public Health 5:31.
“Dear Colleagues: Please stop saying there is risk continuum in tobacco harm reduction”, an open letter from Dr Phillips.
“Debunking the claim that abstinence is usually healthier for smokers than switching to a low-risk alternative, and other observations about anti-tobacco-harm-reduction arguments.”
A curriculum vitae for this truly eminent Public Health Physician and Policy Advisor.
Dr Coral E Gartner:
Gartner CE, Hall WD, Vos T, Bertram MY, Wallace AL & Lim SS. 2007. Assessment of Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction: an epidemiological modelling study.
Should the health community promote smokeless tobacco (snus) as a harm reduction measure? PLoS Medicine Jul 4(7): e185.
Royal Australasian College of Physicians & Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. 2005.
Tobacco Policy: Using evidence for better outcomes. Sydney: RCACP & RANZCP.
Sapundzhiev N & Werner JA. 2003. Nasal snuff: historical review and health related aspects. Journal of Larynoglogy & Otology 117: 686-691. Abstract.
Dr Jean-François Etter:
Electronic cigarette questionnaire, the results of which will be expertly analysed by Dr Etter, and published.
Assorted publications from Dr Etter, with a focus on addictive behaviours and questionnaire analyses. These provide a useful insight into the particular issues under consideration, and allow public health physicians to find our information from a different source, as opposed to traditional clinical trials, thus expanding the databases.
Dr Murray Laugeson:
Assorted publications from Dr Laugeson and others, covering a wide-range of public health issues, including (of course!) the mighty ecigs!
Dr Steven Kipnis:
“Tobacco Myths and Myth-Understandings”, October 2007. Here, Dr Kipnis share his wisdom in separating myth from truth, and fact from fantasy.
The E-Cigarette-Forum, or ECF, is the world's largest electronic cigarette forum with nearly 9,000 members. This rapidly growing forum contains a wealth of impartial information, with tips, tricks, suggestions and e-cigarette reviews by members from all corners of the globe.
The ECF also lists a huge number of suppliers from the USA, Europe and of course, the UK. Each supplier has their own 'mini-forum' within ECF (including us, see e-cigs.co.uk at ECF) where customers can praise, discuss or complain about the level of service provided. ECF
This article appeared in the Daily Mail Online when celebrity hangout Chinawhite in Soho publicly allowed the use of electronic cigarettes in its club. Daily Mail
A short article taking a look at the Gamucci electronic cigarette. Digital Lifestyles
An article from the Daily Telegraph Online about a pub owner in Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham selling electronic cigarettes to customers to 'beat the smoking ban'. Daily Telegraph
An informative article from the New Scientist magazine online titled ' Electronic Cigarettes: A Safe Substitute?'. New Scientist
Article from The Guardian online highlighting anti-smoking groups claims that electronic cigarettes are unsafe because they have yet to be subjected to official tests. The Guardian
Article from MSNBC about the marketing and legality of electronic cigarettes in various countries. MSNBC
Some of the most commonly used words and phrases associated with e-smoking.
Refers to common tobacco cigarettes.
Other terms for an electronic cigarette.
As PV above, these are all other names for the electronic cigarette.
The electronic version of traditional tobacco pipes and cigars.
An atomiser is one of the 3 main component parts of an electronic cigarette.
Although e liquid is the most commonly used, all the above are terms for the flavoured nicotine solution used in electronic cigarettes.
The act of 'smoking' an electronic cigarette.
The same as e-smoking, ie the act of 'smoking' a Personal Vaporiser (another term for electronic cigarette). You don't 'smoke' a Personal Vaporiser, you 'vape'.
Refers to Propylene Glycol & Vegetable Glycerine. Used in e liquid to increase vapour production.
The act of dripping e liquid directly onto an electronic cigarette atomiser. Fans of this method claim a stronger 'throat hit' than when using traditional e liquid impregnated cartridges to deliver e liquid to the atomiser.
The feeling in the back of the throat when e cigarette vapour is inhaled.
Refers to an electronic cigarette cartridge.
Topping off is the act of topping up e liquid in a cartridge to keep it full.
Refilling cartridges with e liquid when they are depleted or stop producing vapour.
Refers to cartridge fillers - the small piece of fabric or wadding found in e cigarette cartridges.
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