As promised, here’s a very quick rundown of the best e cigarette products I’ve tried over the last 12 months. Maybe it will help choose a good one from all the retailers who are out there at the moment.

Green Smoke – This is a company that’s been around for a long time in e cigarette terms and they have a reputation for two specific things:

1. High Cost
2. Insane Vapor Production

Both these things are true. There are certainly brands out there that will give you a starter kit at a lower cost, and with more accessories. There aren’t however many companies who offer an e cig which will produce such huge plumes of smoke when you exhale. If you put simple vaping experience before all else then you will love this one. If you are looking for best value and loads of accessories then you might be better served with something else.

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V2 e cigarettes are a company which hasn’t been around as long as Green Smoke, but they are quickly becoming just as popular with smokers. They have above average vapor, great tasting carts in lots of cool flavors, and a load of funky accessories to keep you happy. The real bonus here is the price, you can pick up an e cig starter with 2 batteries, a variety of charger, portable charging pack, a nice USB cigarette, and 5 carts for about $100. A great choice for someone just getting started with electronic cigarettes.

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South Beach e cigs are another popular brand. They have an interesting pricing structure which allows you to get a good deal on your starter kit if you sign up to a monthly home deliver scheme. This allows you to get up and running for just $50 for a good quality cig which has great vapor and a satisfying throat hit. The refill carts for this device are more expensive than other brands so you will have to factor that into your decision making process.

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Blu cigs are a massive brand thanks to a great marketing campaign, a nice website, and competitive pricing. There cigs are cool black color with a distinctive blu light on the tip which glows when you take a draw. They don’t have the vapor production on the Green Smoke, or the lovely taste of the V2 but they are worth a look none the less.

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White Cloud have been called the Rolls Royce of e cigarettes by a lot of people thanks to their exceedingly high initial purchase cost and the quality of their products. They have awesome tasting carts which consider to be the most realistic of all the brands available. The espresso flavor ones in particular are truly great. If you have money to burn then you might fancy stumping up the $240 required for the Cirrus II starter kit.

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I hope this electronic cigarette review gave you an idea about which brands you should consider buying. If I try any cigs in the future which I think are worthy of your consideration then I’ll update this information to keep it up to date. Remember, sometimes it’s worth spending a little extra in the beginning to get a great quality starter kit which will last you for years. All of the products mentioned above come with a warranty which is good for at least 6 months.

NJOY greeted the investment with the pronouncement that they see Catterton not merely as a source of investment, but also as a strategic partner. Catterton has a reputation of choosing only the best companies in their categories in which to invest and utilize their expertise as well as their cash to generate long term success in those companies.

NJOY is looking to Catterton’s partnership to aid in increasing their brand strength, distribution and market share. This kind of high dollar, high profile attention and cooperation is a good indication that e-cigs are here to stay and moving from a niche market into the financial mainstream.

Most state of the art e-cigs use lithium ion polymer batteries that actually rely on daily use to operate at peak efficiency. Constant use of this type of battery results in better functioning as more power flows through the cell increasing efficiency. Lithium ion batteries are already among the longest lived on the market, and keeping this simple fact in mind can extend their life further.

Another important thing to keep in mind is that just like anything else—the better care you take of an e-cig battery unit, the longer and more efficiently you can expect it to perform. Lithium ion batteries need to be kept away from sources of heat and protected against water. Impacts from dropping batteries can harm operation and impair ability to function.

Obviously batteries should never be tampered with, or wired together to amp up e-cig power. The danger of this type of modification of batteries was recently illustrated by the Florida man maimed by his “garage mod” do it yourself e-cig wannabe.

Recharging should take place when an e-cig battery charge does down to 50%, not after it has been fully drained. Maintenance in the form of disconnecting the cartridge or cartomizer from the battery when the e-cig is not in use will also promote longer battery life.

Just a few common sense tips to optimize the vaping experience

Dr. Carlson sees e-cigs as a useful means of taking the public’s addiction to tobacco apart and replacing components with less harmful alternatives. He acknowledges that not enough data is currently available for him to fully endorse e-cigs as a 100% healthy replacement for traditional tobacco cigarettes, but he does stresses that compared to the known hazards of tobacco smoking, they are a more desirable choice. By eliminating the carcinogen laden products of tobacco combustion and providing the nicotine “hit” (nicotine he notes is in itself not nearly as harmful as the smoke it is delivered in traditionally) as well as preserving the social aspects of smoking he believes that the future of e-cigs as smoking cessation devices is underrated.

Let’s hope that more doctors step forward to echo his sentiments!

There are claims that V2 e-cigs are the industry sales leader and that two brands that didn’t even seem to be contenders at the end of fiscal year 2011 are shaping up to give V2 a run for its money. EverSmoke and BullSmoke are experiencing sales growth due largely to their innovative pack designs which appeal to the iPhone and iPad generation in particular.

Quarter two should shape up to be equally, if not more, exciting for anyone who has an interest in the industry.

While MODS are not recommended by the industry, it must be said that it is human nature to ignore industry standards and precautions anyway and forge forward to what we will. At least with the information spread by knowledgable vapors in hand, more garage MODders might be inclined to follow the precautions and advice set out and educate themselves about what kinds of batteries are safest for their home grown e-cigs.

Most people recommend that Lithium-ion batteries, (which most of the current e-cig brands utilize in their designs) not be used in MODS as they are particularly prone to mishap when they are not connected to protection circuits (as they are in reputable brands of e-cigs and which tend to be circumvented in many MODs). There are other types of batteries with so called “safe chemistry” that are less prone to explosions and malfunction even when “stacked” and “doubled” as the amping up of power is called in the garage MOD vernacular.

The information available is somewhat technical in describing the terminology of batteries, but it’s worth seeking out common sense guides detailing how to safely put together your own custom e-cig and how to safely handle the batteries even on the branded versions. Otherwise you’d probably be better to use the standard batteries that come with the best e cigarettes on the market such as the Green Smoke instead of trying to cobble together a custon design which might end up costing you more than you bargained for.

Users of e cigarettes are being bombarded with negative information about their favorite gadget from all corners these days. If you vape the best thing you can do is ignore the ignorant opinions of those who don’t understand the joys of the e cig and the benefits it offers over traditional tobacco products.

Rodu advocates the idea that public health officials in particular reassess their views on the electronic devices. He notes that total abstinence from nicotine is in all likelihood an unattainable goal in anti-smoking efforts and that furthermore, it is not a necessary step. Nicotine may be addictive, but there are no studies that show it is at all as harmful as the carcinogens and toxins that tobacco smokers are regularly exposed to smoking traditional cigarettes. e-Cigarettes and their liquids are an alternative means of delivering nicotine to users; better that smokers take the road of turning to vaping than continuing with tobacco with its known health risks. E-cigarettes, according to Rodu, provide a means for those smokers unwilling or unable to give up their nicotine addiction to shift to a smoke-free alternative, and that rather than fight against e-cigarettes, health officials and others who determine policy would do well to embrace the new technology.

“In chemical assays, it has been found that electronic cigarettes contain plenty of similar substances as are found in conventional tobacco products. The concentrations have usually been lower.”

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/National+Institute+for+Health+and+Welfare+Electronic+cigarettes+are+not+harmless/1329103643842

This is a wildly inaccurate and misleading reference to the fact that both e-cigs and tobacco cigarettes contain nicotine. There is no existing evidence to support that the electronic devices contain ANY of the over 4000 chemicals, tars and other toxic byproducts of combustion that have been tied to a heightened risk of cancer in smokers. Finland already does not allow nicotine solutions to be licensed for sale as they are classified as medicine by the government. E-cigarettes and non-nicotine e-liquids can currently be sold, however they cannot be displayed for sale in shops, and they are banned for use on trains and in Railway Stations. Restrictions may be tightened when the Finnish government votes on EU revision to the Tobacco Products Directive later in the year.

The Sultanate of Oman is likewise moving towards a ban of the sale and marketing e-cigarettes. This effort is being led by the foremost anti-tobacco campaigner, Dr. Jawad A al Lawati of the Ministry of Health. Again little more argument is presented than the “beneficial effects of cigarettes remains to be proven.” Al Lawati also claims that his argument is supported by the recent news of the man in Florida being seriously injured by an exploding e-cigarette—conveniently not mentioning that the incident involved no known brand of the electronic smoking alternative—but rather was a homemade and modified device.

Omani customs has seized several shipments of e-cigarettes and accessories pending a decision by the government.

The Government of Gibraltar announced on March 14, 2012 No-Smoking Day that it is moving forward with plans to introduce a bill called The Smoke Free Environment Act which is expected to become effective on October first. This piece of legislation will outlaw the use of tobacco in enclosed public places, although not individual homes. Thus far the ban in Gibraltar is aimed only at tobacco cigarettes and related products, and the local sellers of e-cigarettes have noticed a bump in sales since the announcement. But given the myths and misinformation being promulgated throughout the world regarding e-cigarettes, one wonders how long it will be before bans similar to those in Finland and Oman are announced.

On a more positive note e cigarette reviews australia is a new web site which has poped up to promote nicotine containing e cigs in a country where they are presently illegal to sell. Although you can’t buy nicotine products in Australia, you can import them from overseas for your own personal use and this web site is helping sepad that information. Hopefully the word gets out and we start to see numbers of users rise downunder to increase pressure in the governemt to change it’s nonsensical law.

E-cig advocates decry a statement recently released by the spokesman for the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program at the Utah Department of Health in which the gentleman rightly declared that there is “no safe level of tobacco smoke” while refusing to recognize that the vapor released by electronic cigarettes contains neither tobacco nor is it a product of combustion, but rather harmless water vapor delivering measured doses of nicotine.

By lumping e-cigs in with tobacco products, vaping advocates see the bill as representing at victory for Big Tobacco and Big Pharma—because discouraging the use of smoking alternatives does nothing but insure that there is no competition for these two powerful juggernauts and there are millions of dollars of profit at stake.

It is hard to argue with the advocates’ logic here—with millions of dollars of tax revenue on tobacco products and pharmaceuticals at stake, there is no vested interest for any governmental entity to actually act in the best interests of the public health. As usual, the big corporations call the shots and a product with a proven history of harm reduction is marginalized.