Medical Doctor Promotes the Use of Electronic Cigarettes

Did a little surfing on Youtube and found this wonderful video of Dr. David Baron explaining the science of the Electronic Cigarette. He touches up on the science of how it works, why it's different from tobacco smoke, how it cannot cause any harm to anyone around you, and why the smoking ban makes no sense for the use of Electronic Cigarettes.

Here's the two part Video:

Hope you enjoyed!

New Study Shows E-Cigarettes are Safe to Bystanders

People standing near someone using an e-cigarette will be exposed to nicotine, but not to other chemicals found in tobacco cigarette smoke, according to a new study. E-cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, create a nicotine-rich vapor that can be inhaled, or 'vaped.'

Researchers and regulators have questioned whether e-cigarettes are a smoking cessation aid or may lure more young people toward smoking, as well as what effects they have on health."There is ongoing public debate whether e-cigarettes should be allowed or prohibited in public spaces," study co-author Maciej Goniewicz told Reuters Health in an email.

Goniewicz is a cancer researcher in the Department of Health Behavior at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.

"E-cigarettes contain variable amounts of nicotine and some traces of toxicants. But very little is known to what extent non-users can be exposed to nicotine and other chemicals in situations when they are present in the same room with users of e-cigarettes," Goniewicz said.

He and his colleagues conducted two studies of secondhand exposure to e-cigarette vapors in a laboratory. Their results were published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. In the first study, the researchers used an electronic smoking machine to generate vapor in an enclosed space. They measured the amount of nicotine as well as carbon monoxide and other potentially harmful gases and particles in the chamber.

The second study included five men who regularly smoked both tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Each man entered a room and smoked his usual brand of e-cigarette for two five-minute intervals over an hour while the researchers measured air quality. The room was cleaned and ventilated and the experiment was repeated with tobacco cigarettes.

The researchers measured nicotine levels of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air in the first study. Nicotine levels from e-cigarettes in the second study were slightly higher at about 3.3 micrograms per cubic meter. But tobacco cigarette smoking resulted in nicotine levels ten times higher at almost 32 micrograms per cubic meter.

"The exposure to nicotine is lower when compared to exposure from tobacco smoke. And we also know that nicotine is relatively safer when compared to other dangerous toxicants in tobacco smoke," Goniewicz said E-cigarettes also produced some particulate matter, but regular cigarettes produced about seven times more. E-cigarettes didn't change the amount of carbon monoxide or other gases in the air.

"What we found is that non-users of e-cigarettes might be exposed to nicotine but not to many toxicants when they are in close proximity to e-cigarette users," said Goniewicz."It is currently very hard to predict what would be the health impact of such exposure," he added. He said more research is needed to find out how the current findings correspond to "real-life" situations, when many people might be using e-cigarettes in a room with restricted ventilation.

"This is an interesting piece and points in the direction that a number of other studies are pointing, though it begins to expand the evidence on the potential effects to others," Amy Fairchild told Reuters Health in an email.

Fairchild was not involved in the new research, but has studied how e-cigarette use might impact views on regular cigarettes at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York. She said the study suggests e-cigarettes are far safer, both in terms of toxins and nicotine, than tobacco cigarettes when it comes to the health effects on bystanders - although more research is needed to know for sure.

"In locales considering extending smoking bans to e-cigarettes, I think that these data weaken the case for more sweeping bans," Fairchild said. "And so this begins to answer the question about why e-cigarettes are considered better: they reduce risks to both the user and to the bystander when compared to tobacco cigarettes."

Fairfield said the concern about vaping ultimately revolves around whether e-cigarettes are going to change broader patterns of smoking at the population level.

"There are potential harms, including promoting continued smoking of cigarettes and renormalizing cigarette smoking behaviors," Goniewicz said. "Regulatory agencies around the world will need to make a number of regulatory decisions about product safety that could have major effects on public health."

Goniewicz has received funding from a drug company that makes medications to aid smoking cessation. Another study author has received funds from an e-cigarette manufacturer.

Pete @ o2Easy

Original Post Published January 03, 2014 - Reuters - Fox News

What is Steeping?

There's so many flavors of E-Juice  to choose from when using an Electronic Cigarette or E-Hookah if you will, and with so many different flavors comes different ways of created such E-Juice  and certain things you can do to get the most out of your flavor.

To "steep" an E-Juice is to simply store it in a dark, cool area for a given amount of time. In a sense, it's almost for the same reason of letting wine age. People "steep" their E-Juice  to get better flavor and better aroma out of the E-Juice they recently purchased.

For the most part, if you're getting a E-Juice  through O2 Easy then there should be no need to steep your E-Juice . Though it is suggested you let your TOBACCO flavors steep to get the full taste out of it. I good amount of time to let a 12ml bottle to steep is 3-5 days. If you get a larger bottle it can steep for weeks at a time.

Here's a quick video from Shan Burkholder on steeping and DIY juices so you can see the process behind what we sell you: 

Below is an example of the visual difference you get with steeping. The one on the left has been steeped for about a week while the one on the right was not steeped and made fresh.

And that's it for now everyone, I hope this quick guide updated you with the term "steeping" and now if you have a flavor that's not quite what you expected; give this a try and see if the flavor hits the point of expectation you had for it.

As Always, Vape On!

Pete @ o2Easy

ZMax Review

Here at O2 Easy we sell a mod (or battery) called the ZMax by Sigelei.

The ZMax is wonderful for all levels of Vapors in our community. From the newbie working towards more advanced vaping experience, to the already advanced vapors who tweak and fiddle around with everything they touch. To go more in detail lets start by looking at each of the pieces it comes with and I will explain how it can benefit each individual.

This is what you get when you open the box (which has a magnetic flap, I just thought that was neat) and you have this big mod with a screen, charger, and two batteries. The first thing you may notice is, "Okay so there's two batteries that's wonderful but how do they fit?" If you look a little closer there are two different bottoms for the Zmax for each battery to push out it's potential power. But it gets better, and some of you more advanced vapors have probably heard of this before.
The ZMax has something called a telescopic case, and what that means is you can twist up or down to adjust the size of the mod. With doing this you can always switch out which battery you think you may need for whatever situation or day you're having; and always have a backup.

The best thing, and most important feature of the ZMax is the VV/VW, and for you newbies that stands for Variable Voltage, and Variable Wattage. Okay so what does that mean in English? It means you can control how much flavor and how much of a vape cloud you get with your juice. 

I'm sure a lot of you have probably seen or heard of the Twist which is a great mod for VV/VW but this mod goes above and beyond. The twist has a range of 3.2V~4.8V (that's in voltage of 0.2V increments) while the ZMax  goes from 3.0V to 6.0V in 0.1V increments. 

I know it might be a lot to take in if you're new to this but to put it in a simple way to understand, the ZMax  is a very simple device with a huge amount of customization when it comes to how you want your vape to be. On top of that, (this may get the more advanced vapors interested) it also displays your resistance and max voltage of your tank you have on it. So in other words it's an ohm meter and voltage meter on your mod for those who like to re-wick and rebuild the tanks they buy. It's just a simple button push away on the LCD Display menu.

Okay here's the kicker:

Look closely.

Yes you can even charge your phone with your mod. Just screw on the adapter to where your tank would usually go and plug in via USB. Now I'm not quite sure if that's anything with USB ie: a tablet or another Ecig, but considering you can change the wattage and voltage I don't see why that wouldn't be possible. Now is this phone charger really necessary? No, of course not. But if it's already there why not use it?

As always, Vape Hard, Vape Strong, Vape On Everyone!

-Pete @ o2 Easy

Hosted Events and our Rewards Program

At o2Easy we are not just a normal retail store to provide you with the gear and juice you need to vape with, we also host different events throughout the week to build our relationship with out customers.

One the things we ask from you is to just come on in and relax with us, we are a vapor lounge with complimentary WiFi and Coffee, and on top of that we have our 5 Star reward program.

What is the 5 Star Reward Program?

5 Star is the reward program we host to make sure our customers are satisfied with our service, and to give back to the customer for shopping with us, but to also come hang out with us.

So far the reward we offer is a FREE 12ml bottle of Juice when you receive 10 stars.

So how do YOU get these stars?

You receive a star for every $10 purchase, so if you happened to get our Starter Blister Pack, that would give you 3 stars for we charge only $29.95 for each kit. 

But it gets better, as I mentioned about the events that we host, you also get a star for every time you come in and hang out with us.

Okay, that sounds lovely but what are the events you host?

Right now we are currently hosting:

Open Mic Night:

Different musicians and artists come in and play live music or recite spoken word poetry. So if you or a friend of yours can write poetry, play an instrument or is in a band, let us know and we could probably hook you up with a discount if they could come in.

Board Game Night:

We have all the classics, and the older versions so they will be the way you remember them. Our Board Game selection includes : The Game of Life, Clue, Sorry!, Monopoly, Pictionary, Scrabble, Apples to Apples, and Manacala.

Video Game Night: 

We don't have this 100% completely worked out yet, but we're planning on getting all THREE consoles in here, Xbox 360, PS3, and the Wii so our gamer customers can come in and geek out with us.

Stop Smoking Event:

This is usually during the day or afternoon, and we sit down with you and help you quit analog cigarettes. We've all been there, it's hard to stop smoking; so we give you our testimonies and educate you with what Electronic Cigarettes are and how they can benefit your health and well being.

Art Show:

We already have some paintings up in our lounge, but we plan on adding more local artists, sculptures, painters, even graphic designers and showcase their work in a relaxed environment. So if you know any local artists make sure to let us know.

We will be adding different events as things progress considering we're a little over a month old now there's still a lot of ideas that are flowing through our heads but we need YOUR help in what you think would be best for our customers.

o2 Easy - Vaping made Easy

Located at the Intersection of Belcher and Ulmerton in Largo, FL

How to Rebuild the Kanger Pro-Tank

Since we got the Kanger Pro-Tank in our store and online I figured I'd share some knowledge with our customers on how they can recycle and reuse their Kanger Pro-Tank and also is the gateway into modding and making your own pieces for your vaping needs.

Incase you don't know which tank is the Kanger Pro-Tank this is what it looks like..

The reason I use this one as the example is it is the easiest to replace the coil and wick in my experiences so it's a good place to start.

Below is a video by GrimmGreen, which I follow on Youtube and this was the same video I used for a step by step tutorial.

Grimm Green's Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/GrimmGreen?feature=watch

Recent Tests in Utah Prove Vapor is Safe to the Human Heart

Clearstream Air Study

In December 2011, Aaron Frazier, Director of the Utah Vapers began consulting with FlavourArt in Milan Italy to develop research on the electronic cigarette in ways that had yet to be performed by anyone around the world. It was through this relationship that Clearstream Air was born. The purpose of this study was to identify and quantify the chemicals released on a closed environment from the use of an electronic cigarette.

Study Results

The study has now been completed, peer reviewed and accepted for the 2012 meeting of SRNT in Helsinki. The experiment concludes that within the limits of the observed parameters, has underlined that passive vapor does not produce detectable amounts of toxic and carcinogenic substances in the air of an enclosed space. You can view the study here: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CSA_ItaEng.pdf

Due to the exciting results from Clearstream Air, two additional medical studies have been commissioned and are currently in progress:

• Clearstream Life: A study of electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) and it’s affect on live human cells.
• Clearstream Clinical: A clinical trial of electronic cigarettes and their affect on the human body focusing on Blood pressure and heart rate, Lung function (spirometry), Blood oxygenation (O2 saturation), Cardio-respiratory performance (six minute walk test), Nicotine addiction, Anxiety and depression, and absorbed Nicotine (urinary cotinine).

Acute effects on the heart

Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos through the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Greece studied the effects of electronic cigarette usage on the human heart. Through his study, the laboratory analyses indicate that it [Electronic Cigarette] is significantly less toxic and our study has shown no significant defects in cardiac function after acute use. Most [other] studies have found no nitrosamines [in vapor], but even in studies where nitrosamines were found, the levels detected were 500-1400 times less than the amount present in one tobacco cigarette. This means that electronic cigarettes must be used daily for 4-12 months to get the amount of nitrosamines present in a single tobacco cigarette.

Details of Dr. Farsalinos’s study can be found here: http://www.escardio.org/about/press/press-releases/esc12-munich/Pages/acute-effects-electronic-cigarettes-heart-damage.aspx

Clinical studies, lab reports and more

The most comprehensive listing of scientific studies on electronic cigarettes and tobacco harm reduction is available at http://casaa.org/Electronic_Cigarettes.html

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