Monthly Archives: August 2012

Every year the people behind the online Oxford Dictionary look at hundreds of words and phrases for possible inclusion. The number of entries that actually earn approval is unknown, but it’s relatively small in comparison to the total number looked … Continue reading →

Recently an American electronic cigarettes shop in Des Moines, Iowa closed up after only being in business for two months. Actually, it was a kiosk rather than a shop; a kiosk the owner apparently set up with the expectation that … Continue reading →

Sometimes you hear the electronic cigarette being referred to as a “water vapour cigarette.” The reason being that the vapour cloud an e-cig produces looks an awful lot like water vapour coming from a tea kettle on the stove. Yet … Continue reading →

Last summer a taxi driver in Doncaster became the first person in that town to be taken to court over a public smoking violation. He was observed using tobacco in a taxi, then subsequently convicted and fined. This past spring … Continue reading →

Perhaps the biggest news in the electronic cigarette industry this year, at least from a business perspective, has been Lorillard’s $135 million acquisition of an American e-cig manufacturer. But it appears as though industry consolidation won’t be limited just to … Continue reading →

The popular medical website WebMD has done an about-face of sorts in regards to electronic cigarettes. In response to the terror scare on the M6 last week, WebMD’s UK Health News featured an article written by Peter Russell answering some … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch published a PR Newswire piece on July 30th 2012 highlighting a couple of major electronics manufacturers and their sales and marketing tactics. At the heart of the piece was the question of whether or … Continue reading →