Smoking is a long-standing addiction that has spanned centuries. In Europe during the 18th century, smoking was banned as the ill health effects were noted. One century later, a British pharmacology textbook stated that smoking tobacco would treat respiratory disorders and diseases. Only a half-century later, tobacco was referenced as "coffin nails" to a person in major US publication. The way tobacco has evolved over the centuries is intriguing and ironic.

So is the thought that it just takes luck to quit smoking. Smoking is addictive. Nicotine is compared to major illegal drugs - heroine most commonly. The knowledge medical professionals have on how a body withdraws from heroine is similar when compared to the withdrawal process of nicotine. Intense cravings, mood swings, and major depression accompany any person looking to end an addiction to a substance that alters how a person feels about himself and his life. Continue Reading

Non-smokers Acceptance of The SafeCig

I simply love my SafeCigs!  They have allowed me greater freedom by vaping instead of smoking. It is wonderful to be free to use them almost anywhere. I no longer feel cast out from society and banished to far corners or worse, off the property. I have found non-smoking friends and family readily embracing my use of them in their homes as well. My quality of life has been returned to me. My lungs are clearer and the strong smell of cigarettes are no longer all over my clothing and home. Continue Reading

A Love of The SafeCig, that is!

Electronic cigarettes are amazing and I'm not just saying that because I'm writing this blog. I've been an avid promoter and user of The SafeCig for almost a year. I placed my first order in May of 2011, but I didn't give up tobacco cigarettes immediately. I took my time learning about this product and how it worked. I also spent hours reading journals published world-wide to understand what medical professionals found with electronic cigarettes and their recommendations.

I was apprehensive to give up tobacco cigarettes after many failed quit attempts in the past. I didn't want The SafeCig to be another attempt that resulted in more things stuffed in a box, hidden in a closet a week or two down the road. I felt after many failed attempts at quitting that I just needed an alternative -- something without smoke, tar, and smell. When I was ready, really ready, I made the switch.

And I've never looked back.

For me, I've witnessed the first-hand changes that come with using an electronic cigarette instead of tobacco cigarettes. I've eliminated that morning smoker's cough, the wretched stench that lingered on my clothes, and I'm running again. Continue Reading

Editorial Note: Our electronic cigarettes are not considered a quit-smoking product. Our electronic cigarettes are intended to be used as a recreational device by adults only. Our product is sold only to persons 18 years of age and 21 years of age or older as applicable by law. The information following is printed in the United Kingdom and policies are not reflective of those in the United States.

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Resolutions to quit smoking are among the top-ten resolutions created with the turning of a new year, each year. In the United Kingdom, electronic cigarette companies have reported an increase in sales by as much as 200 percent.

Electronic cigarettes seem to be a growing trend as smokers attempt to quit and fail. Electronic cigarettes provide an alternative to tobacco cigarettes; simulating the same action as smoking while delivering nicotine without smoke. Continue Reading

Hawaii state legislature put forth a bill last week with the intention of banning electronic cigarette sales to minors. At The SafeCig, we are happy to support any legislature that prohibits those who are under legal age from acquiring any product containing nicotine. However, the bill in question aims to classify electronic cigarettes and accessories as a tobacco product and impose a 70% tax on those items.

A petition has been created at Change.org to request the Governor of Hawaii to reconsider this bill as it is written.

Rather than conducting the necessary research to create a specific classification of the product and applying a fair tax policy for it, Hawaii's state legislature is merely attempting to classify the product as tobacco and apply the egregious tax rates that are applied to tobacco to electronic cigarettes too. Levying this hefty of a tax on the product would virtually wipe out any local vendors as they would not be able to compete with their out-of-state and international counterparts that are not subject to this unfair tax.

Customers would then be forced to buy their products from vendors out-of-state on the internet, or put down their ecigs and return to smoking again.  Any and all local vendors would either be forced to relocate their operations to another state or face closure due to the competitive disadvantage that would be placed on them.

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HB 405 passed unanimously in Idaho. The bill now bans the sale of e-cigarettes containing nicotine to children, and while it passed unanimously, it had a very concerned critic at first. Representative Dick Harwood was very vocal about his concerns that the bill would create a “nanny state” in Idaho.

The claims he made originated from his sentiment that the ban was structured by groups and sponsors who, in all actuality, do not want anyone to smoke whatsoever. The sponsor, Representative Bob Nonini, did state that many of the groups and supporters do not want anyone to smoke at all, but Nonini himself is a smoker. Continue Reading

Continuing our series of entries received in our contest, What Prompted You to Try an Electronic Cigarette. This is our final post of entries received.

Entry 15 from Jonathan W.

The event that made me try an electronic cigarette would have to be the death of my Father, who died of lung cancer a year ago. He was a smoker for 26 years and half of the people in my family are also smokers. I did not want to have the same fate of my father or the other millions of people who have died because of cigarette smoking. So therefore I decided to be proactive and change my mindset of traditional cigarettes. Now I am 6 months cigarette free and loving it. Plus the Safe Cig is an amazing help. Continue Reading

Continuing our series of entries received in our contest, What Prompted You to Try an Electronic Cigarette.

Entry 14 from Brandon

When I was 12 years old, my father was diagnosed with cancer, mainly caused by smoking. He was a 25 year smoker, and finally it had caught up with him, the worst of the worst, it could cost him his life. After many doctor appointments and a successful surgery, he could proudly say that he had defeated cancer, and vowed to never smoke a cigarette again. When I was 14 years old, I began hanging out with the wrong crowd, and soon enough, a little peer pressure and the "need to fit in", coerced me to try my first ever cigarette.  Continue Reading

Continuing our series of entries received in our contest, What Prompted You to Try an Electronic Cigarette.

Entry 13 from Steve

I started smoking when I was 17...way back in the 1960's. After I was married and had twin boys, I finally quit in 1989.  For reasons I still don't understand, I started again in 2007 and soon was up to nearly two pack per day. This was especially stupid because in 1999, I had a triple bypass and artificial heart valve installed.  My internist and cardiologist told me recently I HAD to quit. Smoking was not an option if I wanted to live.  The toxins in the smoke were causing me early COPD and chronic bronchitis, atrial fibrillation, and the carbon monoxide in smoke was damaging things by reducing the oxygen my heart was getting. First I tried the gum...no dice. It caused stomach problems and esophogeal reflux. Next was the patch.  That might as well have been pieces of tape for all the good it did.   Then my son showed me his ecig.  It looked like a promising thing, but looked like a hassle. There was a button you had to push and hold to heat it up and it had to be just right. There were three pieces.  A battery, atomizer and cartridge that you put liquid in.  I saw how he had to boil one thing clean, put drops in the cartridge that would sometimes then make liquid come out into your mouth and I wondered how on earth you could control the nicotine content. Continue Reading

Continuing our series of entries received in our contest, What Prompted You to Try an Electronic Cigarette.

Entry 11 from Lori

The reason I tried to quite smoking with electronic cigarettes is because I like to smoke more than I have an addiction to nicotine.  Using the Safecig gives me the calming feeling I like when smoking a cigarette.  I have tried other electronic cigarettes in the past, but none of them last as long or taste as real to me as the Safecig does.  I have tried to quite smoking many different times through the years without being able to continue not smoking until I found Safecig.  The main reason for quiting for me is my mother is in a respiratory care clinic at this time with severe COPD and EMPHYSEMA because of many years of smoking.  It is very hard to go to the hospital everyday and see her on a ventilator because of smoking.  I have a son who is 18 years old who I do not want to have to visit me like I am having to visit my mother, also I do not want to cause harm to my husband or child with second hand smoke because of my nasty habit.  I hope to continue my success with Safecig in the future. Continue Reading