2015年1月22日星期四

Vapour trail- Kim Kardashian

THERE are few more reliable routes to an early grave than cigarette smoking. But despite the dangers, nicotine addicts find it almost impossible to kick the habit. Half of those who try to stop “cold turkey” will fail within a week. Fewer than 5% manage to stay clean for a year or more. Crutches such as nicotine patches or gum, which provide the drug without the cigarettes, can help—but only a little.

One reason is that addiction is about more than mere chemistry. The rituals involved, such as holding a cigarette between the fingers or taking a long, luxuriant puff, can be as habit-forming as nicotine itself. So a better way to stop smoking might be a drug-delivery system that mimicked an ordinary cigarette as closely as possible, but had none of the pesky carcinogens and other poisons which come from burning a rolled-up mix of paper, tobacco leaves and additives.

Electronic cigarettes would seem to fit that bill. They use a small electric heater to vaporise a mix of glycerine and propylene glycol (two fairly inoffensive chemicals) in which nicotine has been dissolved, turning it into a breathable mist that can be savoured much as cigarette smoke is. And because some of these devices are designed to resemble traditional cigarettes, they can be held between the fingers and jabbed in the air for emphasis, just like the real thing.

However, the novelty of e-cigarettes (the first of which hit the market in 2006) means there is only a smattering of evidence addressing the question of whether they actually do help smokers ditch the real thing. On December 17th, though, more evidence arrived—in the form of a review published by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international medical research organisation. The review’s authors, led by Peter Hajek of Queen Mary, a college of the University of London, examined results from 13 trials of e-cigarettes. The results, though a long way from being definitive, are encouraging.



Two of the studies the team looked at were randomised control trials. These are the highest form of medical evidence, in which doctors assign volunteers at random to the treatment being studied or to something else, and compare the results. In the cases examined, the something else was a placebo e-cigarette. This resembled the real thing, but delivered no nicotine. About 9% of people using electronic cigarettes in these studies managed to abstain from smoking for six months, as against 4% of those using the placebos. One of the studies also found that e-cigarettes were at least as useful as nicotine patches in encouraging abstinence (the other did not examine this question).

Giving up smoking is the ideal outcome, but puffing less is good for you as well. Both studies suggested that e-cigarettes help those who cannot face giving up completely to cut their consumption significantly. Some 27% of smokers using placebo e-cigarettes, and 36% of those using the genuine electronic article, were able to do so by half or more. One of the trials also compared e-cigarettes with nicotine patches. In that study, 61% of e-cigarette users were able to cut their consumption by half, compared with only 44% of those using patches. These general conclusions were supported by the 11 remaining investigations, known as cohort studies, in which doctors merely monitored people for a time, without attempting to influence their behaviour.

And now for the health warnings

There are, inevitably, caveats. Dr Hajek’s review includes only a small number of studies, each of which involved what was, by the standards of such trials, a small number of people. (Because successfully quitting smoking is a rare event, statisticians need to follow a lot of people to extract a clear signal.) People claiming to have quit were given biochemical tests to make sure they were telling the truth, but those who claimed merely to have cut back on their intake had to be taken at their word. In general, Dr Hajek and his team rated the quality of the evidence as either “low” or “very low”. And the two clinical trials used now-obsolete forms of e-cigarette that do not pack as much of a nicotinic punch as that delivered by more modern varieties.

Moreover, unlike conventional cigarettes, which are made by the zillion by big tobacco companies, using standardised industrial processes, e-cigarettes are manufactured by hundreds of firms of varying sizes, most of which are located in China. Their quality is therefore variable. Some have been found to have heavy metals from the heating element in the supposedly clean nicotine mist. Others have fibres of silica, which could irritate users’ lungs, in the vapour.

Such things will, no doubt, change as more reputable firms displace the less reputable. And more data on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes are now being collected. The study’s authors have identified nine trials now under way. If these, too, come back positive, then grounds for scepticism will be much diminished.

iTaste EP

Product Information:

Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection:
Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection protects the iTaste EP against shorted atomizers, and will stop the unit from functioning in unsafe conditions.

Over-Discharge Protection:
The iTaste EP monitors the battery voltage and will automatically turn off when the battery is discharged.

Battery Level Indicator:
The iTaste EP battery capacity is displayed via green, yellow and red LED lights.

Green = Fully Charged

When the iTaste EP is fully charged the LED light will turn green and power off.

Yellow = Half Discharged

Red = In need of charging

Large battery capacity:
The ITaste EP e-cigarette has a built-in 650 mAh polymer Li-Ion rechargeable battery.

The ITaste EP e-cigarette has a built-in 650 mAh polymer Li-Ion rechargeable battery.

ON/OFF battery switch:
Quickly clicking  three times will enable the iTaste EP for normal function. Once enabled, holding down the button will activate the unit to power the atomizer.

Disabling the iTaste EP stops the atomizer from turning on while stored in your pocket or bag.

10 seconds cutoff:
If the activation button is held for 10 seconds or longer, the iTaste EP will stop activating until the button is pressed again.

2015年1月21日星期三

E-cigarette facilitate smoking cessation, new evidence shows

Do E-cigarette help smokers to quit? Yes, but there is more to the story.

New Cochrane review finds emerging evidence that smokers who use electronic cigarettes can stop or reduce their smoking.

The first Cochrane review on this subject published today in the Cochrane Library gives some early insights in to vape as an aid to stopping smoking and reducing consumption. The review draws on two randomised trials and found that while nicotine containing e cigarette were more effective than electronic cigarettes without nicotine (placebo) in helping smokers kick the habit, the results need to be confirmed by more studies. Smoking is a major global health problem, is costly and is highly addictive. Despite many smokers wanting to stop, few succeed in the long-term. One of the most widely used strategies to help combat the cravings associated with nicotine addiction is to deliver nicotine by patches and chewing gum.

E cigarette have been around in some form for a number of years but recently their popularity has increased substantially. Unlike chewing gum and patches, they mimic the experience of cigarette smoking because they are hand-held and generate a smoke-like vapour when used. They provide smokers with a nicotine 'hit' and help to recreate similar sensations of smoking without exposing them or others to the smoke from conventional cigarettes. They are used by many smokers but little has been known about how effective they are at helping people to stop, nor their long term effects.

The team of researchers from the UK and New Zealand found two randomised trials that had analysed data from 662 current smokers. The researchers looked at the effects of e cigarette on quit rates and the number of people who were able to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoked by at least 50%. They also looked at any adverse effects reported by electronic cigarette users. The team also considered evidence from 11 observational studies.

The results show beneficial effects of electronic cigarettes, but are limited by the small number of trials and limited sample of people who were analysed in the studies. About 9% of smokers who used vape were able to stop smoking at up to one year. This compared with around 4% of smokers who used the nicotine-free electronic cigarettes. When the researchers looked at the data on reducing cigarettes in people who had not quit, they found that 36% of electronic cigarette users halved the number of conventional cigarettes. This compared with 28% of users who were given the placebos. Only one of the trials looked at the effects of electronic cigarettes compared with patches and this suggests similar efficacy of the two treatments. No serious adverse effects occurred over short to mid-term electronic cigarette use.

Author, and Professor of Clinical Psychology Peter Hajek, commented 'Although our confidence in the effects of e cigarette as smoking cessation interventions is limited because of the small number of trials, the results are encouraging. Both trials used vape with low nicotine delivery and it is likely that more recent products are more effective as previous research suggests that higher and faster nicotine delivery facilitates treatment effects. Several ongoing studies will help to answer the question more fully."

Author, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce said, "electronic cigarettes have become popular with smokers who want to reduce the risk of smoking. None of the studies in this review found that smokers who used vape short-term (2 years or less) had an increased health risk compared to smokers who did not use electronic cigarettes. We did not find any evidence from observational studies that people who used electronic cigarettes at the same time as using regular cigarettes were less likely to quit smoking. Findings suggest electronic cigarettes with nicotine help people stop or reduce smoking when compared to electronic cigarettes without nicotine, but more studies are needed."

Cochrane's Editor in Chief, David Tovey said this is an important study. "This review provides a timely reminder of the challenges faced by smokers who find it hard to stop smoking. The results so far need to be strengthened with further comparisons between electronic cigarettes and other traditional ways of stopping smoking such as chewing gum and patches, and evidence on long term safety."

Lily- Beauty of E-cig

Technical Specifications:

Standby current: 10uA max

Maximum output voltage: 3.5V (unloaded)

Clearomizer Resistance: 1.5 ohm (minimum)

Battery: Built-in 350 mAh polymer Li-Ion rechargeable battery.

Charging: 4.2V 350 mA

Short Circuit Protection: 0.6 +/-0.2 ohm

The Primary Features of the Lily Electronic Cigarette:

Battery Level Indicator:
The Lily E Cigarette battery capacity is displayed via green, yellow and red LED lights.
Gree = Fully Charged    
When the Lily Electronic Cigarette is fully charged the LED light will turn green and power off.    
Yellow = Half Power.    
Red = Low Power. Please Charge.

Large battery capacity:
The Lily E Cigarette has a built-in 350 mAh polymer Li-Ion rechargeable battery.

ON/OFF battery switch:
Please press the power button  three times in rapid succession to turn on the Lily Electronic Cigarette. Once the Lily is On please hold down the power button to activate the atomizer and vape. When the Lily is not in use please press the power button  three times in succession to turn off the Lily Electronic Cigarette. Always power off the Lily Electronic Cigarette when it is not going to be used, or when it is going to be stored in a pocket, bag or purse.

SAFETY:

12 second cutoff:
If the activation button is held for 12 seconds or longer, the Lily Electronic Cigarette will stop firing until the button is released and pressed again.

Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection:
Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection protects the Lily Electronic Cigarette against shorted atomizers, and will stop the unit from functioning in unsafe conditions.

Short Circuit:
The Red LED light will stay lit for five seconds if a load short circuit is detected, after which no vapor will be produced. Please check the device carefully to determine the cause of the short circuit.

Lily E Cigarette Atomizer & Vacap Cartridges
The internal components of the Lily combine an atomizer (the heating element), a Vacap juice cartridge and an internal wicking system. The clear cartridge allows for the remaining juice level to be clearly seen. Each Vacap cartridge is prefilled and disposable. When using your Lily Electronic Cigarette for the first time always use a new prefilled Vacap cartridge.

Over-Discharge Protection:
The Lily Electronic Cigarette monitors the battery voltage and will automatically power off when the battery is discharged.

GLADIUS-Lorde

The Innokin GLADIUS is an advanced Stainless Steel clearomizer featuring:

High Quality Pyrex-Glass

Dual-Bottom Coil System

Standard 510 Connection

Interchangeable Drip-Tip

1.4ml Capacity

Easy to Replace Coils

2 Extra Replacement Coils

Adjustable Air-Flow

How to refill the Innokin GLADIUS:

Hold the GLADIUS™ with the 510 connection up.

Unscrew the cap just below the adjustable airflow ring.

Add eLiquid against the inner wall of the tank.

Replace & carefully tighten the tank until firmly in place.

DO NOT overfill the tank or add eLiquid into the airflow hole.

DO NOT damage the cap or tank by over-tightening.

If there is a decrease in vapor strength or flavor replace the coil.

How to replace the coil:

Carefully empty the GLADIUS of all e-Liquid.

Unscrew and remove the used coil.

Insert and firmly tighten the new coil.

Replace and carefully tighten the tank until firmly in place.

DO NOT over–tighten the coil or damage may occur.

2015年1月20日星期二

iTaste MVP 2.0 Energy Edition - Hip hop outfit

Product Information:

As an upgrade of the original iTaste MVP the iTaste MVP V2.0 has substantial improvements in both appearance and function.

Variable Voltage: voltage can be adjusted from 3.3 – 5.0 volts in .1 volt increments.

VariableWattage: Wattage can be adjusted from 6.0 – 11.0 W in .5 watts increments.

Ohmsmeter: Reads resistance of your atomizer/cartomizer/clearomizer.

Battery Level Indicator:

The iTaste MVP2.0 battery capacity is displayed via green, yellow and red LED lights.

Green = Fully Charged

When the iTaste MVP2.0 is fully charged the LED light will turn green and power off.

Yellow = Half Discharged

Red = In need of charging

Puff Counter.

Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection.

Over-Discharge Protection.

Battery Level Indicator:
Large battery capacity: iTaste MVP e-cigarette built-in 2600 mAh polymer Li-Ion rechargeable battery.

High compatibility 510 connector:
Thread fit iClear10,iClear16 ,iClear30,iClear30S ,Gladius etc.

ON/OFF battery switch: 10 seconds cutoff.

Passthrough/ Vape While Charging Technology.

Remembers last set voltage or wattage :Remembers last set voltage or wattage when the battery is turned off and then back on.

Built-in 3 digit display:
Digital display shows Ohms meter, Voltage /Wattage setting, number of puffs taken since last time the battery was turned off.

Portable power source for electronic products

The iTaste MVP3.0--Cover girl

The iTaste MVP3.0 is the newest in the line of internationally bestselling iTaste MVP vaporizers. The iTaste MVP3.0 features a greater range of Variable Voltage, Variable Wattage, advanced safety features, portable electronics charging capacity and also ‘Vape while charging’ Technology.


The iTaste MVP3.0 has a flush 510 connection with a spring loaded positive pin, durable stainless steel threading, an included ego adaptor and a replaceable integrated micro-USB charging cable.

The iTaste MVP3.0 has a variable voltage range of 3.0 – 9.0 volts adjustable in 0.1 volt increments and a variable wattage range of 6.0 – 30.0 Watts, adjustable in 0.5 watts increments.

The iTaste MVP3.0 uses vRMS DC current and is very accurate with a power deviation of 0.1 Watt. The full 30Watts is precisely maintained between resistances of 0.4 to 2.5 ohms. There is no wasted power and exact accuracy means you are always vaping the power level that you choose. vRMS provides superior precision in delivering the exact wattage Ohm’s Law requires and stable power means better vapor.



The Primary Features of The iTaste MVP3.0

Battery Level Indicator:

The iTaste MVP3.0 e cgiarette battery has a tri-color LED on the top.

Green = Almost fully Charged. When the iTaste MVP3.0 is fully recharged the top LED light will power off.

Yellow = Half Power.

Red = Low Power. Charge the MVP3.0.

Variable Voltage:
Voltage can be adjusted from 3.0 – 9.0 volts in .1 volt increments.

Variable Wattage:
Wattage can be adjusted from 6.0 – 30.0 Watts in .5 watts increments.

Low Voltage Warning:
The Red LED and Battery bar will continue blinking when the battery capacity is lower than 3.3V and the iTaste MVP3.0 Advanced Personal Vaporizer will automatically power off.

Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection:
Short Circuit/Atomizer Protection protects the iTaste MVP3.0 Advanced Personal Vaporizer against shorted atomizers and will stop the unit from functioning in unsafe conditions.

The iTaste MVP3.0 features automatic real-time atomizer Ohms detection. If the resistance of the atomizer is lower than 0.4 the Ohms bar will blink and the MVP3 will not power on.

‘Vape while charging’ Technology

The iTaste MVP3.0 is recharged with a Micro USB cable. When plugged into a power source the iTaste MVP3.0 can also be vaped and charged at the same time with Innokin Technology’s ‘Vape while you charge’ pass-through technology.

Remembers last Voltage or Wattage setting:
When the iTaste MVP3.0 is turned off it will remember the current voltage or wattage setting and it will retain the setting when the iTaste MVP3.0 is powered on.

Portable power source for electronic products:
To charge your portable electronic device with the iTaste MVP3.0 plug the built-in Micro USB cable into the electronic device and power on the MVP3.0. The included iTaste MVP3.0 starter kit charging cable can also be used. Plug the larger USB port into the MVP3.0 and the Micro-USB into the electronic device and power on the iTaste MVP3.0. You may only charge one electronic device at a time. Do not attempt to charge more than one device at the same time or you may damage the device.

High compatibility 510 connector:
The iTaste MVP3.0 510 threading is compatible all standard 510 clearomizers & atomizers including the iClear16, iClear16B, iClear16D, iClear30, iClear30B, iClear30S and the Gladius-M.