Author: pbusardo
NEW FROM REGULATOR WATCH – Vape It | It’s So Much ‘Safer’, Says Public Health Policy Strategist
Here’s the latest from Brent Stafford at Regulator Watch:
All hope is not lost when it comes to public health and its perception of vaping in Canada.
In the final installment of our “Forgotten Crisis” series—shot on location at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. Public health consultant Penelope Hutchinson shares her transformative story from vaping skeptic to vaping advocate. And, how vaping doesn’t have to be “zero safe” in order to be “so much safer” than smoking.
It’s a remarkable interview: must watch and share—only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
Released May 22, 2018
THE SMOKER’S SHOW – EPISODE #9 – WELCOME DR. KHAN!
Here is Episode #9 of the Smoker’s Show!
Our apologies for the audio issues and loss of signal in this episode.
In this episode, we’re joined by our special guest, Akbar Khan, MD.
Dr. Khan is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine (1992). He completed his certification in Family Medicine in 1994. Dr. Khan has been actively involved in pain and symptom management for cancer patient since 1994. Dr. Khan also gained valuable experience in addiction medicine and addiction research at the Addiction Research Foundation (now CAMH) where he worked as a medical consultant from 1994 to 1996. In 2006, Dr. Khan co-founded Medicor Cancer Centres, the first integrated private cancer clinic of its kind in Canada. Since 2007, he has gained international recognition for his work with non-toxic off-label drugs in cancer treatment. In 2015 Dr. Khan developed a unique and powerful cancer prevention strategy with high quality safety tested electronic cigarettes at the core of the program. Dr. Khan has published in several peer-reviewed medical journals, and has regularly been invited to present lectures in Canada and USA for the last 18 years.
Dr. Khan’s contact information:
Email: akhan@vape-md.ca
Facebook: /vapeMDca
Website: www.vape-md.ca
We also answer your calls, chat questions, and questions sent in from a viewer!
The Smoker’s Show is a vape show not for vapers, but for smokers.
A show to get information about vaping, to debunk vaping myths, to discuss vaping terminology & technology, and to look at and review starter kits for the transitioning smoker.
We urge all vapers to invite those they know who still smoke to watch the show!
Thank you all for your support and let’s convert more smokers together!
Thank you to our Sponsors!
*NOTE: Any use of these videos in part or in their entirety without Phil Busardo’s and Dimitris Agrafiotis’s expressed written consent is strictly prohibited.
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TONIGHT ON THE SMOKER’S SHOW – SPECIAL GUEST AKBAR KHAN, MD
You do not want to miss tonight’s Smoker’s Show! 9pm EST www.youtube.com/pbusardo & www.smokefreeradio.com PHONE LINES WILL BE OPEN as Dr Khan will be taking your questions live!
Dr. Khan is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine (1992). He completed his certification in Family Medicine in 1994. Dr. Khan has been actively involved in pain and symptom management for cancer patient since 1994. Dr. Khan also gained valuable experience in addiction medicine and addiction research at the Addiction Research Foundation (now CAMH) where he worked as a medical consultant from 1994 to 1996. In 2006, Dr. Khan co-founded Medicor Cancer Centres, the first integrated private cancer clinic of its kind in Canada. Since 2007, he has gained international recognition for his work with non-toxic off-label drugs in cancer treatment. In 2015 Dr. Khan developed a unique and powerful cancer prevention strategy with high quality safety tested electronic cigarettes at the core of the program. Dr. Khan has published in several peer-reviewed medical journals, and has regularly been invited to present lectures in Canada and USA for the last 18 years.
WET LUNG? WET STORY!
So some of you may have seen this article “attempting” to link wet lung to vaping.
Teen develops ‘wet lung’ after vaping for just 3 weeks
As you probably already guessed, this is more mainstream media fear mongering and misleading the general public. Here’s the response from Dr. Farsalinos:
This was a case report of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Most commonly an allergic reaction that causes inflammation in the lung. Any inflammation in the lungs ( could be caused by pneumonia, bacteria and more) can result in pleural effusion. This is irrelevant to the “wet lung” that implies ecig use results in liquid accumulation in the lungs. The authors of the study only suggest that vaping caused hypersensitivity pneumonitis providing absolutely no scientific data to back this theory except mentioning that the girl vaped.
THE USE OF THE TERM “WET LUNG” IS A DELIBERATE ATTACK ON VAPING AND AN ATTEMPT TO FEARMONGER & SPREAD MISINFORMATION ONCE AGAIN FORCING SMOKERS AWAY FROM USING THIS PRODUCT TO QUIT SMOKING.
Great work CNN!
THE ASPIRE BREEZE 2, LAST WINNER & NEW CONTEST!
A PBusardo Review – The Aspire Breeze 2 + Last winner & New Contest
In this video we take a look at the new Aspire Breeze 2, give one away, and find out who won the Innokin Proton!
The Links:
Aspire
Vapor DNA
Innokin
The Video:
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The Photos:
The Test Sheet:
Aspire Breeze - ReviewForm
Florida man dies in e-cigarette explosion, police say
That’s the news of the day and it’s spreading far and wide. I’ve already been sent multiple articles by numerous people.
Before I rant, let me say this… I don’t wish this on anyone. It is an absolute tragedy and an unnecessary loss of life. My heart goes out to Tallmadge’s family, friends, and of course to Tallmadge himself.
And now, I will rant. When I saw the initial reports, I assumed that this was a mechanical. Sure enough:
The autopsy noted that the e-cigarette was manufactured by Smok-E Mountain and was a “mod” type device.
A mechanical device is one of the most dangerous types of electronic cigarettes you can buy. With a mechanical, there is NO built in safety. There is no circuitry to monitor what’s going on and to keep you safe. There is nothing that will shut the device down should you have a short circuit condition on your atomizer.
You HAVE to be educated when using a mechanical. You HAVE to understand battery safety and your battery’s capabilities. You HAVE to understand ohms law. You have to build safely. And even with all that, things can go wrong with a simple mistake.
Now, of course, we’ve seen things go wrong with regulated devices as well, but there are far more layers of safety built into a regulated device over a mechanical.
Mechanicals are elegant beautiful devices to be cherished, collected, and used for vaping enjoyment.
Mechanicals are also cloud chasing beasts.
Regardless of if and why you use a mechanical… YOU ARE the safety circuitry when it comes to them which is why it’s so important for you to UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE DOING!
I’m not saying this tragedy was caused by user error, but I am trying to impress on you the importance of being safe when using a mech mod. To all of you who have written me and are concerned about vaping on your regulated devices, the device in this case… was a mechanical.
But now I need to rant about the news stories a bit. Again, this is a tragedy… but…
MAINSTREAM MEDIA = FEAR MONGERING Why?
Look at the terminology they use… “vape pen”. This was no small vape pen, this was a mechanical mod. Way different.
Look at the photos they’re using. Photos of smaller regulated devices and cig-a-likes. Again, not even CLOSE to the device in question.
Look at their use of the quoted “mod”. Do they even understand the use of that word or are they just trying to spread fear?
And where’s the comparison? 440,000 smokers die per year? No one bats an eye. There are over 3000 house fires caused per year by cigarettes… where are the news stories? Where’s the outcry? Where are the headlines?
Always remember the safest way to vape is to not vape at all, but if you must… be educated, be careful, be safe, be aware, and vape happy my friends.
From Errol
Hi Phil and Dimitris
I just felt the need to thank you guys for playing a big part in my transition from smoking to vaping.
My name is Errol I am from South Africa. I have been a heavy smoker for 24 years. I started in my teens and wasn’t able to give it up. I had a heart attack at the age 27 because of it. I tried to quit after that, but even with that scare, I still wasn’t successful and continued to smoke.
About 5 or so years ago I gave vaping a go, but it was more of wanting to try it then to stop smoking. I played around with it for a few weeks but continued to smoke while vaping and didn’t really bother with it much. I did subscribe to Phil’s youtube channel during this time because he is so detailed in his reviews of products which I really liked. I am glad I did that, because it would be the thing that ended up helping me in the future.
About 3 weeks ago, I came across “The smokers show” video on my youtube feed and decided to watch it. Your guys information and encouragement made me want to give vaping another go and do it properly this time.
I went to a vape shop and got myself a kit and some juice and I have been smoke free for over a week now I feel great and I have no desire to go back to cigarettes.
So again a big thank you from me. What you guys to do to try help smokers make the switch is truly admirable. You are changing lives for the better and it is really appreciated.
Thank you and keep doing what you are doing.
Kind Regards
Errol
NEW FROM REGULATOR WATCH – Stifling Debate | How B.C.’s Ministry of Health tried to scuttle dialogue on vaping
Here’s the latest from Brent Stafford at Regulator Watch:
Character assassination, misinformation, and recalcitrance towards the benefits of vaping over smoking played a determining role in the near scuttling of the Global Forum on Nicotine Dialogue on tobacco harm reduction, held last month at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
In part-3 of our “Forgotten Crisis” series, renowned tobacco control expert David Sweanor walks viewers through the controversy and sheds light on why public health continues to work against vaping—only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.
Produced by: Brent Stafford
Released May 14, 2018
From Stefan
Hello Phil,
Greeetings from Germany.
Could not agree more with you and Dimitri about what you said about
Nicotin Levels on the “Smokershow #8”.
I quit smoking almost 4 years ago and vaped ever since. No cigaretts at
all. No need for them. Nicotin was reduced down to 0 over a year ago.
Now i’m going through a rough time and started smoking cigarets again.
That was until my neighbour (also a Vaper) caught me smoking on my porch.
So he gave me (after ofc he called me names first for smoking) one of
those Pod-System Devices (“myblu” former “vonErl”) with 18mg Nicotin and
those few cigarets are now gone again. I now use them when the crave hits
me again, take some puffs and i’m fine. After all they are small enough to
carry alongside our “big german vape gear”.
Thanks for pointing out that nicotin is NOT the main problem. Even long
time vapers like myself can/ might fall back to cigarets when going
through rough times. Long Time Vapers tent to forget that. We’re all
adicts after all as i just had to learn again the hard way.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Stefan
From Jacob
Hello my name is Jacob I have been vaping for 3 months now and have watched a lot of your YouTube videos just wanted to say thanks for all you do and I hope I get to meet you at the expo in mobile have a great day/night my friend
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