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This is news we knew already, but science is beginning to prove what we already knew http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0207/850694-e-cigarettes/ There's no mention on the devices used, nicotine strengths, etc., but even if the e-cig devices used were not regulated/controlled, the results appear to be the same Contrast this to an article on MSN.com today (corroborated by the SUN in a similar article), which cites info that is years old, as "today's facts about teen dripping craze", simply because the study was "finally" published in the Journal of Pediatrics... you know... because it's for the kids...

I learned through tedious tinkering you can fit subtank mini glass on a top tank mini, you take two super thick o rings, place them at the top, use two toptank top cap o rings, and the silicone ring from the bottom of the crown 2. I had a huge defect with my subtank nano this morning,a drip tip broke off in it, being goofey, I tried and ice pick and hammer. I warped my chimney. so I got out a bunch of pieces I had laying around,and here it is, vapes really good just looks a bit funny!

To be honest I've never tried. Would I vape Vapor Talk e liquids after 4 years? Probably. Thing is, nobody, that I'm aware of, has actually done a study on the shelf life of eliquid. it's a long story but the two year mark was created in vaping's early days as a guideline. If the color had gone off though, I probably wouldn't vape it. (Personally) The most important thing when storing e liquid is keeping it away from sunlight. Room temperature is usually adequate. Sunlight however will eventually break down the nicotine content.

It might go without saying, but I'll volunteer to beta test (or even alpha test if you need it) when you get to that point.

What do you think the odds are that the FDA and/or the CDC actually read this article...let alone read the actual study. It's a shame, because a certain political stance in the United States is leading the charge against vaping in the name of "public health". In reality their stance on vaping has zero to do with public health. They are leading the charge against vaping because they see tax dollars from traditional cigarettes dropping and see the potential to regain those tax dollars and fund their pet projects through vaping. For them taxing vape products or banning vape products and sending vapers back to big tobacco is a win/win situation. I would love to see ENDS devices officially declared a smoking cessation device. If that's the case, while the FDA could still regulate them, it would prevent money hungry politicians from taxing them like cigarettes.

Lower resistance = more heat, and Nicotine is absorbed faster (and felt more) by the body as heat increases, which is why you get a stronger Nicotine "buzz" and more throat-hit from Nicotine if you lower your resistance of your coil (but don't lower the % of Nicotine by the same amount). @Tam's example is spot-on... she dropped her coil resistance by 75% (roughly), and needed to drop her Nicotine by the same 75% (12mg to 3mg) to get the same "feeling", and the same Nicotine absorption. Nicotine absorption rate is a little complicated (math), but the basic rule-of-thumb for vaping is, if you lower (or raise) your coil resistance by X%, then you should lower (or raise) your Nicotine level by the same X%, to maintain your absorption and Nicotine feel/effect. The relationship is nearly linear above 0.5 Ohms, with a steeper curve below 0.5 Ohms because power and heat increase more as you approach zero resistance.... This is why Temperature Control devices have become more popular for those who sub-ohm 0.5 Ohm coils and lower TC devices allow you to control the temperature / heat, so you can (for the most part) use the same juice with a 0.5 Ohm coil as you do with a 0.2 Ohm coil, but you'd still find a lower Nicotine level more appropriate (even when using TC-mode) with a lower Ohm coil, than you would with, say, a 1.2, 1.5, or 1.8 Ohm coil.

Nicotine will still be available, but it may be only from a few, well-controlled sources, which will cause the prices to rise, due to less competition for sales Competition is the biggest part of the free-market... more and more vapor shops and manufacturers will close in 2018, which will shrink the market and drive prices higher... which is exactly what the FDA regulations were designed to do... shrink (or eliminate) the market so that traditional tobacco (cigarettes/cigars) become more readily available and cheaper than vaping. It pains me to see stores closing too (B&M's and online)... regulation and legislation should protect consumers, not big-business interests (by eliminating competition)!

Thanks for the feedback. The topics on the front page, is actually a sort of test (we'll monitor over the next 30 days) we're doing. After that I'd like to invite some members to test a new software system we're working on. (That may or may not ever get released) We'll see how things go. Change is annoying, but it can sometimes result in good things