As electronic cigarette technology gains further acceptance by medical experts as a logical alternative for smokers looking to maintain the habit of smoking but reduce the harmful effects of ingesting the 4000+ chemicals and carcinogens found in tobacco, the attention of regulators turns to the ingredients of the refills used by e-cig suppliers.

Not wanting to be a case of ‘out of the frying pan into the fire’, it should also be a concern for all e-cig vapers as the chemicals used in an electronic cigarette refill cartridge have the potential for serious harm. The main source of worry however is not the nicotine content but more the source and concentration of the propylene glycol used in the cartridges.

Propylene Glycol comes in two grades. Pahrmaceutical and industrial. Differentiated by concentration only, one is deemed to be safe and is used in a range of food products, the other more concentrated form is a very harmful toxin and is regurlarly used instead of its closely related chemical DEG in applications such as anti-freeze.Herein lies the dilemma. The only company that currently manufactures their e cig refills in a FDA registered lab is inLife LLC .

All other known suppliers have no regulatory method of independently verifying the ingredients in their product.With most of the product being manufactured in China, there is therefore concern that high competition in this growing market could cause manufacturers to cut costs and use the cheaper more toxic concentration of propylene glycol just as milk suppliers did a couple of years ago adding toxic supplement to their milk to cut costs.Hopefully, other suppliers will follow the example that inLife LLC have set and set a standard for self regulation of product quality. Only then will the industry start to gain favour and be able to deliver the huge benefits to public health that are widely becoming accepted.

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Network Marketers are making a scramble to get their hands on inHance, the new herbal male performance pill from inLife, the Californian based Network Marketing company.

Everyone agrees that as a slightly sensitive subject, ‘word of mouth’ marketing as networking is defined, should prove to be an excellent vehicle for the new product and it is expected to fly of the shelf when released later this month.

inLife, who also supply a range of other niche products in established markets is expected to provide a three week pre-launch period so that professional networkers can position themselves for what is expected to be one of the product launches of the year.

The product with launch simultaneously in the USA, Canada and the UK (United Kingdom) & Ireland

Professional Network Marketers should follow the the buttons above, click Here or e-mail regional director Neil Ebsworth at neil@myinlife.co.uk for more information about getting involved at the pre-launch stage.

Everybodys first instinct when considering buying an electronic cigarette is probably to go for the cheapest you can find online. If so, then you may get some benefit from this article as trying to choose between the offers and prices online can be a confusing dilema . Here is a quick checklist you might want to consider

1. Safety

Considering you will be inhaling the ingredients, it pays to know what you are ingesting. Be advised that nearly all electronic cigarettes are manufactured in China, home of the childrens toys and milk fiasco. There are literally hundreds of manufacturers vying to supply the market, each one trying to undercut costs and compete. With no regulation of the product and the nature of the materials used (both nicotine and propylene glycol can be dangerous in high concentration and only pharmaceutical grade is safe) then independently verifiable ingredients are recommended.Only one company provides refill cartridges manufactured in an FDA registered lab. The cartridges are more expensive but still a fraction of tobacco cigarettes. – Recommended purchase at inLife LLC

2. Reliability

The other major consideration are the reliability of the rechargeable battery unit and the atomizers. E-cigs usually comprise 3 parts to the device. The Battery, the Atomizer and the cartridge containing nicotine.

Many cheap chinese cigarettes still use a manual switch mechanism which will break if you drop the device or knock it. more reliable are solid state batteries and switch mechanisms. better still use a website where you have an address and telephone number you can use for customer service. Otherwise you may end up buying up to a dozen batteries a year…which all adds up to make the cheap electronic cigarette not so cheap any more!

3. Accountability

As mentioned above, use a company where you can contact customer services locally that has accountability and where if something goes wrong with your e-cig you get an automatic replacement, no questions asked. This is new technology and sometimes it fails but this should be at the suppliers cost and not yours.

4. Recommendation

My personal recommendation is inLife. If not for the fact that they are the only company responsible enough to take steps to have their refill cartridges independently verified and manufactured in an FDA registered laboratory, they also have a great customer service department, local distributors and a ‘no questions asked’ replacement policy on the product with an extended 6 months warranty.

At $130 for a starter kit the Regal is not only state of the art in technology terms as far as e-cigs go but add to this the refill safety and you pay a little more to get get a whole lot more in terms of product satisfaction.

Editorial Note:

As a 50 a day tobacco smoker I would give personal testimony that the Regal electronic cigarette transitioned me from smoking tobacco to what I now consider a much more pleasurable smoking experience. I had never wanted to quit and haven’t…I just quit tobacco for smoking something that isn’t going to kill me. I recommend it to all my fellow smokers as a way to regain your rights to smoke where you want, without harming others ans save money to boot….

Original article posted by AMLA The Spanish Property MLS News Blog

1. Smoking electric cigarettes wont kill you – They contain no known cancer causing agents

2.  Smoking e-cigs will save you money – Save 60% on the cost of smoking

3.  Smoking electric cigarettes will mean you don’t smell , Your clothes won’t stink, your home won’t stink, your breath won’t stink, your car wont stink.

4. Smoking e-cigs gives you back your energy – Once you have stopped smoking tobacco you will actually feel the effects of the nicotine you are smoking. Its like smoking the ‘uncut’ stuff. Without the intake of carbon monoxide that you experience with tobacco, your blood will get 30% more oxygen. You’ll be bouncing with energy!

5. Did I mention smoking electronic means you won’t die! (This is factually incorrect. Of course you will die..just that a non tobacco smoker statistically lives 20 years longer than a smoker.)

6. Editorial correction: We mentioned that electronic cigarettes would save you money ” up to 60% od the cost of smoking”. We failed to mention that if you live an extra 20 years due to transitioning to e-cigs this will cause you the extra expense of seeing your family and friends for an extra 20 years…this could be seen as adding to the cost of smoking electronic…..lets just call it even eh!

7.  If you aren’t convinced by now…your name must be Keanu.

8. Still reading……they wont kill you……they cost less…….you live an extra 20 years…..and you dont smell…….

9. OK here’s another real reason…Make yourself money…a second income in a recession while you smoke your e-cig telling others about this absolute no brainer

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E-Cigs are the starting point for replacing tobacco as a delivery method for nicotine addiction. But now a non addictive form of nicotine in concert with an electronic cigarette may prove an unstoppable combination in the fight against tobacco smoke.

The new inFocus energy drink combines a non tobacco, non addictive form of nicotine that abates the nicotine craving whist boosting focus and energy. Combined with a ‘no nicotine’ e-cig and the habit and addiction could be satisfied in a non habit forming solution.

The image of Nicotine has always been tarnished by its method of delivery and most notable source, tobacco. But, increasing evidence is emerging of the significant benefits that nicotine may have on brain functions and its use in therapies relating to conditions such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons and Schizophrenia are changing the perception of caffeine’s tawdry brother.

” Nicotine may improve the symptoms of depression in people who do not smoke, Duke University Medical Center scientists have discovered.

The finding does not mean that people with depression should smoke or even start using a nicotine patch, the researchers caution. They say that smoking remains the No. 1 preventable cause of death and disability in the United States, and that the addictive hazards of tobacco far outweigh the potential benefits of nicotine in depression.

But the finding suggests that it may be possible to manipulate nicotine’s effects to safely reap its potential medical benefits, according to the researchers. As an example of the drug’s potential, they said, pharmaceutical companies already are developing compounds for treating other brain disorders by mimicking the beneficial properties of nicotine while avoiding its addictive nature.

“The hope is that our research on nicotine will spur the development of new treatments for depression, which is a huge public health problem,” said lead study investigator Joseph McClernon, Ph.D., an assistant research professor of medical psychiatry and researcher at the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research.

“Our study also provides evidence that smokers may indeed smoke, in part, to improve their mood — a notion that has been quite controversial in the field,” he said.

The team’s findings are scheduled to appear the week of Sept. 11, 2006, in the online edition of the journal Psychopharmacology and will be published in print in November.

The research was supported by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.
Scientists have established that people prone to depression  are twice as likely to be smokers, and are less likely to succeed in quitting smoking after taking up the habit, according to McClernon. The Duke study explored the theories behind the higher smoking rates among people experiencing depression.

“Smokers may be more prone to depression than nonsmokers,” said Edward Levin, Ph.D., a professor of biological psychiatry and researcher at the Duke center, who was senior investigator in the current study. “Or, people with depression may be self-medicating by smoking, albeit in a deadly way.”

In the study, the researchers recruited 11 people who did not smoke but who were experiencing symptoms of depression. Participants were randomly assigned to wear either a nicotine patch or a placebo patch that did not contain any nicotine. The researchers used a standardized method, a 20-item questionnaire called the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale, to measure depression symptoms among the study participants.

“Despite the small number of participants, this is the largest study of its kind,” McClernon said.

The team found that participants who wore the nicotine patch for at least eight days experienced a significant decline in their depression-assessment rating scores. McClernon said this finding indicates that the drug led to an improvement in depression symptoms.

As a possible explanation for how nicotine exerts its beneficial effect, McClernon said: “The same areas of the brain that are stimulated by nicotine appear to be involved in the regulation of mood.”

Nicotine stimulates the release of specific neurotransmitters, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, which carry messages between nerves cells. Depression has been linked to chemical imbalances of these neurotransmitters, McClernon said.

Looking ahead to possible therapeutic uses of nicotine for treating depression, the researchers say the nicotine molecule can be manipulated to remove its addictive effect while maintaining its ability to increase levels of the various brain chemicals that can alter mood.”

http://www.news-medical.net/news/2006/09/12/20091.aspx

inFocus is the new energy drink that harnesses the power of the ‘eine’ brothers to bring a non addictive form of nicotine to the mass market. Registered by the FDA in the US as Homeopathic, inFocus boosts energy levels, helps negate the the cravings of nicotine for smokers who are trying to quit or who are caught in a banned public area. As a stimulant with no sugar or sweetner it also helps release fat deposits into the blood stream (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine)

inFocus is due for release in the US in May 2010. Distributor enquiries please e-mail: neil@myinlife.co.uk or visit

www.myinlife.eu