Very poor article in the Independent today

[sleepyduck]

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/up-in-smoke-can-ecigarettes-really-help-you-kick-the-habit-8659639.html

Guy tries Nicolites and is unimpressed

[Karma]

But I persevere, and start puffing the e-cigarette which vapourises liquid nicotine in users’ mouths. When breathed out a “satisfying” plume of water vapour is emitted.

[matt1988]

But, they worked for him.

We have never stated they are a miracle , and some willpower is needed. But I think he was just trying to pick holes lol. And as far as most expensive, well thw most expensive (mass produced) set up is somewhere in he region of £300. So a fiver is a rather low price point.

Just wait till they run out on him by lunchtime (if he's lucky) lol.

[neptune]

I dont think any of us liked this article. As far as I could see, it was all about "cool". I suspect most of us are old enough to see beyond cool. To some of us, it is about prolonging our lives. The writer implies that whilst smoking is cool, vaping is not. So tell me, what is cool about a corpse?

[djs]

But I persevere, and start puffing the e-cigarette which vapourises liquid nicotine in users’ mouths. When breathed out a “satisfying” plume of water vapour is emitted. One e-ciggy is around the equivalent of 40 real cigarettes, the product makers boast.

Kerching! free cig-a-likes for a year for that man....

You know, I never got a "satisfying" plume of vapour from the brand I tried. Nor did they do "40".... it took me under a day to work that out, and I'm not even a journalist....who I thought were supposed to look at stories from several sides and smell a rat.

Sam Masters - you are a fool, a bad journalist and a patsy. Look it up - then "do one"....

[Deleted]

It angered me so my response was,

"So like some 1.3million other Britons I turned to the e-cigarette. "

No the 1.3 million haven't turned to nicolites, they've turned to PV'S, Personal Vaporisers, much more advanced devices which produce the satisfaction you crave, hence why the latest legislation is horse shit as they deem the over the counter e cigs as the one and only.

[vereybowring]

Yeah I left a rather long rambly comment basically saying you get what you pay for comparing that cig-a-like rubbish with my EVic/Aga-T2 set up. Also gave a link for an e-pipe since he mentioned it.

I shall wait to see if my comment turns up - Cancer Research UK didn't let one through yesterday when I asked them how a charity related to cancer and research in the title could be so poor at research for an article.

[vereybowring]

Update, after close to 14 hours in moderation my Cancer Research UK finally got published.

As for the article in this OP, been having fun troll baiting.

[vereybowring]

Anyone else who fancies a good troll bash get over to the article and look for a user called Kay Tee.
His argument repeatedly (and he's very bad at veiling himself) is we are all just junkies.
I am quite proud of my restrained and mostly factual responses to his continued ramming home of the single point of view.

[RAW]

Guys we need to contact this man and every other that are actually able to print these stories and send them links to what we say about there posts and actually try and educate them, as we do every day with people that come into contact with us can someone link in womble to this discussion there must be an appointed person for this sort of thing?
Our fight needs to be daily not just when we get bad news from the powers above:)

[Bluefish]

Can't see comments on my phone?

[Bluefish]

Well if nicolites are the most expensive, I want some money back icon_shoppingm

[Blownupdolly]

Jun 16, 2013 10:04:31 GMT vereybowring said:

Anyone else who fancies a good troll bash get over to the article and look for a user called Kay Tee.
His argument repeatedly (and he's very bad at veiling himself) is we are all just junkies.
I am quite proud of my restrained and mostly factual responses to his continued ramming home of the single point of view.

I have been responding to him/her. Several times. He answered my original post

[vereybowring]

Yeah, seems to be taking a break for the moment if not moved on to find easier prey.

[mikeb]

Usual non news from an uneducated reporter. The commentators are better informed.

Interestingly, this type of article is what's known as a Puff Piece.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffery