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Relieved to hear you finally succeeded in attaching the cap lanyard, Karma - shame about the nails, though. I do agree it is a b*gger of a job but well worth it as now you won't be wondering where the cap is every time you want to use it!

I heard a faint bell in my memory when you mentioned about not being able to get an Echomiser to work so fished out both of my SDs and had a try, attached a 901 - 510 adapter then a 510 - eGo on top of it, added Echo carto and neither of them do a thing. I don't think I ever solved this one, either. As far as I know there is no such thing as a 901 - eGo adapter as a single unit, unfortunately. If there is, I've never come across one.

In the end I just settled for using the VGO cartomisers with the SDs (the VGOs have 901 threading) but even then you do still need a 901 - 808 adapter. The threads are lower than the Echomiser but you couldn't attach it to an SD without the adapter because of the shape.

As far as the excellent ECCA article goes (link works fine for me, no freezing or anything else untoward) I have been wondering whether those chaps over at Intellicig have in fact done us a favour for once.

It IS known that Intellicig did some research (done with a view to getting their Marketing Authorisation?) which involved blood work on test subjects to investigate how much nicotine was reaching the blood for e-cig users - and how quickly this happened. They unhelpfully (but understandably) redacted the actual levels when they announced that their research did prove conclusively that using an e-cig DOES result in blood plasma levels of nicotine increasing (as we all knew) in a similar fashion to smoking a cigarette, and nothing like as slowly as it arrives from a patch. Finally found the link: www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/105733-intellicig-will-reveal-results-major-research-project-tomorrow.html#post1597052 - this was almost 2 years ago!

Quite recently, they announced changes to the nicotine strengths in Intellicig cartridges and started labelling them by 'mg per cartridge' rather than mg per ml. www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/intellicig/276924-changes-our-refill-stengths.html . Their stated reason for doing this seems to be in order to stop users puffing away constantly on their Intellicigs and makes reference to 'recent published research', but didn't actually say WHERE this was supposed to have been published - AND totally ignored a polite request to provide this information in the announcement thread.

Despite their apparent coyness about admitting this, this does mean that they are indeed now selling cartridges (in UK) and also ECOpure liquid in 45mg/ml strength - that is exactly what 4.5% means. It also implies that the capacity of each 'capsule' as they call them (cartridges to everyone else) must be 1/3 of a ml, not the 0.4ml David Newns told Hifi they were in his interview.

John Chamley aka Shining Wit on ECF (formerly of Intellicig but now running FlavourArt UK) is rather more upfront about this on his FAUK website, where he also sells Intellicig products. His description of the 'new' strengths and the reason for this is here: www.flavourart.co.uk/refill-capsules-70-p.asp where he also mentions 'research has indicated...' but says nothing about this having been published research. (The Intellicig website still claims 'Recent published research' www.intellicig.com/2012/03/new-ecopure-strengths-to-be-introduced-from-the-14th-march-2012/ , by the way)

Personally, I don't think that it's beyond the realms of possibility that the two things (ie blood plasma nicotine level research and change to ECOpure strengths) are related. They are still claiming cigarette equivalence of 6 cigarettes for each 1/3ml Intellicig cartridge. Do they have reasons for claiming this which they aren't being entirely forthcoming about?

Possibly, come the day when Advertising Standards finally appear and stamp all over the claims being made about 0.7ml cartomisers being equivalent to 40 cigarettes each (and why the heck haven't they done this already??) Intellicig will simply brandish their own research (likely still unpublished, due to 'commercial sensitivity') and then carry right on saying their cartridges are equivalent to 6 cigarettes each...

...I am left wondering about Intellicig's disposable model, though - this still claims to be 35 cigs-worth (at 350 puffs) but doesn't appear to have either a liquid capacity or nicotine strength quoted. Wonder if they've overlooked that? They do seem to have reduced it's price...

Seconded. It was great! I was aware of most of the older studies he referred to but one of the most impressive things about his presentation was his synthesis of all these (without disparaging even the cr*p ones) to support his case. That was pure genius.

Yay! Macca's back! Ever so pleased to see you return, was quite crestfallen when I realised you must have deleted your membership after you disappeared from the roll-call. We all have our bad days and I'm relieved to hear the toys are still with you, but quite agree you want to keep a handbag handy for when needed.

There ARE occasions when a handbagging IS required and it's much better for being done properly.
(Not trying to stir it, water is definitely best under the bridge)

One thing which might be worth trying (particularly if you don't happen to have denture tablets handy) is soaking your Stardust in a solution of bicarbonate of soda and hot water for half an hour or so then rinse thoroughly and try it again. Bicarb is a natural deodouriser and I always use some when I'm washing up e-liquid bottles for re-use as it certainly seems to help to shift strong flavours which are keen to 'hang on in there'.

Des is right though, it is best to use each Stardust or carto for a separate flavour if you can as some flavours are almost impossible to shift once they've settled down in there. Menthol, for instance will remain detectable almost forever!

Wow. (I badly need a little smiley here who is having his socks blown off!!)

A bit longish, he says! You certainly weren't kidding there - but I don't want to put people off having a look, just recommend they get comfy and arm themselves with a cuppa before clicking the link. (I would just say that I'm really glad I watched this ahead of our imminent transfer to BT as broadband provider with a per-month usage limit which is now beginning to worry me a bit...)

I actually took a load of notes down while watching this as it is simply crammed with really good, solid information which the gentleman concerned has drawn together along with his OWN study data. It's absolutely riveting stuff if you are interested, which I am. Overall it is simply GREAT news for everyone who has swapped over to vaping.

I really can't spare the time today to transcribe all my notes and give a detailed description of everything that is included in this interview here, but I've got to say that if even a fraction of the people who will be seeing this guy's presentation at the huge Cardiology Congress he mentioned (in August) take what he has to say on board this can only be good news for vapers.

In brief: This is a show called (I think) VPLive done by an outfit who call themselves Vape Team. The cardiologist mentioned in the thread title is one Konstantinos Farsalinos MD, of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre in Greece.

He has conducted a study examining the cardio-vascular effects of vaping versus smoking, using experienced vapers. His results have been so positive that from being a smoker at the start of the study he made the change to vaping himself after examining the results from the first 15 subjects.

He will be presenting his findings and conclusions at a large medical conference in August. The European Heart Journal will publish this (in abstract) following this event and he also expects to publish his study and data in full at some point in the future, though from what he said this is a process which could be quite a few months away.

The show itself is in effect a very detailed preview of his presentation. He did come out with a fairly snappy (and quotable) one-liner which summarises his view of e-cigs rather nicely - "Banning electronic cigarettes would be an ethical crime".

He takes this view as he acknowledges that taking e-cigs away from people who have now been vaping for several years would condemn them to returning to tobacco use - the worst possible outcome.

I'm not sure how you find all this stuff, Macca - you must be spending far more time in front of a pc than is good for you; but THANKYOU. This has brightened up my Sunday no end!