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I'm not a man so I don't seem to have a 'shed envy'gene: however I am seriously impressed by the sheer tidiness in that photo in general...if my DH had just built something (god forbid) - the plants wouldn't still be standing, the patio would be cracked and everywhere would be strewn with tools that would stay there until they rusted - so bravo! oh and alright, the shed's pretty cool too

rants are always welcome 

I have to say that vaping has given me a whole new crusade...I am more incensed by the day to read some of the lies that are told and published but it is at its worst when they are told by people in the medical profession - they should be ashamed!

I've found my gums starting to bleed a little when I brush my teeth since starting to vape (about 10 days ago) - I knew my gums were in a terrible state having been told this by the dentist and it's why I quit smoking stinkies and turned to vaping.  However my gums never bled when I was a smoker.  

So the facts: bleeding gums is extremely common on quitting smoking, regardless of your method - be it cold turkey or vaping.  This is masked when you are still smoking but the signs of disease are evident from the receding gums.

Then I came across this article written by a dentist and it made me so cross I had to share (so this is just a little rant really...) - he is blatantly lying on so many levels.


linky to the liar


  my first issue is that if he ever found someone who 'was never really a smoker' but who had taken to vaping...he must have searched high and low to do so, so I seriously doubt this and suspect he has made this first question up in order to spout his own nonsense.

second is my biggest issue with him - under the section 'nicotine masks symptoms of gum disease' he claims that comments you may see on forums where vapers say that their gum health has improved are down to the nicotine in vaping masking the symptoms....WRONG WRONG SO VERY VERY WRONG!!!

combustible tobacco products prevent gums bleeding - THEY DO NOT MASK SYMPTOMS OF GUM DISEASE OTHERWISE.  So this guy is taking us all for complete idiots.  These vapers on the forums of which he speaks were no doubt perfectly aware of their gum health issues before taking up vaping and like me, they had perhaps even done so in order to stop smoking stinkies and help their oral health.  So if their dentists are now telling them that their gums are in better health...it is because THEY ARE! not because their dentists are suddenly fooled by the lack of blood.

Oh for crying out loud this man just makes me want to weep.

So please - if you have recently quit smoking cigarettes and taken up vaping and your gums have started to bleed - this is the lack of intensive nicotine input from the cigarettes - it is a GOOD SIGN.  It is not caused by vaping in any negative way, it would happen had you gone cold turkey.  So don't give up on vaping because of lies like those in this dentist's article.  Yes you may still be taking in nicotine but it is evident that this does not compare to the levels in combustible tobacco by the fact that circulation of blood has now returned to your gums...this is cheap scaremongering by someone with their own agenda.

18mg Taste Vape 'Banana Nut Bread' mixed in equal parts with home made 0mg chocolate/vanilla juice....the end result is v similar to Cosmic Fog's 'Church'...I knew it wouldn't take me long to start messing around with the ready made stuff....

thanks just snorted my lunch everywhere...!

actually having read a bit more of the blog....the comments are the best bit of it! lots of ex smokers/current vapers who are hounding this guy and not letting him forget the lies he told and supported about passive smoking. It's really quite entertaining! it's just 'groundhog day' and his readers are delighting in pointing out his hypocrisy. ah well, says a lot for my Friday nights that this is my source of entertainment....