Norbert Zillatron

Welcome

 Musings about vaping and science

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In this Blog I try to gather and spread some thoughts about vaping and science.

• About me and this Blog
• My Story
• Addressing the intended audiences
  – real scientists
  – so-called experts
  – media
  – vapers
  – non-smokers
  – smokers

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 Topics:

• Public Review – (R)evolution of science. When peer review fails …
• Public Preview – Fix problems before they cost time, energy, and money 
• Definition of “Cessation” – How do you define it?
• Pleasure Principle – Why ecigs work
• Beneficial Bias – How a presumed problem could be helpful
• Vaping vs. NRT – A big difference often missed
• Don’t Dismiss Differences – There is no such thing as THE ecig
• Crippling Control – How RCTs can be solid and missleading at the same time
• Diminishing Dependency – Interesting empirical observations on nicotine addiction
• Gate? No Way! – Use common sense! There is no “gateway to smoking”
• Fancy Flavors – About the senses of taste and smell and how flavors interact with them
• Specious Similarities – How to measure emissions realistically
• Haptic Habit – How the subtle differences require a modified behavior
• Particulate Peril – Do particulates matter?
• Titration Theories – From compensatory puffing to something new
• Delusional Denialists – A rant
• Nasty NiCr – A new scare to monger

 Public Reviews:

• Freaking Formaldehyde
  – “Carbonyl Compounds in Electronic Cigarette Vapors: Effects of Nicotine Solvent and Battery Output Voltage”
  – doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu078

 To be continued …

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