When it comes to the comparison between the dangers of smoking tobacco against those of smoking the revolutionary electronic cigarette, regulatory bodies such as the FDA and MHRA along with ‘anti smoking lobby groups such as ASH have done the public a great disservice and allowed lobbyist of the financially interested to ‘muddy’ the truth to protect financial profit.

Whilst this is not something new and many readers will read on with a cynical, all knowing smile, it belies a more serious point to the writer, who as a smoker for many years and a proponant of e-cigarettes has come to realise that the ‘regulatory body that cried wolf’ had missed the more important role it was meant to serve which was protection of the public interest and not that of the drug companies and tobacco lobby.

For whilst a revoltion is taking place and the introduction of electronic smoking as opposed to tobacco could be viewed as the single most important step forward in public health since the introduction of innoculation, it doesn’t come without dangers of its own.

The primary concern for this fledgling industry is the source of production which is almost exclusively China.

Now I am not one for bashing the largest manufacturer of the worlds goods for no reason. But when a product such as electric cigarettes and the consumable nicotine refill cartridges that accompany them are produced in a country that is undergoing an industrial revolution not akin to the one experienced in the UK in the nineteeth century and combines the competition of the globe with such a lack of regulation that they are unable to milk a cow without adding something indigestible to it, then you have to worry a little.

Especially when, where electronic cigarettes are concerned, using the wrong grade of its primary ingredient, Propylene Glycol can mean the difference to inhaling something completely safe by all recognised standards, to inhaling an industrial toxin capable of equalling or surpassing the worst effects likely to be achieved by smoking tobacco.

I am, therefore somewhat pleased to announce that at least one US company had the merit to ensure that the cartridge refills it supplies are manufactured in an FDA registered laboratory using only pharmecuetical grade materials. The Japanese owned laboratory is bound to independently verify the ingredients and these are then prominantly labelled on every container.

The company I am referring to is inLife LLC and it is the only company to the writers knowledge that supplys e-cig cartridge refills in this way.

I should note that use of industrial grade PG has never been found although traces of its sister compound DEG were found in trace in an FDA spot check in some e-cig imports into the USA.

The moral of the story I suppose is that if you are going to take the most worthy step of getting off the weed…and its a life changer, take my word for it..then do it safe and do it right.

inLife electronic cigarette cartridge refills for the models such as the Regal or Marquee (UK) may cost a little more but as I said to a friend who said they buy cartridges cheaper online..

” That may be so, but if I said I could buy you milk from China at 10 cents a gallon would you drink it?”

The British Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg has a Spanish wife.Those Spaniards who live in Olmedo ( Valladolid) have known him for many years.He met Miriam Gonzalez at a school in Brussels.She is a EU negotiator with the World Trade Organisation and commutes between Brussels and Geneva.He of course was once a Euro MP..They have three sons who all have Spanish names Antonio ,Alberto and Miguel.They spend most of their holidays in Spain it appears.

The fact that one of the contenders to the British parliament has a Spanish wife has given the British election a higher profile in Spain and Clegg has been featured in both El Pais and El Mundo.They find the fact that having a coalition government in the UK would be highly unususl,highly unusual.

Should Nick Clegg,by some incredible fluke,become Prime Minister of Britain then the first lady would be a Spaniard.This of course is highly unlikely.

Redovan is a town near Orihuela on the Costa Blanca.A rock band competition has been started which is open to unsigned groups who have at least one member who is a resident of either Alicante or Murcia provinces.

The type of music will include rock,punk,rock and roll,hard rock and other combinations.The top prize is 600 euros.Each band has to send in a CD demo or live recording of at least two original songs plus a brief history of the group and a stage plan of the technical requirements that they would need.All of this information has to be submitted to the town hall.The closing date is July 30 and the finals take place on August 20.

They are also organising a graffiti competition where the top prize is 400 euros.Once again the designs have to be submitted to the town hall.These ideas are very progressive for a small town and the youth of the area should be very proud of their council.

The newly formed Torrevieja cricket club has been given two signed bats by Sir Ian Botham.The bats are to be auctioned at their fund raising dinner ,which has been given a Caribbean theme.The dinner is being held at Bar Marina,Calle Las Dalias.

The club captain is Ben Essuah and he has chosen a menu of such Caribbean favourites as Jerk Chicken,curried goat with rice and peas.At the end of the dinner when everyone is feeling very relaxed then the auction will take place.

The bats can be bid for via the internet using the email address essuah@gmail.com .All new ventures require quite a lot of cash and so it is hoped that a lot of money will be raised.