Nigel Farage has accused the EU of having “no understanding of people or business” over proposals which could limit retailers’ ability to sell electronic cigarettes. The UKIP leader launched the blistering attack after health lobbyists backed up European Commission suggestions to reclassify e-cigs as medicines, instantly halting much of the rapidly-growing £70million UK industry, which has trebled Continue Reading
A recent study conducted by the German Cancer Research Centre into the ability of electronic cigarettes to turn nicotine into vapour validates that Gamucci consistently comes out on top verses the competition. Using 16 electronic cigarettes from the most popular brands and testing them over 300 puffs they sought to categorise the e-cigarettes in their Continue Reading
South West England MEP Sir Graham Watson is backing calls from constituents to stamp out attempts to restrict the availability and strength of e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes provide users with a nicotine boost similar to conventional cigarettes, but contain none of the ingredients connected to smoking related disease such as tar or tobacco. Last year, over 700,000 Continue Reading
Today I stumbled upon another article on what is fast becoming the new celebrity in-thing, electronic cigarettes. This time an article in Entertainment Wise sought to give both advice on making the switch, and a list of the most famous e-cigarette users. As we predicted last month with our article about Simon Cowell’s switch to e-cigarettes, freeing Continue Reading
British-based electronic cigarette manufacturer and distributor Gamucci, founded by brothers Taz and Umer Sheikh in 2007, could be set to shake up this fast-growing £1.3bn global market, having secured a UK patent for its pioneering integrated electronic cigarette technology. The company is believed to be the first UK electronic cigarette company to receive such a Continue Reading
According to the London School of Economics smokers cost UK employers a staggering £2.1 billion every year. Every year it costs employers over £3,000 to employ a smoker. People who smoke are more likely to take smoking related sick days and spend on average 100 working hours away from their desk on smoking breaks. The Continue Reading
Gamucci is proud to have been asked by the Royal Shakespeare Company to supply their new production of ‘A Mad World My Masters’ with our electronic cigarettes. ‘A Mad World My Masters’ centers around the fifties heyday of Soho, London, exploring the relationships of the citizens and their varied but interlinking lives. This ‘city comedy’ Continue Reading
Simon Cowell quits smoking with the help of e-cigarettes! Hard to please talent show judge, and smoking ‘enthusiast’ Simon Cowell has recently made the switch to electronic cigarettes. After proclaiming that he “genuinely still loves smoking”, it seems he has struck the perfect balance between his desire to light up, and his endless pursuit to maintain his youthful Continue Reading
Electronic cigarettes have helped almost nine out of ten smokers quit tobacco completely, new research shows. They are so effective that more people give up their habit than intend to when they start using them. The findings contradict fears that the battery-powered devices would merely increase users’ intake of nicotine as they sought ways to Continue Reading
The announcement of President Obama’s recent budget brought with it a new tax increase on tobacco products, raising the current amount by almost double to $1.95 per pack. This story reported by Bloomsburg Business denotes that this would be largest tax increase since the President’s 61 cent increase in 2009, which cost consumers far more than the tax increase itself, and this new tax Continue Reading