What You Need To Know:

Electronic Cigarettes – What are they? How do they work? Do they work? Are they harmful? These are common questions and I will answer them here. And if you are already aware of all the answers then you can check out LYFT (formerly EPOK) from Swedish manufacturer Fielder & Lundgren for the best quality products. 

What are they?

They are hand-held vaporizers. They turn water into steam using heat. Most of them have a very small amount of food-grade vegetable glycerine or PG400 added to give it that full-bodied “smokey” look – but it isn’t smoke – it’s

vapor.

The vapor lacks the harmful carcinogens of regular cigarette smoke so it is a safe alternative. Some of the electronic cigarettes have food grade flavorings such as cherry, mint, coconut, and many more. Also, nicotine is added for those who want it.

If you were to smoke or vape pure nicotine, it would be very dangerous – only in very small quantities can your body maximize the medicinal benefits. The amount of nicotine in an electronic cigarette is about the same as in a regular cigarette. The harm in cigarettes comes from the tars in the tobacco because when those tars burn, they create the cancer-causing carcinogens. Also, when tobacco burns, there are hundreds of other chemicals that are created such as arsenic, cyanide, and formaldehyde, to name a few.

While nicotine is addictive, the scientific evidence is that it won’t cause you any harm itself. In fact, there are some medicinal benefits.

This is a common question. Cigarettes have nicotine in them that enhances your metabolic rate which burns off energy (and fat!) faster. So, if you quit nicotine consumption then you may gain some weight except if you use electronic cigarettes with nicotine. Also, people with dementia problems find that nicotine helps stimulate their memory. I gave my mother (who has Alzheimer’s) one in her nursing home where she can’t smoke cigarettes, (she was a smoker for 60 years) and she perked up.

In an electronic cigarette, the liquid is vaporized as steam – nothing is burned so no dangerous chemicals are created.

Well, I think we all know today that there is nothing completely 100% safe. However, the chance of harm from an electronic cigarette is minuscule compared to a regular cigarette. I would estimate that is would take smoking 10,000 electronic cigarettes to equal one regular cigarette respectively. Just imagine the chemicals you are getting in a real cigarette – cyanide, formaldehyde, and many more. I am sure your body would appreciate not having these chemicals.

Did you hear about the individual who said he had an electronic cigarette blow up? This turned out to be false. They were offered to have their medical bills paid for – but they had none. Also, electronic cigarettes have a 1.5-volt battery. Have you ever known a 1.5-volt battery blowing up? Even so, it would get real hot first – how long would you hold on to something that was really hot before you realized there was something wrong?

The Tobacco Industry does not like Electronic Cigarettes because they are a serious threat to their profits. They are not interested in the health issues in their products. They do not care if people die as long as they are making money. Most negative media about electronic cigarettes comes from the tobacco industry.

Nothing makes a garden look prettier than plenty of flowers in full bloom. But with so many varieties of the plant only flowering for a while (before going into seed production) how do you make your displays of color last a bit longer? Well, it’s actually a lot easier than you might think, and it doesn’t take much effort on your part as you need to invest your time in your garden with The Most Powerful Backpack Blowers. All you have to do is deadhead the plants regularly. What this means is removing the flower heads as they start to fade in color or wilt. By doing this it prevents the flowers from creating seedpods. It also makes the current display of flowers look a lot nicer. How you go about deadheading depends on the kind of flowers in your garden and the time of year. Here are some tips on what to remove when and where: Long flower stalks. 

Plants that produce one flower head at the end of a stalk-like Pelargoniums, should have the fading flower removed along with the stalk – by snapping it off cleanly from the stem. Bulbs, like daffodils and tulips, are the exception. These should have the flower cut off leaving the stalk intact. Plants that produce flowers on short stalks like Fuchsias, should have the fading bloom removed by pinching off the stalk behind each fading flower – you can use your finger and thumb for this. Life’s too short to worry about plants like Alyssum (that produce tons of tiny flowers).

But if you want to tidy up a few pots on the patio try using an old pair of scissors to make the job easier many border flowers that bloom on tall spikes, like Foxgloves, Delphiniums, Antirrhinum, and Hollyhock can be encouraged to produce a second round of smaller spikes later in the year if they are deadheaded. To do this, simply cut the whole spike back using a pair of secateurs when the flowers begin to fade (make sure you cut just above the highest side shoot on the stem). Many repeat-flowering plants, like bush roses, will flower better and for much longer if regularly deadheaded throughout the flowering season. Floribunda roses (cluster-flowered) should have each fading bloom cut from the cluster until the last one remains. With large-flowered, hybrid-tea roses, cut each faded bloom back to just above a leaf joint, about nine inches below the flower. By cutting back into thicker stems like this, stronger flowering shoots and a greater number of flowers will be produced.

Feed roses with a rose fertilizer after the first crop of flowers have been deadheaded to encourage more blooms. Hybrid-tea rosesFloribunda roses Fuchsia Choisya Perovskia Hypericum Eternal youth. Some plants produce their best displays of flowers and foliage when young and vigorous Herbaceous plants like Achillea produce their best displays if kept growing strongly. To make sure this happens simply lift the plants (out of the ground) every couple of years and divided the clumps – they’ll reward you with bigger and better displays. Shrubs like Red-stemmed Dogwoods, produce brighter and more colorful bark on new growth. So by pruning them back hard each spring, you can get the best displays possible. 

. You can improve the overall appearance of the plants and, if you are lucky, get another flush of blooms in late summer by cutting all the old foliage right back almost to ground level using a pair of shears. Don’t forget to water plants thoroughly after cutting back and give them a boost by applying a high-potash fertilizer – this will improve their growth.