E-Lites Reviews & News

The owner of two Shisha cafes in Manchester has been fined over £1500 and ordered to pay a further £1200 in costs after illegal Shisha pipe smoking was found to be occurring on the premises. Councillors in Manchester have condemned the café owner, especially as he had previously been warned about allowing smoking in his restaurant. It is hoped that the fine will act as a deterrent to other bars and restaurants allowing Shisha smoking to take place illegally.

Two of the largest Health Boards in Wales have enforced a rule which will see smoking anywhere on their NHS hospital premises banned. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales and Aneurin Bevan Health Board in southeast Wales brought in the smoking ban on 1^st January 2012. Smoking is now not just banned inside hospital buildings, but throughout NHS property and land within their health board properties.

A new report has suggested that patients should be asked about their smoking and dietary habits every time they visit their GP, even if the visit is for an unrelated matter.

The report, from NHS Future Forum, outlines radical reforms to the way consultations are made, and says that health workers should be asking their patients about their lifestyle habits, including smoking, and consumption of food and alcohol at every contact.

On 12^th – 15^th January 2012 at the NEC Birmingham, petrolheads gathered to get behind the wheel of E-Lites’ full-size replica F1 car with a built-in driving simulator, courtesy of F1driver.com. Visitors to the stand got a close-up look at E-Lites’ stunning 37ft powerboat,  as well asa test of the most sophisticated electronic cigarettes on the market, which offer smokers a healthier, cheaper and legally unrestricted alternative to tobacco cigarettes. 

E-Lites and the Bauer Radio group, which includes Manchester’s favourite radio station Key103, along with Radio Aire, Kerrang! and Magic, have teamed up to give away a Year’s supply of your favourite brand of electronic cigarettes.

An NHS survey has revealed that over half of smokers in the UK underestimate the risks associated with smoking conventional cigarettes. The survey, published by Smokefree, found that 53% of smokers underestimated the number of smoking related deaths in the UK by at least 70,000. The actual number of smoking related deaths is over 80,000.

Leading independent traders' website WholesaleNews.co.uk have reviewed the impact of new display legislations due to come into force across the UK in 2012 and how this will affect the tobacco industry and the related industries, including the electronic cigarette manufacturers. Being the leading UK brand and with product available in many stores, E-Lites were asked for their input and director Mike Ryan highlights how these changes will help to offer new opportunities for the brand in the UK.