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Daily Express
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Express
Chinese pharmacist who made e-cigs possible
Published on: Monday, July 21, 2025 Published on: Mon, Jul 21, 2025 By: David Thien Text Size: Hon Lik puffs on an electronic tobacco pipe. - AFP pic. WARSAW: Electronic cigarettes would not be around today had a Chinese pharmacist not decide to do something about his smoking habit back in 2001. Hon Lik who was using high-dose nicotine patches to stop smoking devised a system on a large console using food additives as solvents. Advertisement The challenge was managing to scale the mechanism down to a miniature size, suitable for a hand-held cigarette-sized device, and getting the right dose of nicotine while also getting the right odours from additives. A year earlier he developed the idea of using a piezoelectric ultrasound-emitting element to vaporise a pressurised jet of liquid containing nicotine diluted in a propylene glycol solution. Hon also proposed placing the liquid in a disposable plastic cartridge, which serves as a reservoir and mouthpiece. These inventions are the basis of the present-day electronic cigarettes which many wanting to kick the habit rely on. Hon patented his device in China and the first electronic cigarette was manufactured that same year in Beijing. The story of Hon Lik was documented at the 12th Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN 2025) at the Warsaw Presidential Hotel from June 19 to 21. Hon Lik accepted patronage of the Global Forum on Nicotine in 2015, which offers a platform for debate and information-sharing, while remaining focussed on the ultimate goal of tobacco harm reduction: accelerating the end of smoking-related death and disease. More than 8 million out of some 1.3 billion who still smoke die yearly. Scientific data show that the primary cause is high levels of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents or HPHCs in smoke formed during the combustion of tobacco. According to Dr Mark Tyndall, the author of 'Vaping – Behind the Smoke and Fears', there are more than one billion smokers globally and the vast majority would die prematurely from smoking-related diseases. 'What people don't know is that there is a cure: vaping. Vaping is a non-toxic way to deliver the nicotine that smokers need without the disease-producing byproducts of burning tobacco. 'Compared with cigarettes, any health risks associated with vaping are very small,' he told the 12th Global Forum on Nicotine 2025 where he launched his book. PMI's Scientific Engagement Manager Markus Stratman told Daily Express during a media engagement at PMI's state-of-the-art research and development centre, The Cube, that nicotine patches sold in pharmacies have limited success in curbing smoking. This is because smokers do not experience the necessary level of nicotine delivery to effectively address their cravings. Harm reduction is an evidence-based public health approach grounded in human rights. It consists of pragmatic policies, regulations and actions that reduce health risks to individuals and communities by, for example, providing access to safer forms of products or substances, or encouraging less risky behaviours. Harm reduction does not focus on the eradication of products or behaviours, recognising that prohibition often leads to unintended consequences. Evidence-based, it first emerged during the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis, successfully helping reduce transmission with advice on safer sex and interventions like needle exchange for people who use drugs. The Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) has been held yearly since 2014. It is the only international conference to focus on the role of safer nicotine products in helping people switch from smoking combustible cigarettes. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
The Review Geek
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Smoke Episode 5 Preview: Release Date, Time & Where To Watch
Smoke Smoke is a gritty crime drama set in the rain-soaked forests of the Pacific Northwest. Taron Egerton plays Dave Gudsen, an arson investigator with a haunted past and a flair for storytelling. He's working on a novel, but it's the fires that won't leave him alone. Alongside him though is Michelle Calderone (Jurnee Smollett) who plays a sharp, no-nonsense detective and ex-Marine who doesn't tolerate ego or excuses. Together, they're pulled into a string of escalating fires that point to not just one—but two serial arsonists. As the pair dig deeper, personal baggage starts to surface. If you've been following this one, you may be curious to find out when the next episode is releasing. Well, wonder no more! Here is everything you need to know about Smoke Episode 5, including its release date, time and where you can watch this. Where Can I Watch Smoke? Smoke is available to stream on Apple TV+. This is an exclusive original series, meaning this is the only place you're going to be able to watch this show. However, now that Apple is available as an extension on Amazon Prime Video, you can also get a subscription to Apple TV+ that way too! Smoke Episode 5 Release Date Smoke episode 5 will release on Friday 18th July at approximately 12am (ET/PT) / 5am (GMT). Of course, it's really dependent on how quickly Apple upload new episodes. Expect this to be pretty close to the release time though. Smoke Episode 5 is also available with subtitles from release, with the chapters scheduled to clock in at around 45 minutes long. How Many Episodes Will Smoke Have? Season 1 of Smoke is scheduled for 9 episodes, so we've got 4 more episodes to go after this one. Expect the story to continue developing, with plenty of drama still to come! Is There A Trailer For Smoke? There is indeed! You can find a trailer for Smoke Season 1 below: What do you hope to see as the series progresses? What's been your favourite moment of Smoke so far? Let us know in the comments below!
The Star
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
'Smoke' review: Fires up our yearning for a gripping tale
'I only have two things to say. First, manners maketh man. And second, I'm still standing.' Photos: Handout Fire is an organism that waits and watches and breathes, or so a character in the new crime drama Smoke tells us. Indeed, with its crafty use of angles and pyrotechnics, the show makes its blazes seem almost... sentient, and nasty, spiteful try Googling that opening phrase, and the AI assistant immediately stresses that fire is NOT an organism. Whatever you do, though, don't Google the true crime podcast on which this one is based, if you don't want your enjoyment of (at least) the first two episodes to be ruined. Those unfamiliar with the case would probably, to a viewer, have to pick their jaws up off the floor by the time the credits roll. Those who know it might find themselves picking out various liberties taken by co-showrunner/writer Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone) in bringing the case to the screen. Whichever group you are in, there is still a lot to keep us invested as Lehane sets up the pieces, motivations, back stories and character dynamics of this deliberate, compelling, (semi-)true crime offering. Transplanted from the actual case setting to the fictional US Pacific North-west town of Umberland, Smoke has arson investigator Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton, the Kingsman movies, Rocketman, Lehane's Black Bird miniseries) and police detective Michelle Calderon (Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country, Underground, Birds Of Prey) tracking down two serial arsonists. It wastes no time revealing one of the culprits to viewers, but teases us as to the identity of the other. 'The narrator was right, this darn fire seems to be alive and mad as heck.' Smoke successfully humanises this first suspect, Freddy (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Heroes, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Chi), with his sympathetic circumstances offering a precarious fulcrum on which his ruthless actions rest (and pivot). Meanwhile, for most of the initial two episodes, anyway, we get to see Gudsen and Calderon's developing partnership and their respective backgrounds and current situations, which are not entirely healthy and factor in the characters' actions and reactions. The two leads settle into their partnership smoothly and comfortably enough, although the people in their lives – including Gudsen's wife Ashley (Hannah Emily Anderson, soon to be seen in Return To Silent Hill) and Calderon's ex-lover Burke (Rafe Spall, Trying) – remain on the fringes, mostly. Until their respective influence/pressures on our lead characters take a startling toll in the last third of Episode Two, anyway. Its slow... build (hah, thought I was going to say "burn", didn't you) pays off in spades at this point, leaving us salivating for the rest of the week until a new episode drops, yet also satisfied by the storytelling and the leads' deftness in putting us immediately at ease with their characters, insecurities and all. Above all, highly curious about where Lehane and Co. will take this next (yes, I'm steadfastly refusing to look up the real-life case.) With nine episodes slated for this one, expect that feeling of being on tenterhooks all week long to continue well into August. A new episode of Smoke arrives every Friday on Apple TV+.
Scottish Sun
11-07-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Watch as dead man's life savings are dropped from a HELICOPTER sparking mad scramble as strangers grab fistfuls of cash
THIS is the moment a dead man's life savings are dropped from a helicopter as strangers rush to grab handfuls of the money. The extraordinary scene saw $5,000 (roughly £3,600) worth of cash fall from the sky over mourners saying their final goodbyes to carwash owner Darrell Thomas. Advertisement 5 A dead man's savings were thrown from a helicopter over excited residents Credit: Facebook 5 The East Detroit community couldn't believe their luck when thousands of dollars fell from the sky Credit: Facebook 5 Darell Thomas owned a car wash business and was known to be very generous Credit: Facebook Footage shows the surreal moment the aircraft flies over the funeral ceremony, where Darell, from East Detroit, was laid to rest after dying from Alzheimer's aged 58. Known for his generosity, Darrell's final wish was to literally shower his guests in cash as they made their final goodbyes. The helicopter is seen releasing plumes of notes and rose petals over a crowd of bemused funeral guests. Hundreds of notes are seen floating in the air before ceremoniously falling to the ground. Advertisement Read more on World SHORT STACK 'World's smallest volcano' found by locals after bursting from ground in Peru Shocked onlookers can be seen gazing up at the sky, as others scramble to get their hands on some of the money. "Let me get out and get that money," a child is heard shouting off-camera, while others are heard laughing and cheering. The ceremony was held near Gratiot Avenue and Connor Street, East Detroit, where Darell's business, Airport Express Lube and Service, is located. Traffic came to a standstill as stunned drivers stopped their cars to get their hands on some of the showering money. Advertisement While police officers were informed about the petal drop, they said they were unaware cash would also be dropped. Barclays ATMs giving out 'FREE CASH' due to 'glitch' with dozens of customers queueing at machines as IT chaos drags on Darell's son Smoke told local news it was his father's dying wish to give back to his community by "showering the streets" with money. A staggering $5,000 was dropped in total, Darell's niece, Crystal Perry confirmed, with Smoke contributing some of his own money to the drop in honour of his late dad. Smoke told locals news: "Detroit, y'all might not know who my father was, but he was a great father. Advertisement "Among his community he was a legend, and he blessed everyone – and that was his last blessing to everyone. That's all it was." Lisa Knife, an employee at the car wash, said "everybody got a little bit" of the money, "There was no fighting, none of that. It was really beautiful," she added. Last year, wedding guests were treated to a similar spectacle when a groom's father showered a wedding party with cash from a private plane. Advertisement Viral footage showed a light aircraft circling over the party whilst Pakistani music sounds below. Plumes of paper fluttered from the plane and down through the sky. Guests could be seen gazing and pointing into the sky in disbelief as the notes floated to the ground. The money fell around the large party, with guests sitting at tables and milling around a courtyard. Advertisement The father from Hyderabad, a city in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan, hired the plane for the extravagant stunt in his excitement at his son's marriage. 5 Drivers stopped their cars to try and grab some of the falling cash Credit: Facebook
The Irish Sun
11-07-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Watch as dead man's life savings are dropped from a HELICOPTER sparking mad scramble as strangers grab fistfuls of cash
THIS is the moment a dead man's life savings are dropped from a helicopter as strangers rush to grab handfuls of the money. The extraordinary scene saw $5,000 (roughly £3,600) worth of cash fall from the sky over 5 A dead man's savings were thrown from a helicopter over excited residents Credit: Facebook 5 The East Detroit community couldn't believe their luck when thousands of dollars fell from the sky Credit: Facebook 5 Darell Thomas owned a car wash business and was known to be very generous Credit: Facebook Footage shows the surreal moment the aircraft flies over the funeral ceremony, where Darell, from East Detroit, was laid to rest after dying from Alzheimer's aged 58. Known for his generosity, Darrell's final wish was to literally shower his guests in cash as they made their final goodbyes. The Hundreds of notes are seen floating in the air before ceremoniously falling to the ground. Read more on World Shocked onlookers can be seen gazing up at the sky, as others scramble to get their hands on some of the money. "Let me get out and get that money," a child is heard shouting off-camera, while others are heard laughing and cheering. The ceremony was held near Gratiot Avenue and Connor Street, East Detroit, where Darell's business, Airport Express Lube and Service, is located. Traffic came to a standstill as stunned drivers stopped their cars to get their hands on some of the showering money. Most read in The US Sun While police officers were informed about the petal drop, they said they were unaware cash would also be dropped. Barclays ATMs giving out 'FREE CASH' due to 'glitch' with dozens of customers queueing at machines as IT chaos drags on Darell's son Smoke told local news it was his father's dying wish to give back to his community by "showering the streets" with money. A staggering $5,000 was dropped in total, Darell's niece, Crystal Perry confirmed, with Smoke contributing some of his own money to the drop in honour of his late dad. Smoke told locals news: "Detroit, y'all might not know who my father was, but he was a great father. "Among his community he was a legend, and he blessed everyone – and that was his last blessing to everyone. That's all it was." Lisa Knife, an employee at the car wash, said "everybody got a little bit" of the money, "There was no fighting, none of that. It was really beautiful," she added. Last year, Viral footage showed a light aircraft circling over the party whilst Pakistani music sounds below. Plumes of paper fluttered from the plane and down through the sky. Guests could be seen gazing and pointing into the sky in disbelief as the notes floated to the ground. The money fell around the large party, with guests sitting at tables and milling around a courtyard. The father from Hyderabad, a city in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan, hired the plane for the extravagant stunt in his excitement at his son's marriage. 5 Drivers stopped their cars to try and grab some of the falling cash Credit: Facebook 5 People were heard laughing and cheering as they picked up fistfuls of cash Credit: Facebook
