Smoking accessories
Aromatherapy: which vaporiser to choose?
The vaporiser is gaining ground in the world of aromatherapy. Portable or desktop, herbs or e-liquids, temperature settings: how to choose the right model.
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Pipe
What the expression "casser la pipe" means
Where does the French expression casser la pipe come from? The article traces it to the Napoleonic wars, when the wounded bit on a pipe stem during operations.
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Cigar
Helios humidors: designer cabinetmakers near Toulouse
Near Toulouse, Atelier Helios brings together a designer and a cabinetmaker around the craft of wood. A look at their humidors, including the award-winning Aficionado.
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Other
Father’s Day: give him an exceptional gift
Lighters, ashtrays, tobacco pouches, cigar cutters or pipe accessories: the objects gathered by Smoking for Father’s Day, one smoker profile at a time.
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Smoking accessories
How to choose a grinder?
Manual or electric, wooden, metal or plastic: the criteria that set grinders apart, the small mills used to crumble tobacco and aromatic herbs.
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Smoking accessories
Zippo, a collection that keeps growing
Classic models, special editions and limited series: how the Zippo range is put together, a lighter whose design has changed little since its Austrian inspiration.
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Shisha
El Badia, shisha specialist since 1991
On the market since 1991, El Badia supplies private customers and shisha bars alike. An overview of a hookah range available in a great many models.
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E-cigarette
How do you choose your e-cigarette?
Electronic cigarettes are not all alike. The pointers given here for a first purchase depend less on the hardware than on the smoker’s own habits.
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Cigar
[Elie Bleu interview] The famous house shares a few of its secrets
An exclusive interview with Laurent Fuchs, CEO of the cigar box maker Elie Bleu, on marquetry, cedar, connected humidors and the boxes made for Cohiba’s anniversary.
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Smoking accessories
Hooked lighter: ST Dupont launches a new collection
The Hooked range breaks with the brand’s usual codes: a removable ring, a design far from its classic lighters, and a price of 49 euros from a house known for pens and leather goods.
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Shisha
A closer look at the charcoal brand Tom Cococha
Based in Hanover, Tom Cococha makes its briquettes from coconut shells. The brand claims a shisha charcoal produced without cutting down a single tree.
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Smoking accessories
There is always a Clipper lighter for you
Hundreds of collections, ISO 9994 certification and refillable models: how the brand made a place for itself in a crowded market by betting on the almost personalised lighter.
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Other
How to choose the right scales
Accuracy to the nearest hundredth of a gram, low capacity, pocket format: the criteria to look at when choosing scales for weighing tobacco or aromatic herbs.
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Cigar
How do you choose a cigar?
Wrapper, feel, humidity level and format: the points enthusiasts examine before buying a cigar, explained for those who are new to the subject.
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Shisha
Spotlight on Oduman shishas
Created in Turkey in 2014, Oduman has made a place for itself among high-end hookahs. A look at its materials and at models such as the N5-Z and the N9 Tarantula.
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News
Buddha blue: the drug taking over school playgrounds
Nausea, hallucinations, hospital admissions: French education authorities are warning about Buddha blue, a synthetic drug inhaled with an electronic cigarette in secondary schools.
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E-cigarette
Alfaliquid, a French e-liquid brand
A brand of the GAIATREND group, Alfaliquid makes refills for electronic cigarettes. A look at its ranges, from the Royal Classic to fruit and sweet flavours.
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Shisha
Where can you smoke a shisha?
Enclosed places open to the public, transport, schools, the edges of play areas: what the French anti-smoking rules mean for the shisha.
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Cigar
A curiosity: the 100% Made in France cigar
In Béarn, the company Cigare Navarre grows its own tobacco and rolls its cigars on site. The story of a wholly French production, from seedling to rolling table.
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E-cigarette
Discovering the Vincent dans les vapes e-liquids
Founded by a metrology engineer, VDLV makes its e-liquids in France from natural flavourings. The brand points to an AFNOR certification obtained in 2016.
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Smoking accessories
New: the latest Zippo lighters have arrived
Zippo is renewing its designs without touching the fundamentals of its lighter. A look at the new range put online at Smoking.fr, from engraved models to limited editions in relief.
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