Well, that's weird.

Having been thwarted in my attempt to host a central London screening of the pro-vaping documentary A Billion Lives, I booked tickets for the 'Scottish premiere' in Glasgow on October 26 (as I explained here on Tuesday).

At that stage only 17 tickets had been reserved, 50 short of the number required for the screening to take place.

Yesterday I got an email to say 67 tickets have now been sold (with 33 remaining) and the screening is going ahead.

How did that happen? I've no idea. I'd like to take credit - Tuesday's post did after all invite people to join me - but I'm guessing one or more vape stores have purchased blocks of tickets and are giving them away. I'll find out when I meet organiser Andy Morrison who is keeping his cards close to his chest.

Anyway it seems I chose wisely when I selected Glasgow because the other UK screenings scheduled for October 26 are still struggling. Seven tickets have been reserved in Manchester, three in Preston.

Of the 12 screenings currently scheduled in the UK (Belfast has just been added) only one (Glasgow) has been confirmed. The others look doomed although I thought the same about Glasgow three days ago so what do I know?

I still find it extraordinary that a central London screening hasn't been arranged. The E-Cigarette Summit on November 17 is at the Royal Society, a short walk from the Odeon Panton Street. Just a suggestion.

Meanwhile credit to Andy Morrison. His screening of A Billion Lives is going ahead and I'll be there. Hooray!