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Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat
E-cigs MIGHT save lives. For some random technology that came out of China a half dozen years ago, people are putting A LOT of faith in it's "healthier" aspects.
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Doesn't matter if it came out of china.. lol
Fact: nicotine is not a carcinogen, it is basically in the same category as caffeine..
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Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat
Fact is that there is no real extensive research done on the inhalation of pure nicotine vapor, and the research that has been done on E-cigs thus far has mostly leaned in the direction that their claims aren't as pure as they at first seemed.
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uhhh... if someone inhaled pure nicotine, they would die.. or at least become violently ill... no one is selling pure nicotine to inhale..
You do not need much research to know the obvious.. there is no combustion, and combustion is what creates the carcinogens in tobacco.. Are e-cigarettes 100% safe? well for 2nd hand smoke, the answer is yes, and for those using them directly, the answer is not fully known, however what is known is that what they are inhaling is a liquid approved by the FDA (PG) that is used in children's asthma medication, and most likely in food that you have eaten today. and it also contains nicotine, similar to caffeine it is not a carcinogen. And it is also known that there could not be anything remotely near the amount of carcinogens that there are in regular cigarettes. Many doctors even recommend them, the ones that are not have a vested interest or simply do not understand nicotine addiction and do not care about their patients.
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Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat
Sure this could be the mastery of the tobacco lobby, which is by all means powerful beyond belief, but why would they fight something that they stand a chance to profit from too? I'm kind of surprised the big tobacco companies haven't adopted the idea themselves, but I imagine they wouldn't make quite the profit on Ecigs as they do a pack of taylor mades. perhaps it is a move on their part to move the profit potential into their own court.
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Because anyone can sell them, I can sell them.. this would create tens of thousands of mom and pop competitors to their business... the bigger issue is the US government.. If the USA were to loose the revenue from tobacco tax, the entire nations economy would tank.. BADLY.. Believe it or not, it is actually smokers that fund most of the things you take for granted in the USA..
That and the equivalent ends up costing pennies per pack of cigarettes... which big tobacco would never like lol
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Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat
But throwing blind faith towards it is a little silly, and imho i think ecigs do need to be looked at a little more closely...
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I would not call it blind, I would call it common sense.. when you look at the facts, this product saves lives, however the US government and the tobacco industry feel that money should over rule human lives..
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Personally I don't think they should receive any different treatment than cigarettes.
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One kills, one does not.
And when they decide that Angry Jew Cat should no longer drink caffiene because they know what is best for you and decide to tax you $5.55 a cup of coffee (which could happen in a future without tobacco tax.. maybe not that exaggerated amount but then again when I started smoking it was like less than 50 cents a pack and if you told me it would be 10 bucks a pack i would have asked "what are you smoking??" lol).