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Where do you think the nicotine in any of these products comes from? The whole damn thing is the tobacco industry, not merely the parts of it wearing the lega
by darkpuma 7y ago
Where do you think the nicotine in any of these products comes from? The whole damn thing is the tobacco industry, not merely the parts of it wearing the legacy brands on their sleeves.
The reputation of the tobacco industry is well earned. Vigilant regulation is necessary to keep it on a leash.
- vanattab 7y ago>The nicotine in eliquid is the same as that used in pharmaceutical NRT. It is extracted from a member of the tobacco family but not the same plant as used for smoking tobacco as that has much less nicotine in the leaves than the rustica type of tobacco plant. https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-nicotine-used-in-electronic-cigarettes-come-from https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-nicotine-used-in-electr...
- darkpuma 7y agoSame industry, same shameless marketing to kids.
- throwawaycert 7y agoNRT is also used to treat people suffering (and I do mean suffering, it's a horrid burden) from ulcerative colitis. Maybe don't spend too much energy shitting on one of the only forms of relief available to them?
- darkpuma 7y agoDoing good in other respects doesn't nullify their crimes. I'm not saying the substance should be banned; I'm saying this industry needs vigilant regulation.
- exolymph 7y agoIf there's market demand for it, nicotine synthesis will probably get cheaper: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/vaping-industry-wants-go-post-tobacco-synthetic-nicotine/ https://www.wired.com/2016/06/vaping-industry-wants-go-post-... It's dubious that nicotine itself is bad for you: https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine
- umvi 7y ago> It's dubious that nicotine itself is bad for you I mean, can we agree substances that enslave you - and by extension your pocketbook - are "bad for you" regardless of if they cause you to die at a sooner age?
- sokoloff 7y agoIt is likely that far more people are “enslaved” (your word) by caffeine than nicotine. I don’t see a significant problem there either and if nicotine turns out to be roughly equally damaging (not much), is it really a problem? Refined sugar is probably more damaging than either of them.
- rthomas6 7y agoNo. I like coffee and I don't see it as bad for me in moderation. Caffeine is addictive but it would be hard to convince me that it's carte blanche bad for me just because it's addictive.
- jimmytucson 7y agoBingo. People that quit smoking with ecigs are transferring their addiction to something else. It may be less harmful than smoking or chewing tobacco, which inevitably leads people to compare it to caffeine. I’ve been addicted to both. Not once has the need for a triple latte pulled me out of a movie theater at the good part, or made me duck under an eave in the freezing cold when it’s raining outside. Nicotine is first thing you think about when you wake up, when you finish a meal, when you get out of a meeting, and it’s the last thing you do before bed. Addictions are addictions. But nicotine has demanded more of my time, money, and social and physical well-being than caffeine, for sure.
- Lewton 7y agoI don’t know any vaper who has to interrupt anything to feed their nicotine addiction. Nicotine alone is much much less addictive than Cigarettes and their finely tuned mix of additives designed for maximum addiction