PerseusStoned
Well-Known Member
Hey everybody,
I'm not sure if you've been following vaporizer news but it looks like the recent eCigarettes have been shot down as delivering "little to no nicotine". This is very disappointing, because a solid vaporizer market would only be good for us as quality and price would improve. However, I found the article a little disturbing. I, personally, know people who have started using those in place of their 10-year habit and have successfully been vaporizing and getting nicotine.
Contributed to the shadiness of this article is the many, many comments which seem to go many ways. Most of the comments are people who have been life-time smokers and converted to Cigs; they attest to its abilities and nicotine deliveries. Some of the comments are from people saying that one, or some, of the eCigarette companies are probably making accounts just to post dissent. A few of the comments speak at a deeper issue however.
If eCigarettes get big, there will doubtless be less tax money going to the state as they are a substitute good for cigarettes. Additionally the tobacco companies, while on the fall, are still very much in political power. Finally, the University where this study has been conducted is currently on tobacco payroll... All of this is very interesting. Let me know what you guys thing.
The Article
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/08/e.cigarette/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Google's first result for "vcu philip morris" (the university and head professor, respectively)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/u...bfcfa5f82361&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
I'm not sure if you've been following vaporizer news but it looks like the recent eCigarettes have been shot down as delivering "little to no nicotine". This is very disappointing, because a solid vaporizer market would only be good for us as quality and price would improve. However, I found the article a little disturbing. I, personally, know people who have started using those in place of their 10-year habit and have successfully been vaporizing and getting nicotine.
Contributed to the shadiness of this article is the many, many comments which seem to go many ways. Most of the comments are people who have been life-time smokers and converted to Cigs; they attest to its abilities and nicotine deliveries. Some of the comments are from people saying that one, or some, of the eCigarette companies are probably making accounts just to post dissent. A few of the comments speak at a deeper issue however.
If eCigarettes get big, there will doubtless be less tax money going to the state as they are a substitute good for cigarettes. Additionally the tobacco companies, while on the fall, are still very much in political power. Finally, the University where this study has been conducted is currently on tobacco payroll... All of this is very interesting. Let me know what you guys thing.
The Article
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/08/e.cigarette/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Google's first result for "vcu philip morris" (the university and head professor, respectively)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/u...bfcfa5f82361&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg