New Amazon discussion thread:

[BanjoMan]

I just started a new discussion thread over on Amazon.com about e-Cigarettes. I placed it on a page selling Nicotine gum, but it will probably show up on most health-related product pages (until Amazon pulls it). Check it out at the bottom of the page here:

Please fill it up and let them know how you feel. It probably won't do any good but you never know....

[Pugzley]

I just posted, my name is Thomas Jefferson.

[LaceyUnderall]

Wow. That's interesting they are selling nicotine on Amazon considering they cannot check for age.

So... basically, they are supporting sales of nicotine to minors?

"Amazon does sell products for children, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card or other permitted payment method. If you are under 18, you may use Amazon.com only with involvement of a parent or guardian."

[sherid]

Wow. That's interesting they are selling nicotine on Amazon considering they cannot check for age.

So... basically, they are supporting sales of nicotine to minors?

"Amazon does sell products for children, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card or other permitted payment method. If you are under 18, you may use Amazon.com only with involvement of a parent or guardian."

Lacey,
I don't believe there are ANY age restrictions on the sale of Nicotine gum. Remember that 14 year old who overdosed on Nicorette and almost died. The school gave it to him.

[LaceyUnderall]

Lacey,
I don't believe there are ANY age restrictions on the sale of Nicotine gum. Remember that 14 year old who overdosed on Nicorette and almost died. The school gave it to him.

Actually, wasn't it an anti-smoking group who came to the school and handed them out? Then the kid proceeded to collect all of the pieces from his friends and chewed them all while on the playground?

At first I thought the under 18 thing was true... but apparently it does note on their website that you must be of legal smoking age to purchase... but then again, just under it, it says if you have permission from your doctor and you are under age you can buy it... but it doesn't specify prescription or not.

[sherid]

Actually, wasn't it an anti-smoking group who came to the school and handed them out? Then the kid proceeded to collect all of the pieces from his friends and chewed them all while on the playground?

At first I thought the under 18 thing was true... but apparently it does note on their website that you must be of legal smoking age to purchase... but then again, just under it, it says if you have permission from your doctor and you are under age you can buy it... but it doesn't specify prescription or not.

It was an anti smoking group in Great Britain who handed out the gum through the school. I believe he was allowed to get a week's supply.

[surbitonPete]

It's the crazy rip off prices they charge for it that get to me as well.

Not only that did you see how much sodium is in each piece of gum?...great stuff for the heart and blood pressure they tell me...lol.

[LaceyUnderall]

It's the crazy rip off prices they charge for it that get to me as well.

And this is the problem with the NRT's. In order to pay back all of the money put into the "testing", they have to charge such high prices. Not to mention that they can't be sold anywhere near the tobacco.

Could you imagine what life would be like if the gum was sold near the smokes and at less of a price than a pack of smokes? Backwards thinking yet again.

[BigJimW]

And this is the problem with the NRT's. In order to pay back all of the money put into the "testing", they have to charge such high prices. Not to mention that they can't be sold anywhere near the tobacco.

Could you imagine what life would be like if the gum was sold near the smokes and at less of a price than a pack of smokes? Backwards thinking yet again.

Actually Lacey, go into any Walgreens pharmacy and they display the tootie-fruity flavored gums, losenges, and Nicorette patches, right next to the big MARLBORO cigarette display stand chock full-o Philip Morris cancer causing goodness. It's sickening.

[Mac]

I used their customer support page to send them a note stating that I was participating in a boycott of their services and that they should be ashamed of themselves for trying to force hundreds of thousands of americans back to tobacco.