I think the higher-nicotine cigs are safer. Similar to my vaping strategy to keep my intake of the other ingredients low.
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Depends on whether you're attempting to smoke the same number of cigarettes or the same quantity of nicotine (as compared to your "regulars").
With vaping, my intention is keeping potential for harm at a minimum. The higher nic results for me in smaller, but not fewer puffs.
Smoke kills live cells, nicotine doesn't. In fact, they thrive and multiply I think.
Smoke without nicotine, bad murderous idea. Nicotine without smoke, possibly beneficial. Nicotine with smoke, undoubtedly helpful for killing weak cells that otherwise mutate into cancer cells, multiplies healthy cells. Ever hear of the smokers paradox?
Crazy eh.
Smoke without nicotine, bad murderous idea. Nicotine without smoke, possibly beneficial. Nicotine with smoke, undoubtedly helpful for killing weak cells that otherwise mutate into cancer cells, multiplies healthy cells. Ever hear of the smokers paradox?
Crazy eh.
I think so also. Nicotine may be the least of the bad stuff. My guess is higher nic but much less volume may be better...
Sorry, but my take is it's the same 'Light cig' crap we heard years ago. Just a new marketing campaign.
Exactly.
I didn't care at all about how much nicotine I got.
I just wanted to have a smoke when I wanted to have a smoke.
The number of cigarettes I wanted would never have decreased.
Regardless of how much nicotine was in them.
But I gladly realize that I am but one person who smoked for their own reasons.
And I also realize that smoking was never a one-size-fits-all phenomenon.
No matter what THEY would have you believe.
This is my take exactly.
it's one thing to extend your vape break a bit, no big deal. It's another thing altogether if you want to have another low nic OR high nic cigarette. I have a feeling that people have a way of 'adjusting' to the nic level in cigarettes in any event.
If they don't want to repeat that old (failed) experiment, I can see two ways to go.
The first one would be a GMO tobacco plant. (might give us some interesting genetic studies on tobacco, even if it doesn't work)
The second is some kind of denicotinization process after the leaves are harvested, similar to what they do with coffee.
We vapers have it a lot easier. If we want less nicotine, all we have to do is use a different juice.
Good that you point this out, and good to remember when recognizing that many people who smoke or have smoked share many of the same experiences. I guess you could say no two smokers are alike.
Several years ago, I read something that compared old-school nonfiltered cigarettes and the more modern filter-tips cigs. It was an interesting comparison, basically from 1910-1960 people smoked nonfilters, and from 1960 to present most who still smoke filter tips. From what I understood, the nonfilter cigarettes had WAY more tar, and of course nicotine, were stronger. But around 1960 when most people switched to filters, there were more chemicals inhaled than before, ironically. Not sure if this accurate, but in a way it makes sense, traditional cigs were just rolled tobacco in paper, and the modern cigs have the filters, which can add more chemicals to the draw. There was one famous case of Kent cigs in the 50s which were one of the first filters, supposedly the filters had fiberglass in them. Personally, I always smoked and still filters, but sometimes I'd enjoy a good old Pall Mall nonfilter. The report I read said that the early no filter cigs had way more tar and the tar was what damaged the lungs most of all, because it coats them. But the filter tips have tons of the carcinogens that interact some way with the filter material to cause other problems. Who the hell knows. But I still smoke cigs & I def would not recommend either one compared to vaping it's inherently way safer!
I'm going to have to guess here, and say that the courts will have to sort it all out.
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