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Comment by 'Vocalek' in 'A idea for regulating e-cigarettes'
I suspect that the industry started out by reporting mg/g because the NRT industry uses mg as a dosage identifier. Even cigarettes were using mg. But it turned out to be confusing, especially since most of the cartridges held nowhere near a gram of liquid. In Italy, one brand reports mg by...- Vocalek
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Comment by 'Vocalek' in 'A idea for regulating e-cigarettes'
Good idea. I'll see if I can get some scientists interested in this idea.- Vocalek
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Newpaper story about "Saving lives by lowering tobacco use act"
I went looking today for information regarding whether higher taxes lower the smoking prevelance. The Antis also claim that smoking bans are a big factor in lowering smoking prevalence. It ain't necessarily so. I found this very informative page: Smokefree Women: Smoking in Your State: Data View... -
Comment by 'Vocalek' in 'A idea for regulating e-cigarettes'
Some of the concerns that outsiders want addressed really amount to unproven fears. An example is the fear that flavors will attract children to use them. We have documentation that a sizeable percent of us adults no longer like the taste of tobacco and we suspect that switching to flavors...- Vocalek
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A idea for regulating e-cigarettes
I've been giving this some thought. The hardware is going to be tremendously difficult to regulate. Any modder can come up with improvements and sell the hardware separately from liquid as a novelty item. The Tobacco Act seems to have been invented with the idea of putting up a gazillion... -
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Comment by 'Vocalek' in 'First, Control the Damage'
Discussing the opposition in Canada to the introduction of of snus, David Sweanor wrote, "Odd then, that some self-described public health advocates would attack the availability of the less toxic alterantive. To follow such a line of reasoning would suggest that we mandate the addition of yet...- Vocalek
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First, Control the Damage
Frankly, I'm getting sick (literally) of doctors and "public health experts" trotting out the "First, do no harm" adage as their justification for aiding and abetting the murder of millions of smokers. "I can't prescribe something that's harmful." Oh, really? I'd venture to say that a large... -
What if we told smokers (and their doctors) the truth?
[NOTE: These comments were published in the medical journal Tobacco Control on 9 August 2010 as a response to an article by Adrienne B Mejia, Pamela M Ling, and Stanton A Glantz. Quantifying the effects of promoting smokeless tobacco as a harm reduction strategy in the USA. Tob Control... -
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Comment by 'Vocalek' in 'I'm done being stealthy.'
I started out the same way. You make an excellent point. We can save lives. As far as the "you're still addicted" accusations, another user named BenJammin has a great motto that might work as a come-back: "I may still be addicted, but at least I'm not dying for a cigarette."- Vocalek
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