BT's "tobacco inhalation device" (not an e-cig) ???

[Barbara21]

Came across this article on the Motley Fool website.

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for British American Tobacco (BTI)

It talks a little bit about increased regulations regarding cigarettes around the world and then this...

However, while smoking tobacco may be a declining activity, a new and supposedly healthier variant could be the answer to the industry's prayers.

<snip>

...with the company expecting approval for a new "tobacco inhalation device" (which is not an electronic cigarette) by the end of this year. Furthermore, BAT hopes the product will launch by the end of 2014 and will be the change that is needed to offer a viable long-term future for the industry.

Anybody have any idea what they're talking about and how it differs from an 'electronic cigarette'??

 

[mad maori]

its probably like a asthma inhaler...

 

[The Ocelot]

Probably something like this. Looks very satisfying, doesn't it? And you need a prescription.

 

[Glen Snyder]

Looks like a suppository

 

[Hotwire]

Source website seems amateurish and that's being polite. Wouldn't let this thread turn into a debate like the BBC one - which has validity- if I had half a brain.

Just saying, looks like shoddy journalism,

 

[Dvx67]

Looks like a suppository

Great idea.... A nicotine supository...

 

[SilverCloud]

Came across this article on the Motley Fool website.

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for British American Tobacco (BTI)

It talks a little bit about increased regulations regarding cigarettes around the world and then this...

However, while smoking tobacco may be a declining activity, a new and supposedly healthier variant could be the answer to the industry's prayers.

<snip>

...with the company expecting approval for a new "tobacco inhalation device" (which is not an electronic cigarette) by the end of this year. Furthermore, BAT hopes the product will launch by the end of 2014 and will be the change that is needed to offer a viable long-term future for the industry.

Anybody have any idea what they're talking about and how it differs from an 'electronic cigarette'??

Isn't it AMAZING how we see such increased media exposure on e-cigs......once Big Tobacco gets THEIR hands in the cookie jar? Looks like they own some MAJOR shares of our beloved "news media" as well.

 

[Myk]

Great idea.... A nicotine supository...

http://iamlost.com/features/nicolaxx/

 

[Heavyrocker]

BT and the govt are doing whatever they can now to take the money out of out our pockets,they cant sleep at night knowing the money being made form electronic cigarettes,greed is a very powerful force.

 

[schotzky]

Great idea.... A nicotine supository...

I don't stick my drip time in me bum

 

[schotzky]

I like the term Tobacco Free Nicotine Vaporizer. A vaporizer makes people think its for pot heads, a ecig makes people think OMG CIGARETTES BAN THEM FOR MY KIDS! That way, you get Tobacoo Free and Nicotine Vaporizer all in one.

 

[Statistic]

She says it looks like a cigarette. No. It does not look like a cigarette. It looks like a tampon.

 

[jclifford]

I wonder if she says "choo- choo" after she finishes inhaling?

 

[unclestu]

Probably tastes like one also

Looks like a suppository