Ok. The tobacco industry, big pharmaceutical, and Health Canada need a whistle blower. I really can't come to grips that Canada has NOT done extensive testing on E-cigarettes. Particularly as Canadian ANTZ are blowing all sorts of steam for the last 4 years about the dangers of E-cigarettes and youth. The latest thing that got me going was that I discovered a 4 year old pack of Nicorette gum from one of my unsuccessful quit attempts. (I remember stacking it with Zyban) On the package it states the following.
"Although quitting smoking is preferable, NICORETTE Gum can also be used as a part of a REDUCE TO QUIT program in which it is used to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked prior to quitting in smokers who are not able or ready to quit abruptly. It can also be used in cases in which you temporarily refrain from smoking, for example in smoke-free areas or situations when you wish to avoid smoking. Each piece of Nicorette gum contains 2mg of nicotine. Helps whiten your teeth while you quit."
So there are benefits such as teeth whitening! You can even use it if you have no intent whatsoever to quit! Restaurants, at work! If more and more kids are turning onto E-cigarettes these days, then WHY hasn't Health Canada done more research???
The answer maybe is this. They have done EXTENSIVE research, but couldn't come up with anything to prove E-cigarettes are a health hazard to the nation, so the research was shelved. (Or as we say in the military "$ H%* canned") Again...why kill the tobacco industry which earns millions, and probably billions of dollars in taxes for the government each year!?!? Money that even surpasses the government costs of medical care that is needed for people dying of smoking related diseases. And of course when the smokers die before retirement, there are no pension payouts. Win-Win for the government.
So all we hear is the same old hot air. "Ohhh...They are a gateway for our children to tobacco....blah, blah, blah..."
I'll tell the government one thing. You start vaping e-cigarettes and switch to real cigarettes and you are in for a nasty surprise! Smoke tastes disgusting! (I smoked for 33 years). I want one person to come here and say "I started with E-cigarettes, but I switched to much more expensive tobacco cigarettes, because it was cooler!" I doubt I will find that person!
So yeah...I hope one Jeffrey Weigand type person will come out of the skeleton closet and leak a few emails that went from HC to Big Tobacco or such and post it on Wikileaks. We need this. We need research, we need pharmacy grade nicotine made readily available in Canada, and we need E-cigarettes to be legalized, and I don't mean legalized into the hands of our governments.
Good night, and Happy Holidays!
"Although quitting smoking is preferable, NICORETTE Gum can also be used as a part of a REDUCE TO QUIT program in which it is used to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked prior to quitting in smokers who are not able or ready to quit abruptly. It can also be used in cases in which you temporarily refrain from smoking, for example in smoke-free areas or situations when you wish to avoid smoking. Each piece of Nicorette gum contains 2mg of nicotine. Helps whiten your teeth while you quit."
So there are benefits such as teeth whitening! You can even use it if you have no intent whatsoever to quit! Restaurants, at work! If more and more kids are turning onto E-cigarettes these days, then WHY hasn't Health Canada done more research???
The answer maybe is this. They have done EXTENSIVE research, but couldn't come up with anything to prove E-cigarettes are a health hazard to the nation, so the research was shelved. (Or as we say in the military "$ H%* canned") Again...why kill the tobacco industry which earns millions, and probably billions of dollars in taxes for the government each year!?!? Money that even surpasses the government costs of medical care that is needed for people dying of smoking related diseases. And of course when the smokers die before retirement, there are no pension payouts. Win-Win for the government.
So all we hear is the same old hot air. "Ohhh...They are a gateway for our children to tobacco....blah, blah, blah..."
I'll tell the government one thing. You start vaping e-cigarettes and switch to real cigarettes and you are in for a nasty surprise! Smoke tastes disgusting! (I smoked for 33 years). I want one person to come here and say "I started with E-cigarettes, but I switched to much more expensive tobacco cigarettes, because it was cooler!" I doubt I will find that person!
So yeah...I hope one Jeffrey Weigand type person will come out of the skeleton closet and leak a few emails that went from HC to Big Tobacco or such and post it on Wikileaks. We need this. We need research, we need pharmacy grade nicotine made readily available in Canada, and we need E-cigarettes to be legalized, and I don't mean legalized into the hands of our governments.
Good night, and Happy Holidays!
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