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I can't be the only person thinking this...
"Concerning Mrs. Nix" is a perfect novel title/album title.
I, for one, nominate Mrs. Nix as being the ECF's first Celebrity.
I see... a vaping movie...
"Concerning Mrs. Nix".
EDIT: I mean this in all sincerity.
"Concerning Mrs. Nix" is a perfect novel title/album title.
I, for one, nominate Mrs. Nix as being the ECF's first Celebrity.
I see... a vaping movie...
"Concerning Mrs. Nix".
EDIT: I mean this in all sincerity.
Very good blog, and nicely referenced. Thanks for sharing.
Only thing I disagreed with was that nicotine is very addictive. Its much less addictive than smoking. That nicotine is the main/only addictive chemical in tobacco smoking has been disproven in science and is a misnomer.
What seems to contribute most with smoking addiction, is the _combination_ of harmala alkaloids (combustion products, for example harman) with nicotine, according to animal addictive studies. Nicotine alone by comparison, elicts very little addictive compulsion in animal studies.
So the whole "trading one addiction for another" should be responded to with "yes, but trading a much stronger addiction, for a much weaker one, according to science and experience".
I would compare nicotine only with caffiene, and vapers with heavy coffee drinkers, whereas I would compare statistically, and in terms of strength of addiction, smokers with coke addicts (not the drink).
I don't think moral objectors to addiction have a leg to stand on here, even if we ignored the lack of high rates of disease and death involved.
It's just sad the folk wisdom has equated nicotine, with smoking addiction, when in reality its a minor component of the overall chemistry of smoking addiction. And thats something we need to address, I feel, this popular misconception.
Its also important we agknowledge, I feel, conversely, as this person has, that nicotine does still have some minor harms, for the sake of balance, honesty and disclosure.
Only thing I disagreed with was that nicotine is very addictive. Its much less addictive than smoking. That nicotine is the main/only addictive chemical in tobacco smoking has been disproven in science and is a misnomer.
What seems to contribute most with smoking addiction, is the _combination_ of harmala alkaloids (combustion products, for example harman) with nicotine, according to animal addictive studies. Nicotine alone by comparison, elicts very little addictive compulsion in animal studies.
So the whole "trading one addiction for another" should be responded to with "yes, but trading a much stronger addiction, for a much weaker one, according to science and experience".
I would compare nicotine only with caffiene, and vapers with heavy coffee drinkers, whereas I would compare statistically, and in terms of strength of addiction, smokers with coke addicts (not the drink).
I don't think moral objectors to addiction have a leg to stand on here, even if we ignored the lack of high rates of disease and death involved.
It's just sad the folk wisdom has equated nicotine, with smoking addiction, when in reality its a minor component of the overall chemistry of smoking addiction. And thats something we need to address, I feel, this popular misconception.
Its also important we agknowledge, I feel, conversely, as this person has, that nicotine does still have some minor harms, for the sake of balance, honesty and disclosure.
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Was reading the part about "oh, kids could get them over the internet!"
1. Last I checked, websites only accept credit/check/bank cards or net-credit sites like PayPal, and for the most part, you have to be 18 to get any of the above in your name alone(don't have a teenager yet, so dunno about check/bank cards)
2. Kids don't need the internet to get something they shouldn't. They'll just do what they've done to get cigs/alcohol for decades: convince someone of age to buy it for them
Anyway, good article
1. Last I checked, websites only accept credit/check/bank cards or net-credit sites like PayPal, and for the most part, you have to be 18 to get any of the above in your name alone(don't have a teenager yet, so dunno about check/bank cards)
2. Kids don't need the internet to get something they shouldn't. They'll just do what they've done to get cigs/alcohol for decades: convince someone of age to buy it for them
Anyway, good article
I'm tempted to ask her to marry me
Good luck. Her ECF location says Honduras. Only thing that would take me to Honduras would be a religious missions trip. And I'm not going to Honduras.
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