Contest Time! Mountain Oak Vapors - Nothing But The Facts- CONTEST!

[whodat2112]

In addition to having unrestricted marketing, lower prices, awesome flavors, and strong youth adoption, e-cigarettes are increasingly viewed as a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes. There is wide speculation that CVS Caremark, which recently announced it would no longer sell tobacco products, will carry e-cigarettes instead as part of its smoking cessation program.

 

[JoanJ]

For quite a few people, nicotine provides the benefits that some people get from caffeine or Ritalin: it helps them focus and be more productive, overcoming attention-deficit-type problems. For some people, nicotine provides relief from stress, anxiety, or panic. For people suffering from some severe mental illnesses, nicotine seems to provide great relief, which probably explains why a very large fraction of psychiatric patients smoke.

 

[whodat2112]

E-cigarettes appear to be effective smoking-cessation devices. A 2013 Gallup survey discovered that more smokers quit with the help of e-cigarettes than with prescription drugs or nicotine gum. Instead of smoking cigarettes, ex-smokers inhale the less-harmful vapor produced by e-cigarettes, thereby lessening their chances of developing smoking-related illness. If companies can position e-cigarettes as a healthy alternative to traditional cigarettes, the market potential is enormous.

 

[JoanJ]

Nicotine is suspected as the reason for the lower incidence of Parkinson's Disease among smokers. And for those who have it, nicotine appears to reduce the associated symptoms. Unfortunately, because nicotine is so stigmatized, there is less information about it than we might want, so we do not have good scientific evidence on all of its possible benefits.

 

[JoanJ]

Most everyone in Western society tries nicotine sometime during their childhood or adolescence, but relatively few of them adopt it as a habit.

 

[Lynzy]

 

[JoanJ]

A lot of anti-nicotine advocates try to scare people by saying things that while scientifically accurate, are just designed to confuse. tobacco plants produce nicotine as a natural insecticide, and this can be concentrated for use as an artificial insecticide. This should not come as a shock. Many of the chemicals in plants that we like are part of the plants' defense mechanisms. Pretty much every plant we eat or do anything else with contains natural insecticides. It just happens that this chemical, which sometimes poisons insects, also provides an effect that some people like.

 

[whodat2112]

For better or worse, e-cigarettes -- which do not contain tobacco -- are shaping up to be the next big thing in the tobacco industry. Public advocates worry that e-cigarettes will make smoking cool again -- tobacco companies are counting on it. Regardless of the impact on public health, e-cigarettes are a huge opportunity for the tobacco industry -- one that Altria, Lorillard, and Reynolds American are set to dominate in the decades ahead.

 

[JoanJ]

It is true that a drop of pure nicotine can be deadly, and that if you concentrated the nicotine from a pack of cigarettes (or a can of snuff, or a box of pharmaceutical nicotine products) and put it into your body all at once, it would likely be fatal. But, again, so what? Nicotine users are never exposed to pure nicotine and never take in that much all at once. If you took your typical day's worth of food and stuffed it in your mouth all at once, that would probably kill you too, even though it would be harmless if you took the usual time. This may seem like a silly analogy but it is no more silly than saying that a huge dose of nicotine, delivered all at once, would be deadly. Neither one says anything about the safety of normal use.

Keep in mind the saying from toxicology: "The dose makes the poison." Enough of anything, delivered fast enough, is deadly (including food or water). For many medicines you have on your shelf, ingesting the entire bottle at once would be deadly.

 

[Lynzy]

 

[whodat2112]

The government banned television and radio ads for cigarettes in 1970 and ads on smokeless tobacco were banned in 1986.

But big tobacco is back on air, now pushing electronic cigarettes.

Actor Stephen Dorf did a series of ads for Blu, an e-cigarette brand owned by the tobacco company Lorillard, and Reynolds America is running a commercial in Colorado for their e-cigarette, Vuse.

 

[JoanJ]

What’s the point of electronic cigarettes?

Electronic cigarettes were created to provide smokers with another tool to help wean them off tobacco products and eventually stop smoking. Nicotine is the main addictive component in tobacco. So, just like the nicotine patch and nicotine gum, electronic cigarettes should satisfy smokers’ cravings and allow them to stop using tobacco products, which contain many toxins and cancer-causing chemicals in addition to nicotine.

Electronic cigarettes might–theoretically–prove more effective than other forms of nicotine replacement because they more closely mimic the act of smoking, and thus serve as a more lifelike substitute. However, although research has shown that electronic cigarettes can help people stop smoking, there haven’t been any head-to-head comparisons with other forms of nicotine replacement in large populations. Malcolm Thaler, MD

 

[K1NGP1N]

I think they should make analogs illegal

 

[GPC2012]

Vaping doesn't leave your house, car, and clothes smelling like stale cigarettes

 

[Lynzy]

 

[JoanJ]

I hope those that entered this contest and those that did not read all the information here. It is a real eye opener. I came away with a lot to think about and mainly that there are questions on both sides of this technology and that in many ways we are the guinea pigs or lab rats for future generations of vapers. I also find that there are many responsible people trying to advance vaping not for profit and that there are many who are either trying to keep their money through all of this or make money through all of this.

 

[Lynzy]

 

[whodat2112]

There are also flavored cartridges that contain liquid without nicotine. These cartridges are ideal for the tobacco smoker who wants to quit nicotine, but still enjoys the act of smoking

 

[whodat2112]

Though battery-powered and reusable, users must charge the electronic cigarette battery regularly. The frequency in which this has to be done depends on the quality of the device and battery purchased. Cartridges also need to be replenished with liquid regularly, either by inserting a new cartridge or refilling an empty one. Nicotine liquid is sold in bulk for smokers who prefer this greener and less costly option.

 

[whodat2112]

Whether or not electronic cigarette use is acceptable where tobacco smoking is not is debated and weighs greatly on opinion. The product is relatively new. Most public places, like restaurants, do not allow any form of cigarette smoking.