This is one hell of an article. E-cigarettes are making tobacco obsolete. So why ban them? » The Spectator
E-cigarettes are making tobacco obsolete. So why ban them?
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Oldie but goldie
Since I posted this on the 1st and it's publication date was two days into the future, took me a bit to understand what you were talking about.
Good read. One of my favorite points raised:
"The cigarette is going the way of the top hat and the crinoline, if we encourage the safer, cleaner alternative. Heres a lifesaving technology on a massive scale that needs no funding. Are you sure that you swearers of the Hippocratic oath want to be the last people standing in its way, when everybody else can see the benefits?"
"The cigarette is going the way of the top hat and the crinoline, if we encourage the safer, cleaner alternative. Heres a lifesaving technology on a massive scale that needs no funding. Are you sure that you swearers of the Hippocratic oath want to be the last people standing in its way, when everybody else can see the benefits?"
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Excellent article!
And no, that is not an old one - that is a new one. I have read all of Matt Ridley's articles about e-cigs.
That guy is a member of the British House of Lords. A politician. BUT - he totally gets it!
And no, that is not an old one - that is a new one. I have read all of Matt Ridley's articles about e-cigs.
That guy is a member of the British House of Lords. A politician. BUT - he totally gets it!
That was quite the feelgood read!
Glad to see some articles out there with some sense to them for a change
Glad to see some articles out there with some sense to them for a change
Well, CHEERIO, Matt!
How could someone make such complete and utter sense in such a short amount space???
Excellent read, excellent article. One of the best, most common-sensical pieces of thinking and writing I have seen in the e-cig war-of-words.
How could someone make such complete and utter sense in such a short amount space???
Excellent read, excellent article. One of the best, most common-sensical pieces of thinking and writing I have seen in the e-cig war-of-words.
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And the tobacco industry is not going to go out of business. They can still churn out nic by the 100-gallon barrel.
I thought that "by a country mile" was only found in American English!!
I thought that "by a country mile" was only found in American English!!
They want to ban vaping BECAUSE it's making cigs obsolete, and there are powerful and wealthy private interests that want you smoking because they make a huge amount of money on your smoking and dying from it. That's how it is, and you can call me cynical if you want, but I came by it honestly.
Consider that they have lost sales and taxes on over a billion packs of cigs so far. Do you know how much money that is?
It's a lot, trust me.
Consider that they have lost sales and taxes on over a billion packs of cigs so far. Do you know how much money that is?
It's a lot, trust me.
Precisely.
There are so many moochers.. uhm.. people getting a free ride on the smoking gravy train. They are horrified at the idea of people - smokers, human beings - no longer providing them this free ride.
This has to be one of the best ecig manifestos I've ever read. Well done, roly!
Yup, and some of those moochers make the pills and patches for those trying to quit smoking that way, and those have a 95% failure rate. Chantix is known to cause suicidal ideation and has led to many suicides. No matter, they made a lot of money on it, so naturally they will oppose a way of quitting that's far more effective. Same goes for the makers of the patches, which many people wear two or more at a time, while still smoking. Yeow!
Then there are the insurance companies who get to charge smokers higher premiums, and the gravy train goes on. There are powerful private interests protecting smoking, and all the revenue that comes from it. You can bet they are the same people behind the anti-vaping agenda and all the negative propaganda about vaping in the media and online.
Well, considering a pack of cigarettes in the U.S. averages $6.99, (numbers taken from an article written in July of 2013,) by my math, is 6.99 BILLION dollars. Which is indeed, as you said, a lot.
WOW!!!!
That must be the best summary on the subject that I have ever read!
(and I have read quite a few...)
Thank you, Roly!
(... shared, twittered and, of course, bookmarked, as that will come in VERY handy for future use
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Well that pretty much spells it out, the FDA is a fascist and criminal organization that serves the corporations, and not the public health. I've said it elsewhere here and I'm saying it again.
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