In hindsight I realize I shouldn't have said free from carcinogens. I am aware of the tobacco specific nitrosamines. I hope in the near future that a synthetic nicotine source will be tested and used for e-cigarettes which would solve this problem. I agree with Ivisi's comment that the food we eat (and probably the air we breath) is probably more carcinogenic than the E-Cig vapor we inhale. But I bet if I call oscar-myer or Trojan condoms and ask if their products cause cancer they will give a resounding NO. (Yes nitrosamines can be found in latex condoms too)
However you look at this issue be it foresight, present sight, or hindsight the truth still remains that the e-cigarettes ARE in every shape and form safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Heck, I went to my doctor whom I see monthly for lupus checkups and to pick up prescriptions that must be written by the doctor AT that 30-day appt and when I saw him on August 14th after beginning the E-cig Dura-C on July 7th, my doctor could NOT hear any wheezes or crackles or franks. He ALWAYS heard these throughout the years, every doctor I've been to in the last 28+ years since I began smoking has heard these sounds in my lungs from smoking yet upon use of the e-cigarettes from July 7th through August 14th, they were not there and have yet to return. My DH's uncle (he's more like a brother b/c the uncle came to live with my husband and his two older brothers when he was 11yrs old after his and my MIL's mother died so my MIL raised him like a son) checked my lungs since my appointment and the wheezes are still gone, the crackles are still gone, and the franks are still gone.
So, at least in my case, there is a major advantage along the health route no matter how you hash it out in words and phrases. Plus in addition to having clearer lungs, my lupus flares are not nearly as frequent and they are not as debilitating either. Sure, I have been fighting off a flare for the last few days but it was in combination with a cold and a stomach bug that was going around my little one's school. Anytime I am exposed to a viral infection or bacterial infection I tend to end up with said infection and then this said infection compromises my health because of lupus and Sjogren's. I'm in the moderate to severe stages so that basically means that when a bug of any short hits me, it hits hard. I'm getting better from both thank goodness. I still have a stuffy nose and my joints and muscles ache but nothing like they did a few days ago or even yesterday.
As for the so-called "nitrosamines," the FDA really doesn't have a leg, legally speaking, to stand on given the sheer number of items in our environment with this chemical in it. We can't turn around without walking right into nitrosamines. So, since there is no way to avoid contact with nitrosamines, what is the giant humongous deal the FDA is trying to make? It's like trying to run from the air we breath. It's not possible. We are always going to have air to breath as long as there is oxygen on this planet. We will always have nitrosamines as long as people are on this planet and possibly beyond should we ever develop the ability to leave our earth-bound home for somewhere out among the stars.
Is it really worth mentioning that their are nitrosamines in the e-liquid or pre-filled liquids? Maybe. Is it a reason to pull the e-liquids and pre-filled carts off the shelves? A resounding NO.
In the end, E-cigarettes are a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes no matter how you toss, turn, or spin it. I'm living proof as are many others on this forum who have found that since using e-cigs over tobacco cigs they can do things they were unable to do before because of the tobacco cigarettes.
It's still my opinion that the FDA is receiving pressure from Big Pharma and the Tobacco industry because e-cigs and the liquid is safer than most if not all of what they are selling plus it's a hell of a lot cheaper thus it cuts into their big budgets not to mention those billion-dollars worth of bonuses at the end of the year or the quarter as well as all the palms that must be greased with our tax dollars to keep us sick and stuck on tobacco cigarettes.
The FDA needs to step back and leave us alone. I would have no problem with their running quality checks but here is my fear. They don't want an inch. They want a hundred or so miles. It will start out as capping the nicotine levels we can buy, then it will be capping the places where we can buy them. Then it will be capping or cutting off supplies for those with chronic illnesses. The next thing you know the FDA has the CDC involved and we can kiss not only e-cigarettes goodbye but also tobacco cigarettes while they let booze stay as it is just as it has over the last century or more.
Personally, I don't trust the FDA. I don't trust the CDC either. They lie and make statistics say what they want them to say. Just look at what the FDA did by scaring off potential smokers who would otherwise be feeling the breathing in their lungs without the wheezes, crackles, and franks. They scared those people just to keep them hooked on a tobacco cigarette that is 100x if not 1000x more dangerous all in the name of the almighty dollars from taxes.
Look at Fen Fen. Look at Prozac. Look at all the other drugs, which I can't name off the top of my head right now (still got some brain fog going on up there from the flare so please forgive me) that were deemed safe by the FDA yet caused people to die of heart conditions and blood clots, or go into rages where they committed murder or suicide or even both. There is even a case where a 13yo child came into a specific emergency room after stabbing her parent because she wasn't getting some type of decorations at her birthday party! Yet we are supposed to trust the FDA? I won't mention the drug but if you do enough research you will find those which cause hallucinogenic effects as well as suicidal tendencies in average people and young adults where the pharmaceuticals didn't take the time to properly test and the FDA allowed them the green light to push the drug through. There are many drugs still on the shelves that are just that dangerous yet the FDA allows any doctor in the country to prescribe it yet when the subject of lawsuit comes up, you play ring around the Rosie while the defense attorneys blame the victim and ultimately the doctor, the pharmacy, and the pharmaceutical company as well as the FDA get off scot-free while 'We the People" pay the price for their mistakes. Is it really worth it in the end?
I can't answer that question for you or anybody else but when it comes to e-cigarettes, I can trust my own judgment and I don't need our government trying to play parent along with the FDA trying to play the other parent because I am an adult and if I want to use a product not proven by the FDA then I should be able to do so. Look at all the cosmetics and wrinkle creams available online as well as the latest fad diet plans and vitamins sold all without the FDA approval yet nothing is said. You have to ask yourself what makes these products any different than electric cigarettes. It all comes back to the same thing. It's a giant bark up the you-know-where for Big Pharma and Big Tobacco as well as all the congressional leaders and patsies who are on the take to get it stalled so nobody loses their precious billions upon billions in tax revenue.
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