Great Bohannan quotes from this broadcast:
"If you're addicted to something that's not harming your body otherwise, it's not great but it'd be better than something that's tearing your lungs apart."
"So why would there be a war [against e-cigarettes] in the first place against that? ...why would the government be opposed to this at all? I mean, is there something in these e-cigarettes that is even worse than
tobacco? Which I add, by the way, is a VERY rhetorical question."
"Are these people brain dead? Have none of them in fact actually touched
tobacco? Are they that removed from reality? How..I mean, do these people need an instruction manual to even breathe? I mean, this is pretty stupid!"
"Now, when we...when we reach this level of stupidity, here, it boggles the imagination that anybody is really that obtuse. Then you have to start asking the question, whether it's...it's the answer is yes or not, you have to at least ask the question. Rather than assume anybody is that brain-dead, vacuum-headed stupid, is there some special interest at work here that somehow stands to gain from this because, again, I...I can't believe people are actually this stupid, can even breathe without a little note in front of them that says 'inhale, exhale.' I mean, who...who would stand to benefit from this in terms of a special interest group?"
"...If you're going to talk about the residual effects of the nicotine, why then is not a similar crusade being mounted against the nicotine gum or the patches? Because that's the only thing...I...I don't see the difference really. In...in all three cases, e-cigarettes, nicotine gum and patches, you're talking about the ingestion of nicotine without the harmful products of
tobacco. Why are these not lumped together in the minds of Senator Lautenberg and others?"
"Whatever, that's beside the point. If it gets people to quit, whatever. I...Anything short of suicide is worth pursuing in terms of getting people off of cigarettes!"
[on e-cigs being a gateway to smoking] "Oh, that is utter horse crap! That is the most non-sensical thing I ever heard in my life. Yet, kids are lined up to get e-cigarettes. [laughs] Again, when you reach this level...and I'll say the word again, stupidity...I am really challenged to believe anybody's that dumb. There has to be an alterior motive here."
