Nicotine, TAR, carbon monoxide

[WarHawk-AVG]

Here is a list of the ickies and bad junk in analogs

Take a quick guess as to what you are getting MORE of in each cig, then tell me what ISN'T in E-Cigs

Maybe someone should show this to the anti-smokers

Nicotine, Tar, and CO Content of Regular Cigarette Brands

Oh and someone copy/download that list before it disappears!!

I used to smoke reds

1.1nic 15TAR 15carbon monoxide...15mg of tar each cigarette!!! Imagine...after just 10 cartons how much TAR have you pulled thru your lungs...then imagine why smokers lungs look like this
http://www.smokerslungs.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/smokers-lungs-comparison.png <- click at your own risk (not like we haven't seen it before)

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Ill break it down for you on my cigs...I used to smoke Marlboro Reds
NIC TAR CO BRAND NAME TYPE
1.2 16 15 MARLBORO RED pkg 100 F HP

I got 1.2mg nicotine per cig, 16mg of TAR per cigarette, and 15 mg of Carbon Monoxide per cig...in each pack there is 20 cigs, so 16x20=320mg of TAR, 10 packs a carton =3200mg TAR, smoked a 2 cartons a week for almost 20 years, 52weeks in a year x 2 cartons a week=104, 104 cartons a year x 3200mg TAR = 332,800mg TAR, x 20 years = 6,656,000mg tar (conversion online of mg to lbs = 14.674 lbs of TAR I ingested into my lungs over the time I smoked...now do you understand why all those pictures of the dried up black leather lungs everyone shows you!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe THIS is what we need to show to the dang politicians!

Then gently remind them:
Personal vapers DO NOT HAVE TAR OR CARBON MONOXIDE!!!! Read that again <- Personal vapers DO NOT HAVE TAR OR CARBON MONOXIDE!!!!
Only 4 ingredients, propylene glycol (food preservative, its practically in EVERYTHING...it's NOT antifreeze), food grade flavoring, nicotine extract, and medical grade glycerine) Nicotine in it's pure form without all the garbage from above is another chemical stimulant like caffeine...it is a toxin but in small doses it is just a stimulant...too much can kill you just like caffeine

Personal vapers are a MUCH safer "alternative" form for getting nicotine, just like a patch or a gum (and should be treated as such!)...it's not "perfectly" safe however it is immeasurably safer than normal combustion cigarettes!

 

[BigBen2k]

...14.674 lbs of TAR I ingested into my lungs over the time I smoked...

Maybe THIS is what we need to show to the dang politicians!

Kinda scary, huh?

This information used to be a required display, on Canadian cigarettes. I don't know how it isn't anymore, I believe the information is required to be publicly available.

The new required disclaimer is scarier (!).

Politicians here are the target of lobbying; what's needed is campaign finance reform, then, maybe, some things will get done right.

 

[suspectK]

Campaign finance reform will come after tax reform...

Propylene glycol can be used as antifreeze and is in antifreeze, deoderants, and many, many other things, but just because it has a lower freezing temperature or is used in non-food or medical applications doesn't make it toxic or unsafe. It's a very stable, safe, water soluble compound. I would also assume that it is medical grade. It essentially has the same pharmaceutical applications as vegetable glycerin.