Obama Struggles With Smoking 'Addiction' as He Praises Congress for New Tobacco Regulations

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I don't understand some of the posts on here. Some of you are saying, that despite using the e-cig, you still crave a proper cigarette. :confused:

I've smoked for 40 years, bought my first e-cig in August '08, and haven't touched or desired a proper cigarette since that day.

I'm using 18mg strength liquids, and find my e-cig more than satisfies my nicotine needs.
 

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I don't understand some of the posts on here. Some of you are saying, that despite using the e-cig, you still crave a proper cigarette. :confused:

I've smoked for 40 years, bought my first e-cig in August '08, and haven't touched or desired a proper cigarette since that day.

I'm using 18mg strength liquids, and find my e-cig more than satisfies my nicotine needs.

Everyone's different.
I haven't had one in three-plus weeks now after smoking for 30 years.
Some folks get a bad battery/atty, bad carts, fluids, etc. and as a result had to go back to analogs.
It could be a great number of reasons.
 

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I don't understand some of the posts on here. Some of you are saying, that despite using the e-cig, you still crave a proper cigarette. :confused:

I've smoked for 40 years, bought my first e-cig in August '08, and haven't touched or desired a proper cigarette since that day.

I'm using 18mg strength liquids, and find my e-cig more than satisfies my nicotine needs.

Same deal here. The moment I picked up my first 4081 (mistake) was the day I stopped smoking analogues. Now my 510 and 801s are doing full time duty. I feel better, my breath isn't disgusting and I can smell again. Fantastic!
 

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    Yea = That smelling again has it's downsides too - ;)

    But yea SM same here - I just found an analog in my desk earlier today and decided to give it a try as an experiment - Didn't crave it - Just wanted to see how it was after a nearly a month without - I been vaping 24-36mg in a chain smoking way -

    WOW - it made me dizzy as hell and then sick to my stomach - It's definitely not the nicotine I was feeling - I put it out halfway through - If they do take my e-juice away - I won't go back to that nasty sh** that's for sure!
     

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    The most troubling part of the article is this

    The bill aims to could curb the roughly 400,000 deaths a year attributed to smoking. It would allow the FDA to reduce how much nicotine is in cigarettes. It would also ban most cigarettes flavoring, excluding menthol.

    Of course, our wise members of political brains do realize that reducing nicotine will cause people to smoke more and deeper due to "compensation". Don't they? 8-o

    That roughly 400,000 deaths a year will easily double because of this bill. Maybe the world does want to eradicate every smoker off the face of the Earth. Who knows at this point.

    And for Obama, "struggling with nicotine addiction", my heart bleeds for you. Welcome to Marlboro Country! Suck on 'em hard, dude. Everyone else will :pervy:
     
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    Obama Struggles With Smoking 'Addiction' as He Praises Congress for New Tobacco Regulations - Political News - FOXNews.com

    WASHINGTON -- The White House acknowledged Friday President Obama is still struggling to break his smoking addiction even as the president congratulated Congress for passing tough new regulations that puts tobacco under control of the Food and Drug Administration for the first time.
    Asked if the president still smoked, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama has "a struggle with nicotine addiction" every day.
    Oh I see--We are supposed to pity the president since he is 'struggling' with tobacco addiction, but everyone else that smokes or is addicted to nicotine is despised. So the FDA will outlaw it all for our own good.
    It's all so clear to me now........................:rolleyes:
     

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    The FDA isn't going to outlaw it.

    I got in hot water her for saying this before, but here goes again.

    To be consistent, maybe the FDA should just go ahead and outlaw smoking. At least they'd be consistent if they did. As it is, any regulation they place on smoking is going to be unfair and contradictory. The exception for menthol being a prime example. Either ****e or get off the pot, FDA.

    You may now flame me back to the stone age.
     

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    Of course, our wise members of political brains do realize that reducing nicotine will cause people to smoke more and deeper due to "compensation". Don't they? 8-o

    Our wise members of political brains realize that 80% of voters don't smoke, and that's all that matters to them. As long as they can keep non-smokers from understanding or even caring, who cares what happens to smokers. This legislation gets favorable numbers from four out of five come the next election and the center finger is solely reserved for us.
     

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    There's something to that, but the REAL issue is campaign contributions. Both parties get some of their biggest contributions from tobacco companies. That's one of the central reasons that votes go the way they do.

    As I said elsewhere... want the government to act in your interest again? Support public election financing. We're already paying for it in the price of things we buy and in the intrusive legislation that lobbyists force through Congress. Why not cut out the middle man and make politicians beholden to US again.
     

    BigJimW

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    Our wise members of political brains realize that 80% of voters don't smoke, and that's all that matters to them. As long as they can keep non-smokers from understanding or even caring, who cares what happens to smokers. This legislation gets favorable numbers from four out of five come the next election and the center finger is solely reserved for us.


    Sad truth. :( But imagine what would happen if the remaining 20% quit altogether or took up e-cigs? The tax revenue drying up? The government would be screwed.

    It's little wonder why the gobernment wants to ban them. To keep us smoking analogs, keep that money flowing in, and to keep our mouths shut while the gobernment makes them "safer". :nah:

    Am I the only one that sees a problem here? 8-o
     

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    Sad truth. :( But imagine what would happen if the remaining 20% quit altogether or took up e-cigs? The tax revenue drying up? The government would be screwed.

    It's little wonder why the gobernment wants to ban them. To keep us smoking analogs, keep that money flowing in, and to keep our mouths shut while the gobernment makes them "safer". :nah:

    Am I the only one that sees a problem here? 8-o

    THAT'S why I've been handing out my cards.
    Everyone knows a smoker.
    If Washington is depending on only 20% of the population to keep them afloat, the least I can do is remove the air one smoker at a time.
     

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    To be consistent, maybe the FDA should just go ahead and outlaw smoking. At least they'd be consistent if they did. As it is, any regulation they place on smoking is going to be unfair and contradictory. The exception for menthol being a prime example. Either ****e or get off the pot, FDA.


    Surf Monkey, you got that exactly right. Ban everything or leave it alone, of course, too late already, they're top now. This whole thing: HISTORIC HYSTERIA. It's just too bad they can't be out here to hear what the "people" are saying. If they cared at all they'd know they've really done it now. People are scared, and admittedly quite unhappy with their change.
    But notice as we go forward, as they tie up all the loose ends that so far haven't been included, all those loose ends will look very much like a Hangman's Knot, and the public won't even see it coming. Go look around for a good place to put a soup kitchen.
     
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