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Tonee N

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Anyone read this? Seems incompatible with other studies I've seen. E-cigarettes potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, UConn study shows

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Thing is, these guys were using their setup to test their new cheap detector of dna damage. That was really what it was about, and I guess they figured using e cigs would make a splash for them and garner some attention.

Given it a brand new testing method that appears a bit out of step with more traditional test methods (who's accuracy was not in dispute, it was the cost of them, not how good they were), I figure they need a little more work on the validity of their $4 dna test kit.
 

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I just smelled the inside of the priority mail envelop I received my vape mail in and got second-hand vape!
I better call my lawyer!

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Wait until your postal worker person applies for disability from all the damage your vape orders caused. You just HAD to order 50 packages for delivery, week after week.
 

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And all had a sticker "Not for internal use"
Exactly! I almost ate my lawnmower yesterday.
It seems that companies are just going to keep rubber-stamping warning labels on everything. Something will come along to take all the fake studies, news, and attention off of vaping.
Something always comes along.


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Exactly! I almost ate my lawnmower yesterday.
It seems that companies are just going to keep rubber-stamping warning labels on everything. Something will come along to take all the fake studies, news, and attention off of vaping.
Something always comes along.
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For me, it's the new "Warning: this product contains Nicotine" labels on the empty tanks.

I could press one of them until liquid comes out, but I'm fairly certain that tests wouldn't indicate any nicotine...

Then I'd feel cheated.. I'd be "where is this nicotine I've been promised?"
 

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For me, it's the new "Warning: this product contains Nicotine" labels on the empty tanks.

I could press one of them until liquid comes out, but I'm fairly certain that tests wouldn't indicate any nicotine...

Then I'd feel cheated.. I'd be "where is this nicotine I've been promised?"
Exactly! There was no nicotine in my 2 Vandy Vape boxes.
I needed stitches after squeezing my tanks.

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Man, I wish vaping was the cure to the common cold. I still get them. I have one now, in fact. Throat hurt over the weekend, now my head is stuffy and chest congested.
I wish it cured allergies. I live in the land of sage brush.

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It's so easy to say or assume people should do research before coming to conclusions yet sometimes I think that many of us forget that the average Joe or Jane gets their *facts* from other people who've also done no research.

I believe we are more involved in research because we're part of a forum that takes pride in getting it right and denouncing false claims of ecig use overall.

I don't think a person being "smart" has anything to do with what we feel they should've done.


As you were....
 

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Long time, no posts. Regardless I had to comment about common cold resistance I've experienced in the past 3 1/2 years.
Might start with a scratchy throat in the morning, then gone the next day many times over. I haven't come close to a full blown cold in years.
Seems to work for me.
 

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It's so easy to say or assume people should do research before coming to conclusions yet sometimes I think that many of us forget that the average Joe or Jane gets their *facts* from other people who've also done no research.

I believe we are more involved in research because we're part of a forum that takes pride in getting it right and denouncing false claims of ecig use overall.

I don't think a person being "smart" has anything to do with what we feel they should've done.


As you were....

I think it's also easy to forget that we're on a forum for vaping enthusiasts - we probably represent a tiny fraction of the vaping population.
Not everybody thinks about vaping in the detail we do - I know several people who vape, but it's not a big part of their lives and they don't devote much time to learning about it.
It even varies among people on this forum - many people don't build their own coils or wouldn't use a mech mod etc.

An analogy might be cars - almost everybody owns and drives a car, but not as many people know how to change their own oil. Even fewer people would tackle the job of overhauling their brakes.
Some people are so into cars that they would work on an automatic transmission.

Doesn't mean you are stupid if you don't crawl under your jeep in the snow to fix your CV joint, it's just not something you're 'into'.

Long time, no posts. Regardless I had to comment about common cold resistance I've experienced in the past 3 1/2 years.
Might start with a scratchy throat in the morning, then gone the next day many times over. I haven't come close to a full blown cold in years.
Seems to work for me.

I used to get three or four colds per year. Since I started vaping just over a year ago, I have only had one full blown cold.
My family have had a few (a particularly bad year) but like you said, I just got a scratchy throat for a day or so.

I don't know if vaping has had a protective effect, or if it's just that I'm touching my mouth less than I did when I used to smoke.
 
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You should ask him if he knows what is in his toothpaste.

Flouride. I read it's a neurotoxin. I don't have links to back that up, but just don't swallow it.

Supposedly, flouride is good for teeth as a topical application (as in toothpaste), but worthless in drinking water. So, why are they putting a neurotoxin in drinking water that does no good for preventing cavities???

I know--off topic. Never mind, just venting...
 
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Flouride. I read it's a neurotoxin. I don't have links to back that up, but just don't swallow it.

Supposedly, flouride is good for teeth as a topical application (as in toothpaste), but worthless in drinking water. So, why are they putting a neurotoxin in drinking water that does no good for preventing cavities???

I know--off topic. Never mind, just venting...

Not off topic at all actually, it's another example of how an intelligent person can come to the wrong conclusion by being fed incorrect information.

The fluoride in the water ends up in your saliva and thus constantly washes over the teeth, ie a continuous very low concentration topical application.

It is indeed a neurotoxin in high enough concentrations, but perfectly safe in the levels found in tap water.

All the negative press about fluoride in drinking water is nonsense, just like the article my friend read that said vaping is worse than smoking.

Unfortunately, plenty of perfectly intelligent and reasonable people end up believing it.

If you want a good laugh, Google 'dihydrogen monoxide'.
 

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Not off topic at all actually, it's another example of how an intelligent person can come to the wrong conclusion by being fed incorrect information.

The fluoride in the water ends up in your saliva and thus constantly washes over the teeth, ie a continuous very low concentration topical application.

It is indeed a neurotoxin in high enough concentrations, but perfectly safe in the levels found in tap water.

All the negative press about fluoride in drinking water is nonsense, just like the article my friend read that said vaping is worse than smoking.

Unfortunately, plenty of perfectly intelligent and reasonable people end up believing it.

If you want a good laugh, Google 'dihydrogen monoxide'.
Nah, that one's a joke, only someone that never went to school wouldn't get it...

I'd go more with "chem trails" if you really want to see a serious BS propaganda paranoid item.
 
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