Hi all,
I found out about e-cigarettes just today, coincidentaly by reading an article about Canadian government banning these devices. Also a senator in USA is trying to do the similiar thing. By reading forums on this website we can say that most people do not agree with Canadian Government, or the Senator on this issue. I'd like to show to you that they might be right.
Many posters on these forums are owners of e-cigarette shops, they even have their own forums. These people will encourage smokers to switch to e-cigarettes. I am sure they are nice, and all, but the motivation is mainly for profit.
A simple search on youtube for e-cigarettes will bring up dozzens of videos about e-cigarettes. What you can notice is that 90% of those videos are made by various owners of e-cigarette shops. Also you can see how e-cigarettes are portrayed as a new cool thing: beautiful girls smoking e-cigs, business man in full body armour smoking e-cigs, and stylish e-cig packaging. Does this remind you of something? Think 1960's cigarette commercials.
Nicoting is very addictive drug, even if it is smoked in a "healthy" way. This is truth and a fact we can't deny (otherwise you would not be on this board, and reading this article). Now would you like this new cool cigarettes, yet addictive, to get out into real world without restrictings? Damn half the articles I've read, and videos I saw made me want to start smoking, even though I am already a smoker, which really messed around with my head. A healthy way to smoke cigarettes with no side effects, at a fraction of price? WHY NOT!? Think about it!
Internet is very pro e-cigarettes. Do a simple search on google for e-cigarettes and you won't find a single bad thing about them. The only article that said something bad about these was on these forums regarding chemicals used in e-liquid (PG/VG??). Again 90% of this positive content is contributed by e-cig shop owners. I would not like to see this type of hype on tv/radio or even in your local pharmacy, where your teenagers come to buy condoms (
).
In perfect world the above is motivation of the governments to step in and stop e-cigarettes from becaming the next thing for teenagers to do. But who knows what is the motivation of THIS Senator/Canadian Government? Money? protecting the current tabacco companies? maybe even genuie interest to help society.
Personally, I am not agains e-cigarettes, I've even ordered a starter kit to give this device a try. Maybe it's just as useless as a nicotine gum, maybe its not. Who knows. I wont be using it to quit nicotine, I just want to have something that feels like cigarette yet does not kill me 10 minutes at a time, 8$ a day (Canadian). I am not sure if this will do the job, but If I can use it for atleast 2 weeks I ll get my money's worth.
I ll end this by saying that this device should not be sold in local kiosks, and it should only be available through pharmacy with perscription. Don't know about internet sales... how many teenagers have a credit card, with $100 to blow? Hopefully these days kids have better ideas on what to do with that kind of money...
2 cents.
I found out about e-cigarettes just today, coincidentaly by reading an article about Canadian government banning these devices. Also a senator in USA is trying to do the similiar thing. By reading forums on this website we can say that most people do not agree with Canadian Government, or the Senator on this issue. I'd like to show to you that they might be right.
Many posters on these forums are owners of e-cigarette shops, they even have their own forums. These people will encourage smokers to switch to e-cigarettes. I am sure they are nice, and all, but the motivation is mainly for profit.
A simple search on youtube for e-cigarettes will bring up dozzens of videos about e-cigarettes. What you can notice is that 90% of those videos are made by various owners of e-cigarette shops. Also you can see how e-cigarettes are portrayed as a new cool thing: beautiful girls smoking e-cigs, business man in full body armour smoking e-cigs, and stylish e-cig packaging. Does this remind you of something? Think 1960's cigarette commercials.
Nicoting is very addictive drug, even if it is smoked in a "healthy" way. This is truth and a fact we can't deny (otherwise you would not be on this board, and reading this article). Now would you like this new cool cigarettes, yet addictive, to get out into real world without restrictings? Damn half the articles I've read, and videos I saw made me want to start smoking, even though I am already a smoker, which really messed around with my head. A healthy way to smoke cigarettes with no side effects, at a fraction of price? WHY NOT!? Think about it!
Internet is very pro e-cigarettes. Do a simple search on google for e-cigarettes and you won't find a single bad thing about them. The only article that said something bad about these was on these forums regarding chemicals used in e-liquid (PG/VG??). Again 90% of this positive content is contributed by e-cig shop owners. I would not like to see this type of hype on tv/radio or even in your local pharmacy, where your teenagers come to buy condoms (
). In perfect world the above is motivation of the governments to step in and stop e-cigarettes from becaming the next thing for teenagers to do. But who knows what is the motivation of THIS Senator/Canadian Government? Money? protecting the current tabacco companies? maybe even genuie interest to help society.
Personally, I am not agains e-cigarettes, I've even ordered a starter kit to give this device a try. Maybe it's just as useless as a nicotine gum, maybe its not. Who knows. I wont be using it to quit nicotine, I just want to have something that feels like cigarette yet does not kill me 10 minutes at a time, 8$ a day (Canadian). I am not sure if this will do the job, but If I can use it for atleast 2 weeks I ll get my money's worth.
I ll end this by saying that this device should not be sold in local kiosks, and it should only be available through pharmacy with perscription. Don't know about internet sales... how many teenagers have a credit card, with $100 to blow? Hopefully these days kids have better ideas on what to do with that kind of money...
2 cents.
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