Synthetic Nicotine vs Tobacco-"derived"

[jmvallee]

Pls forgive me if this sounds like a dumb question.... My science know-how/understanding is limited (I'm a numbers person - lol)

With all the discssion about niotine being a tobacco derived product and thus maybe falling under regulations of some sort, isn't there such a thing as synthetic nicotine?

Seems I read that it was used as a pesticide and then banned in the 70's.

I know other products such as vitamins use synthetic ingredients....

Any one know the answer?

 

[vaporboy]

I gusee there is no Synthetic Nicotine, only tobacco-derived nicotine avaliable.

 

[SLDS181]

Lobeline is sometimes called synthetic nicotine, it hits the same receptors as nicotine, and is derived from whats called "indian tobacco". Its not actually nicotine though.

 

[yvilla]

Jmvallee, what you seem to be getting confused is that ecig liquid being "tobacco derived" is SE and NJoy's main defense against the FDA seizure of their products.

If ecigs are determined to be a new "drug product" (meant for smoking cessation), they can be easily squashed for not having gone through the onerous, lengthy and extremely expensive new drug application process found in the federal FD&C Act.

However, if they are determined to be merely an alternative to smoking cigarettes (a vastly less harmful tobacco derived product), then even though the FDA has just recently been given jurisdiction over tobacco products as well as drugs, ecigs stand a much better chance of surviving. First, it would mean a "win" for SE and NJoy in the currently pending lawsuit, and second, the specifics of how "modified risk tobacco products" will be regulated under the new legislation have yet to be ironed out. That should give ecig vendors time and breathing space to continue selling ecigs, and for negotiation with the FDA as to the future of ecigs.

 

[jmvallee]

Jmvallee, what you seem to be getting confused is that ecig liquid being "tobacco derived" is SE and NJoy's main defense against the FDA seizure of their products.

If ecigs are determined to be a new "drug product" (meant for smoking cessation), they can be easily squashed for not having gone through the onerous, lengthy and extremely expensive new drug application process found in the federal FD&C Act.

However, if they are determined to be merely an alternative to smoking cigarettes (a vastly less harmful tobacco derived product), then even though the FDA has just recently been given jurisdiction over tobacco products as well as drugs, ecigs stand a much better chance of surviving. First, it would mean a "win" for SE and NJoy in the currently pending lawsuit, and second, the specifics of how "modified risk tobacco products" will be regulated under the new legislation have yet to be ironed out. That should give ecig vendors time and breathing space to continue selling ecigs, and for negotiation with the FDA as to the future of ecigs.

I've bee waiting for the decision... I cme aboard to vaping in th middle of the lawsuit/controversey. I do understand what you are saying now...

 

[Kent C]

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