Can nicotine be made synthetically? If it can then it would no longer be a tobacco product. See what I'm getting at?
Synthetic nicotine
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NO matter where it comes from, if it is nicotine, then it will always carry the association. A lot of other sources may have nicotine as part of its chemical make-up, but as soon as you extract it and use it for inhalation purposes, I don't see it as ever being viewed as truly innocuous. It may make some people feel better that they are not supporting Big tobacco, but it will cost you a lot and the choices of vendors and flavors would disappear.
I think nicotine can be synthesized, but will remain way too expensive for vaping use. Many plants contain nic, but tobacco has so much more than anything else. It takes about 20 pounds of eggplant to have the same amount of nicotine as one cigarette.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...nthetic-nicotine-there-really-such-thing.html Read the opening post from this very old thread.
eggplant too. all nightshade plants have nicotine. i read somewhere that eating 1 serving of eggplant puts more nicotine in your system than sitting in a smoky room for X number of hours 0_o
You forget -- the government isn't the slightest bit rational, nor is it interested in behaving rationally. Regulatory agencies are like Humpty Dumpty: "A word means just what I choose it to mean . . . it's a question of which is to be master."
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You mean there's another use for Eggplant? Nobody in their right mind would eat that stuff...kinda like Brussel Sprouts. -gag-
Clearly you've never had eggplant properly prepared -- it's delicious! ("Taste is subjective"--
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Clearly you've never had eggplant properly prepared -- it's delicious! ("Taste is subjective"--
I noticed that you didn't say anything in the defense of Brussel Sprouts though.
My dad chops them in half, breads them, and fries them in butter and cajun spices until they turn golden crispy. Anyone who can read that and not drool isn't human.
I wonder if it would be advisable ro stay away from those foods if one were quitting.
I wonder if it would be advisable ro stay away from those foods if one were quitting.
Fried eggplant is delicious! Not the healthiest way to eat it, but very good. Baba ganouche is also very good, IMO. Brussels sprouts are very good roasted with some olive oil, salt, and pepper.
I have read that eggplant has, at most, 100 ng of nicotine per gram of vegetable. Seeing as 1,000,000 ng = 1 mg, I wouldn't think it's really enough to make a quitter relapse.
I have read that eggplant has, at most, 100 ng of nicotine per gram of vegetable. Seeing as 1,000,000 ng = 1 mg, I wouldn't think it's really enough to make a quitter relapse.
I noticed that you didn't say anything in the defense of Brussel Sprouts though.
Brussels sprouts lightly salted with olive oil, roasted in an oven on a sheet pan is an awesome way to eat your Brussels sprouts. There is not much that exists in the culinary world that doesn't have its own specific preparation required to make it enjoyable. Boiled Brussels sprouts? No! Roasted Brussels sprouts? OH yeah!
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Brussels sprouts lightly salted with olive oil, roasted in an oven on a sheet pan is an awesome way to eat your Brussels sprouts. There is not much that exists in the culinary world that doesn't have its own specific preparation required to make it enjoyable. Boiled Brussels sprouts? No! Roasted Brussels sprouts? OH yeah!
Yum! We roast ours that way, but we ususally mix in some other veggies. Our favorites with Brussels sprouts are sweet potato and a red onion. I could eat pounds of them that way.
Now as far as synthetic nicotine goes, any extracted nicotine from any source would not be "synthetic". But, I could not care less how much nicotine is in Brussels sprouts or eggplant, I am going to eat them as much as possible--just wanting to stay on topic.
Why to tobacco plants even make nicotine? Is it as a defensive poison to keep from being eaten? Or to addict animals so they keep eating it and spreading their seeds?
Synthotine would be so regulated they would make it a thought crime to want an anolog. So, we're talking far in the future. Double plus ungood.
Synthotine would be so regulated they would make it a thought crime to want an anolog. So, we're talking far in the future. Double plus ungood.
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