Actually, RJ Reynolds produced a 'smokeless' cigarette around 1990, called, 'Premier'. It produced an atomized vapor with nicotine. It was nice electronic and the mist was produced by drawing on it. They spent millions on R&D. It enjoyed a minor success, but the bad taste doomed it. They then sold the technology to the Jananese, who sat on it. Then in '96 they came out with 'Eclipse', which most of you never heard of because they can't effectively advertise. Like Premier, RJR had fears that Eclipse would be seazed by the FDA as a 'narcotic delivery system'. Eclipse is still available, but hard to find. I smoked them from '96 until last year when I switched to e-cigs. They look and taste like a real cig, but don't burn tobacco, so they are much healthier. You light a cylinder in the tip which burns over 6 min. A metal ring keeps the tobacco from igniting. The heat cylinder heats the tobacco to the point where you are vaping steam....steam which tastes very much like a cigarette (there is an abundance of moisture in tobacco). It contains NONE of the known carcinogens in regular cigarettes. Nicotine (although less) comes across in the steam. Real nice product. The docs in our respiratory dept. would advise their patients to switch to it. The anti-smoking groups called it more dangerous than cigarettes, because it would convince people that it's OK to smoke. Boy do they have a clowd over their minds. RJR has given up on that type product because they say that people are always after them to make a healthier product, but when they do, people criticize it. Look at the anti's reaction to e-cigs. Instead of embracing this magnificent product that has helps many thousands become tobacco free, they oppose it. Nobody in their right mind would oppose this alternative, so what does that tell you about the anti-smoking groups? Even doctors support it as an alternative, I know, I'm one of them. Dr. G.
