There is a great deal of mistrust of nicotine, with a great many people convinced how dangerous it is and it must be banned at any cost and yet the Royal College of Physicians recently recommended that the age at which NRT can be given be dropped to just 12 years of age and that has since been adopted, so it cannot be all that dangerous can it?
Some would classify nicotine is a 'poison' and that it toxic if taken in sufficient quantities. This is true. However, the same accusation could be levelled against many of the substances that occur naturally in what we eat and drink every day. It is a basic law of toxicology that it is dosage that determines whether or not something is 'poisonous' and I believe people are confusing nicotine with all the real poisons and carcinogens in tobacco cigarettes.
The problem is of course that the anti-smoking brigade are so vehemently opposed to smoking, they object on principle to anything that even remotely resembles a cigarette without realising that their quit or die messages are simply not getting through.
Ismoke, I just noticed that you're registering as a supplier on the forum and felt that I should respond to your post above. If you are selling, storing and handling nicotine I think you should be more aware of the dangers.
Nicotine is
very poisonous, 60mg can kill an adult, that's 2/3ml of high nic juice or 3 classic size cartridges. Less can kill a child or pet, all they have to do is swallow the core from a cartridge or two and they would be dead. It amazes me that authorities in many countries still allow unregulated nicotine to be sold on the open market, this is a very hazardous substance. It doesn't have to be swallowed either, it can be absorbed through skin. Inhaling nicotine is not harmless either, it is a vasoconstrictor and can cause heart and circulatory problems.
Medical nicotine has been put through years of clinical trials and tests. Dosage and purity is strictly controlled, handling and labelling are regulated too. There is no comparison with esmoking supplies, we are living in limbo at the moment, it will not last forever, safety measures will be enforced. I suggest that you learn to respect this hazardous chemical and not present it to the public as something benign.
Our problem at the moment doesn't appear to me to be the anti-smoking brigade so much as ignorance within our own community.
Rusty, I wouldn't be any good on telly, I get terrible stage fright.
