What's *right with e-cigarettes

[sonicbomb]

Title needed correcting, but otherwise a positive piece.
One point, the part about combustion products being called tar is incorrect. Combustion products are one thing, tar is another.

 

[Bunnykiller]

actually, tars are the partially combusted resins/oils found in tobacco, so in effect, tar isnt just one thing but a combination of many things...

 

[DaveP]

It's been obvious for a long time that government skepticism of e-cigarettes is tied to the revenue from the Master tobacco Settlement. Anything that reduces smoking reduces income to the states who receive annual payments based on cigarette company revenue. If enough people quit smoking the states will never receive the annual tobacco company funding that they've already borrowed against. Ecigs negatively affect the bottom line numbers of cigarette company payments to states.

It's no surprise that states, especially those who receive larger payouts are against vaping. That pressures Congress when it comes to voting down FDA regs. Of course, they have to explain it to their constituents in a way that gets them re-elected.

 

[sonicbomb]

actually, tars are the partially combusted resins/oils found in tobacco, so in effect, tar isnt just one thing but a combination of many things...

ALL things are a combination of things, oxygen, carbon etc. What the video states is that the hundreds of different materials produced by burning tobacco and paper are known as tar. This is not correct.