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E-Cigarettes Finding New Users in Teens
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| Sept. 05, 2013
| Alexandra Sifferlin
Posted on 09/05/2013 4:20:42 PM PDT by Drango
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To: Drango
This coming from a government that promotes butt sex.
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:30:52 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Don't blame me for McCain.)
To: Drango
I quit cigarettes 5 years ago using e-cigs. The cost is a small fraction of what cigarettes cost. California is complaining about all the smokers who switched to e-cigs after the last cig tax increase. The state and the feds are not getting the money they had hoped for.
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:40:05 PM PDT
by
1035rep
To: 1035rep
Excellent. Do you have any insights/opinions on teenager addiction to nicotine?
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:43:08 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
Nothing ad hominem about my comment, unlike yours.
The same people that changed the definition of habituation to addiction are the same people who changed the definition of homosexuality from a mental disorder to a normal thing.
You take them on their word on one but not the other? You have an inconsistency here, don’t you?
More times than not when it comes to “smoking” you really have no clue of what you are speaking, you just spout the PC pharma lines because of your deep seated hatred of even the idea of anyone using tobacco in any way, shape, or form.
In my life, and that of many, many people I know, ditching the coffee was far harder than ditching the smokes. Cutting the coffee caused me nearly migraine level headaches. With cigarettes it was finding something to do with my hands.
Addiction vs. habituation.
You really should look into just who/what it is you believe and stop relying on your FEEEEEEEEELINGS............
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:43:34 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Drango
Addiction of any sort is not a good thing. I think it’s up to their parents to resolve.
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:48:38 PM PDT
by
1035rep
To: Gabz
Most (not all) of the libertarian do your own thing, stop government camp, were dismayed when Sandusky was convicted of child molestation. After all, it’s for the parents to regulate their kids safety, not the government. Parents not society should decide if their kids become addicts or get molested was their mantra.
You are truly disgusting.
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:50:34 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Peter W. Kessler
Me too. I didn’t lie to myself about quitting nicotine by using ecigs. I knew it was just a different nicotine delivery system.
I’m sure the tobacco lobby will fund a study about how bad ecigs wre, uncle sugar will tax the crap out of them. Give it time.
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:54:26 PM PDT
by
DirtyPigpen
(Semper Fi)
To: Peter W. Kessler
Bet ya can stink up the place with a fart and a $5.00 a cup coffee breath.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:04:14 PM PDT
by
Goldie Lurks
(professional moonbat catcher)
To: Drango
You are truly disgusting. And you have the nerve to accuse me of ad hominem attacks?
BTW, I'm not, and have never been a libertarian and believed Sandusky should have been charged with a capital offense. So you can stick that attitude right up into the same dark hole that your knowledge of folks who enjoy tobacco exists.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:11:06 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Gabz
To: DirtyPigpen; Peter W. Kessler
Im sure the tobacco lobby will fund a study about how bad ecigs wre, uncle sugar will tax the crap out of them. It is not the tobacco industry doing the studies to do that, it is the anti-smoker lobby doing that.
It is organizations like the American Lung Association and companies like Johnson and Johnson that are promoting all of the anti e-cig "studies" and behind the push to have them banned the same way as actual cigarettes.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:17:43 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
Thank you, my FRiend!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:18:22 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Drango
Do you have any insights/opinions on teenager addiction to nicotine?
It is very unlikely for anyone to get addicted to nicotine via e-cigs (contrary to the inane 'nicotine is as addictive as heroin' lie). The addiction of cigarettes is poorly understood, but it is not a straightforward drug addiction. It appears that certain chemicals in tobacco, and certain chemicals used during the curing process, act in a manner similar to free-basing. Taken orally, or via the patch, or through a vapor, nicotine is at most only mildly addictive. Withdrawal effects are negligible, and in most clinical tests, not even noticed by the subjects.
In addition, nicotine itself has virtually no negative effects, and certainly not any serious ones, despite the 100s of millions of dollars spent on trying to find any such effects. What we do know, however, is that nicotine has a large number of positive effects, ranging from anti-depression, increased levels of concentration, alertness, and even tested IQ -- in a Duke study, students given nicotine via water tested far higher on intelligence than those given a placebo (an effect far in excess of supplements marketed as such), and, even more impressively, the effects didn't fade over time. If it weren't for smoking, in fact, it is not inconceivable that nicotine would be marketed as a supplement.
Finally, if you really are worried that nicotine dependence will result from ecig abuse by teens, make sure we outlaw salads as well, since nicotine is found in many edible vegetables.
I eagerly await the sounds of crickets, while waiting on your response.
To: Gabz
Stop pimping addiction and/or death. Someone might believe you that you care about kids.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:33:32 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
Stop pimping addiction and/or death. Someone might believe you that you care about kids.
You are the one pimping addiction and/or death, and I for one think you are aware of that. Ecigs have a much higher rate of success than any other smoking secession method, with no known negative effects. Making them illegal or more difficult to obtain, is "pimping addiction", since the net result is more people smoking.
To: jjsheridan5
in a Duke study, students given nicotine via water tested far higher on intelligence than those given a placebo I suggest you run with this one. Nicotine makes you smarter. Sure. Meanwhile all the other studies are junk. But this one, yeah, it's the real thing. Run with it.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:37:52 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
Well, as a stimulant, it could. The question is do you want someone hooked on this stuff for the sake of the high.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:39:26 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Drango
Are you fishing for an enumerated power?
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:43:35 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: DirtyPigpen
Well, thanks to e cigs, I have not used tobacco in months After more than 30 years of smoking, all I have now is my E-Cig. O2 blood level 99 and my lungs have never been better. My cardiac Doc is thrilled with them. If it is dangerous then so are the patches and gum.
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:44:35 PM PDT
by
chesty_puller
(Viet Nam 1970-71 He who shed blood with me shall forever be my brother. Shak.)
To: Drango
What “other studies” are you referring to? Having researched this issue for years, I recall many studies that showed similar results, but I don’t recall any showing the opposite. What is so hard to grasp that a naturally occurring vegetable product may have a positive transitory effect on displayed intelligence?
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