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They're proposing removing most of the nicotine from real cigarettes, too.

I haven't consumed any nicotine in quite some time, but I find the whole thing very obnoxious. (Smoking is a sin, but a pleasure. I'd like the freedom to navigate that choice myself, thank you very much.)




>They're proposing removing most of the nicotine from real cigarettes, too.

This must have been imagined by people who have no understanding of drugs whatsoever. Lessening the content of nicotine is likely to make people smoke -more-, I'd wager, inhaling more tar/cancer inducing substances in the process.

When the first e-cigs hit the market, most of the commonly found ones were things like the Joyetech eGo and eliquids that were frankly, unable to provide the necessary amount of nicotine to truly replace cigarettes. I found myself using the device far more than I smoked cigarettes, although it's probably still not as bad. A few studies proved that it's not just in the mind, people who vaped with those devices didn't have much nicotine in their bloodstream. Modern e-cigarettes with high power delivery, or low power combined with nicotine salts, satisfy me much faster and I don't feel a craving all day like I did with the eGo.

Removing the nicotine but keeping the cancer stick has to be one of the dumbest thing I've ever heard of in my life. Absolutely insanity, this is just going to make people burn more cancer sticks to satisfy their craving.


Europe has about half the nicotine of american cigarettes and maybe double the smokers. That makes no sense to me.




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