FDA, you mean the thugs who allow drug companies to sell drugs with harmful side effects such as hemorraging, cancer and...oh yeah, death.
It's all about the money, the FDA is useless and should be dissolved
Should the FDA Regulate E-Cigarettes Like Tobacco?
SodaHead News
2011/04/27 19:57:28
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E-Cigarettes, in case you're unfamiliar, are battery-powered vaporizers shaped like cigarettes that convert liquid nicotine into a smooth, breathable vapor.
After much debate, the FDA has decided that it will need to regulate e-cigarettes, but will monitor them as they would tobacco products, as opposed to medical products such as marijuana, WebMD reports.
It is widely believed that e-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes, but little research has been done outside of the e-cigarette companies themselves. The product does not contain tobacco, but the nicotine it contains is derived from it.
After much debate, the FDA has decided that it will need to regulate e-cigarettes, but will monitor them as they would tobacco products, as opposed to medical products such as marijuana, WebMD reports.
The FDA says it decided not to appeal a federal appeals court ruling asserting that e-cigarettes could be regulated as tobacco products and “are not drugs or devices” unless specifically marketed for therapeutic purposes, such as purporting to help people quit smoking.
It is widely believed that e-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes, but little research has been done outside of the e-cigarette companies themselves. The product does not contain tobacco, but the nicotine it contains is derived from it.
Read More: http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/201104...
Top Opinion
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wpsark_BN_0 2011/04/28 17:38:25
So....schizophrenic answer for me.
No....because I don't personally give a crap
Yes... because you can't discriminate based on delivery. Nicotene can't be a controlled substance in some instances and not in others. It either is or isn't.
Good luck to both the pros and the cons. You're both right in a sense. It's the government that's kind of hypocritical, out of step and inconsistent.
The other problem is psychological. During a break at work, after a meal or when you wake up in the morning. Your body isn't SCREAMING out that it's needs you to light a cigarette up for some nicotine. It's all been programmed in your mind. After a meal, ...I have a cigarette. After making love to the wife, ...I need a smoke. I am bored to death in this bumper to bumper, rush hour traffic moving along at 3 mph. That's when people grab the pack, pull one out and light it up.
All of it has nothing to do with nicotine.
It's all about the money, the FDA is useless and should be dissolved
It's a very addictive drug, no matter how you look at it. Smokers are addicts.
I rarely drink coffee and soda is just bad for you!
http://whyquit.com/pr/021606....
The kids are not buying them in the stores or using credit cards to get them.
They are getting them on the streets. And now there's a new twist on the street, "designer cigs".
Comparing Addictive Qualities of Popular Drugs
(Higher score indicates greater effect)
Substance Withdrawal Reinforcemt Tolerance Dependnce Intoxictn
----------- ---------- ----------- --------- --------- ---------
Nicotine 6 4 5 3 2
Heroin 5 5 6 5 5
Cocaine 4 3 3 6 4
Alcohol 3 6 4 4 6
Caffeine 2 2 2 1 1
Marijuana 1 1 1 2 3
Withdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal
symptoms.
Reinforcement: A measure of the substance's ability, in human and animal
tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other
substances.
Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy increasing
cravings for it, an...
http://whyquit.com/pr/021606....
The kids are not buying them in the stores or using credit cards to get them.
They are getting them on the streets. And now there's a new twist on the street, "designer cigs".
Comparing Addictive Qualities of Popular Drugs
(Higher score indicates greater effect)
Substance Withdrawal Reinforcemt Tolerance Dependnce Intoxictn
----------- ---------- ----------- --------- --------- ---------
Nicotine 6 4 5 3 2
Heroin 5 5 6 5 5
Cocaine 4 3 3 6 4
Alcohol 3 6 4 4 6
Caffeine 2 2 2 1 1
Marijuana 1 1 1 2 3
Withdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal
symptoms.
Reinforcement: A measure of the substance's ability, in human and animal
tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other
substances.
Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy increasing
cravings for it, and the level of stable need that is eventually reached.
Dependence: How difficult it is for the user to quit, the relapse rate,
the percentage of people who eventually become dependent, the rating users give
their own need for the substance and the degree to which the substance will be
used in the face of evidence that it causes harm.
Intoxication: Though not usually counted as a measure of addiction in
itself, the level of intoxication is associated with addiction and increases
the personal and social damage a substance may do.
Tetrahydrocannabinol can aid to inhibit some tumor growth in mice. It increases the autophagic nature of some cancer cells to eat themselves(apoptosis). In other words it can activate a cell signaling pathway that leads to cell death. It's use is limited and the chemical Marinol is the mainly used ingredient instead.
By the way: You'd overdose before you in inhaled enough to get a useful dosage of that compound.
It is currently being tested in mice. And the bad part is:
"Marijuana Smokers Face Rapid Lung Destruction -- As Much As 20 Years Ahead Of Tobacco Smokers"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/r...
HEY! I'm not catching a buzz off this weed you sold me! "That's because I already used it in a vaporizer."
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