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[filmdesire]

This is really my first topic, and I think this is the best place to put it!


I was browsing around and I came across a site which explores the use of a new device referred to as the Electronic-Cigarette:

It claims to host coverage from several different news-organisations including the popular CNN and ABC news channels. It is supposedly safe, however can still get you addicted to nicotine, unless you are using a nicotine-free cartridge.

It is quite expensive, however the price is falling... It does not contain products such as tobacco, and the metal cigarette itself is harmless/novelty and does not produce nicotine. It is simply a mechanism.

Dangers highlighted in the video include the fact that it comes in many flavours. This provokes questions amongst parents as to whether it is misguiding to introduce a small range of fruity flavours as it is more marketable to children and non-smokers.

My own research indicates that popular brands that currently market these devices are Gamucci, Milano and Nicocig - regardless of patents...

So if you're a smoker and wish to quit, maybe do your own research and see what this device can offer. PLEASE share your thoughts on this product.

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[BuffaloHelp]

I remember hearing about smokeless cigarettes back in 1985 or so. But after some multi-million dollars in research and development and countless hours of marketing, the owner of smokeless cigarettes pulled the plug. The reason was because it tasted horrible!

But that smokeless cigarettes was an actual cigarettes you light with a lighter--burning real paper and tobacco slash other real ingredients.

I am seeing more and more electronic cigarettes in the mall and kiosks. Although they may claim it's a safer way to smoke, it's still violating cigarette advertising to minors law. These products are still promoting smoking that may have health side-effects, also deploys sex-appeal to lure young and minors for the "sensation."

[anwiii]

i was thinking of purchasing it just to see what it is. my addiction is more habit than any nicotine addiciton. i've quit before without any real side affects so i'm thinking this electric cigarette could be the solution. it's realatively new though. i don't know what any research shows in the dangers of it...i'm gonna wait a little longer until the price comes down more(if it ever catches on....)

BuffaloHelp, on Dec 14 2009, 01:22 AM, said:

I remember hearing about smokeless cigarettes back in 1985 or so. But after some multi-million dollars in research and development and countless hours of marketing, the owner of smokeless cigarettes pulled the plug. The reason was because it tasted horrible!

But that smokeless cigarettes was an actual cigarettes you light with a lighter--burning real paper and tobacco slash other real ingredients.

I am seeing more and more electronic cigarettes in the mall and kiosks. Although they may claim it's a safer way to smoke, it's still violating cigarette advertising to minors law. These products are still promoting smoking that may have health side-effects, also deploys sex-appeal to lure young and minors for the "sensation."

[filmdesire]

anwiii, on Dec 14 2009, 10:27 AM, said:

i was thinking of purchasing it just to see what it is. my addiction is more habit than any nicotine addiciton. i've quit before without any real side affects so i'm thinking this electric cigarette could be the solution. it's realatively new though. i don't know what any research shows in the dangers of it...i'm gonna wait a little longer until the price comes down more(if it ever catches on....)

Yeah I think you're right... The price is too high to make it an ideal solution to quiting! A fellow class mate of mine says he has one and that it is great to eliminate the craving factor BUT the vapour 'DRIES' your throat ...

But I've heard so does ordinary cigarettes when you haven't had water for time.

[anwiii]

well the price is worth it if it works. you wont be inhaling smoke which is the leading cause of cancer. so the question is....is the price worth a life or saving a few years?

filmdesire, on Dec 14 2009, 09:50 AM, said:

Yeah I think you're right... The price is too high to make it an ideal solution to quiting! A fellow class mate of mine says he has one and that it is great to eliminate the craving factor BUT the vapour 'DRIES' your throat ...

But I've heard so does ordinary cigarettes when you haven't had water for time.

[filmdesire]

anwiii, on Dec 14 2009, 05:19 PM, said:

well the price is worth it if it works. you wont be inhaling smoke which is the leading cause of cancer. so the question is....is the price worth a life or saving a few years?

I think there's a lot of truth in what you say, but I have to admit, cost is a bigger factor today. Similar to our chicken farms, our chocolate, even the odd wealthy persons sable coat, cost does matter :/

Smokers will pay less to satisfy their cravings...

[armynavy123]

filmdesire, on Dec 13 2009, 10:38 PM, said:

This is really my first topic, and I think this is the best place to put it!


I was browsing around and I came across a site which explores the use of a new device referred to as the Electronic-Cigarette:

http://www.newstv3.c...id=5193&t202kw=

It claims to host coverage from several different news-organisations including the popular CNN and ABC news channels. It is supposedly safe, however can still get you addicted to nicotine, unless you are using a nicotine-free cartridge.

It is quite expensive, however the price is falling... It does not contain products such as tobacco, and the metal cigarette itself is harmless/novelty and does not produce nicotine. It is simply a mechanism.

Dangers highlighted in the video include the fact that it comes in many flavours. This provokes questions amongst parents as to whether it is misguiding to introduce a small range of fruity flavours as it is more marketable to children and non-smokers.

My own research indicates that popular brands that currently market these devices are Gamucci, Milano and Nicocig - regardless of patents...

So if you're a smoker and wish to quit, maybe do your own research and see what this device can offer. PLEASE share your thoughts on this product.

I think that this whole craze over cigars should just be ended. But if it will get smokers to stop killing themselves than it is for the better. I saw an advertisement for this in a mall in Florida. I never though though it could be real but apparently the world is screwed up more than I thought. If this doesn't harm anyone I think I might just do it because it would look cool and probably feels pretty cool because it is metal and electronic, lol. I wonder though how they can contact your taste buds like that to produce the taste. Do you think they use some sort of radiation that makes your taste buds all funky or something?! Because I really don't know. So smokers, of this is healthy....here ya go. Now stop killing yourself.

Stop Smoking

[filmdesire]

armynavy123, on Dec 14 2009, 08:31 PM, said:

I think that this whole craze over cigars should just be ended. But if it will get smokers to stop killing themselves than it is for the better. I saw an advertisement for this in a mall in Florida. I never though though it could be real but apparently the world is screwed up more than I thought. If this doesn't harm anyone I think I might just do it because it would look cool and probably feels pretty cool because it is metal and electronic, lol. I wonder though how they can contact your taste buds like that to produce the taste. Do you think they use some sort of radiation that makes your taste buds all funky or something?! Because I really don't know. So smokers, of this is healthy....here ya go. Now stop killing yourself.

Stop Smoking

LOL - It's basically flavoured water vapour... its an old asian technique - flavoured tobacco is anyway, but the mechanism would just allow flavoured steam to pass through the lungs - even though its harmless, the nicotine contained in the vapour can be addictive. A nicotine free cigarette wouldnt be so bad I mean it will look cool, they come in really smart designs...

[SaraInWasteland]

I think this would be worth a try. I began smoking a couple of years ago and I wish I had never started. I am now officially addicted to nicotine - if I don't have my fix, I go crazy. If I could get that fix without all of the dangers of actual cigarettes, that would be good enough for me. I know that with each cigarette I light I'm destroying my body a little more, but somehow that's not enough to stop me. Maybe if I had an alternative that is possibly safer, then I wouldn't have that tinge of guilt in the back of my mind each time I light up.

[Nameless_]

I don't think it really matters whether it is a smokefull cigarette or a smokeless one. The fact that you are meant to breath in foreign objects that isn't natural is bad in itself already. I mean, eating is normal, but breathing things other than oxygen wouldn't be reccomended. I guess cigarettes are just harmful to humans, whether they are tobacco filled or not. Problems often come up when someone is using something that isn't made naturally to be used for the body, if you get what I mean.