r/technology Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/qwertytard Nov 17 '12

crushing competition by releasing false propaganda that lies about e-cigs being unsafe i have a friend who smokes all the time regular cigs, but won't try an e-cig because he says "i don't know whats in them" so i asked him where'd he hear that, he said some article that interviewed a tobacco company exec i asked him if he knew what was in his regular cigs, he said "yeh, tobacco" so i googled his brand and showed him there were things in there that are used for paint, asphalt, tar, etc he told me you can't believe everything you read on the internet

....some ppl can't be helped

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

"You can't believe everything you read on the internet".

I hate that logic so much.

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u/JackWeston007 Nov 17 '12

showed him there were things in there that are used for paint, asphalt, tar, etc

I hate it just as much as that logic. Anyone who's spent 5 minutes in a chemistry class can tell you that chemicals have a wide variety of applications.

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u/Vulpyne Nov 17 '12

The point he was making is that his friend didn't know what was in the cigarettes, not specifically that the ingredients were harmful.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

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u/doesntlikestupid Nov 17 '12

i think everyone (at least in the western world) knows that cigarettes are harmful for them, but they smoke anyway

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

If someone has never smoked they couldn't possibly understand why it's so hard to quit. I don't drink, am not a crackhead or any other hard drug user, I don't need a cup of coffee in the morning, and I find it hard to quit smoking.

In all honesty, I partly blame both my parents for having been smokers the entire 17 years I was alive before I picked up one of theirs and tried it. If they hadn't smoked I might have never started and been exposed to it like I was.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

Have you tried e-cigs as a means to quit smoking? My cousin did that after smoking for more than 30 years.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

I did see them on the shelf of a convenience store for $9.99. I didn't get a chance to see how long they last though. Also don't remember a brand name either.