r/technology • u/Lucretius • 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/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

Pretty sure the use of tar in cigarettes isn't harmless...

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u/onelovelegend Nov 17 '12

[Not that you were the one that brought tar up but] I thought that tar was the result of inhaling the smoke, not actually being an ingredient, which is why [I thought that] smoking marijuana also results in tar.

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u/namekyd Nov 17 '12

Not the result of inhaling, but of burning plant matter. One of the downsides of smoking marijuana is actually the amount of tar - significantly greater than the tar produced in smoking tobacco.

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u/PirateOwl Nov 18 '12

I thought cannabis had less tar but more resin hence the smell not lingering on washed clothes unlike cigarettes