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In reply to the discussion: Just tried my first e-cigarette [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)96. Kinda like medicating oneself...
Kinda like medicating oneself with untested pot, right?
Let me guess. "That's different."
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True, but when the aliens from the movie Signs land, e-cig users are going to kick ass.
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2014
#84
It isn't only water vapor. It's water plus whatever other ingredients, including toxins
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#105
I think docs are poorly trained in promoting health, and more trained in disease treatment...
MrMickeysMom
Mar 2014
#35
Independent researchers have also measured formaldehyde, nano-particles of metal,
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#107
No snark, same reason I can't lose 20 pounds. Too hard to stop eating too much. n-t
Logical
Mar 2014
#65
But they do contain nicotine which is the active ingredient in tobacco that causes
totodeinhere
Mar 2014
#59
The health effects of e-cigarettes have not been adequately studied yet. Some countries, including
totodeinhere
Mar 2014
#85
Using nicotine patches and gum in consultation with a physician is one thing,
totodeinhere
Mar 2014
#94
No, you are twisting my words. I said that e-cigs have not been adequately studied yet
totodeinhere
Mar 2014
#92
Ingesting nicotine is NOT always harmful to the body. Google 'beneficial effects of nicotine'
Demit
Mar 2014
#113
That doesn't change the fact that there are many known harmful effects. n/t
totodeinhere
Mar 2014
#116
I already addressed that upthread. Why are you asking me to repeat myself?
totodeinhere
Mar 2014
#122
LOL'ing at Democrats being swayed by big tobacco about the safety of their number one threat... n/t
ReverendDeuce
Mar 2014
#91