Comments on: The Supersmoker: Cigs 2.0? http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1599 Freelance journalist Gary Marshall on technology, the Internet, music, Macs and more Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:46:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1599/comment-page-1#comment-12171 Gary Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:08:48 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1599#comment-12171 On that basis it's worth a go. On that basis it’s worth a go.

]]> By: paul http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1599/comment-page-1#comment-12170 paul Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:13:12 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1599#comment-12170 That's why it would appeal to me - not to beat the ban or to help me give up. At the moment, I have no real intention of giving up (yeah, yeah, I know), but I would like to lower the risks. That’s why it would appeal to me – not to beat the ban or to help me give up. At the moment, I have no real intention of giving up (yeah, yeah, I know), but I would like to lower the risks.

]]> By: mupwangle http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1599/comment-page-1#comment-12169 mupwangle Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:49:23 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1599#comment-12169 I don't think that there is any evidence for nicotine being a carcinogen - it's all the other stuff that does it. Nicotine is poisonous in high enough doses, but most drugs are. They actually reckon nowadays that nicotine might actually be good for you in small doses. (Obviously the anti-smoking lobby is trying to supress this because they see it as a reason to smoke. Apparently, if you have alzheimer's, nicotine might help you be more lucid for a year or two more. But smoking still gives you cancer. They seem to think that people will forget that bit. Idiots.) I don’t think that there is any evidence for nicotine being a carcinogen – it’s all the other stuff that does it. Nicotine is poisonous in high enough doses, but most drugs are. They actually reckon nowadays that nicotine might actually be good for you in small doses.

(Obviously the anti-smoking lobby is trying to supress this because they see it as a reason to smoke. Apparently, if you have alzheimer’s, nicotine might help you be more lucid for a year or two more. But smoking still gives you cancer. They seem to think that people will forget that bit. Idiots.)

]]> By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1599/comment-page-1#comment-12168 Gary Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:00:03 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1599#comment-12168 Yep. Nicotine's a poison, but as far as I know it isn't a carcinogen. Yep. Nicotine’s a poison, but as far as I know it isn’t a carcinogen.

]]> By: paul http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1599/comment-page-1#comment-12167 paul Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:19:47 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1599#comment-12167 Isn't the point of it that it's safe, though? IE no tar and other nasty chemicals and no cancer risk. Or is nicotine also responsible for cancer? (I really should know, but I don't, and I can't be bothered to wade through Google results.) Isn’t the point of it that it’s safe, though? IE no tar and other nasty chemicals and no cancer risk. Or is nicotine also responsible for cancer? (I really should know, but I don’t, and I can’t be bothered to wade through Google results.)

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