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Selling a Poison by the Barrel: Liquid Nicotine for E-Cigarettes
The New York Times ^ | 03-23-2014 | Matt Richtel

Posted on 04/03/2014 2:26:43 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016

A dangerous new form of a powerful stimulant is hitting markets nationwide, for sale by the vial, the gallon and even the barrel.

The drug is nicotine, in its potent, liquid form — extracted from tobacco and tinctured with a cocktail of flavorings, colorings and assorted chemicals to feed the fast-growing electronic cigarette industry.

These “e-liquids,” the key ingredients in e-cigarettes, are powerful neurotoxins. Tiny amounts, whether ingested or absorbed through the skin, can cause vomiting and seizures and even be lethal. A teaspoon of even highly diluted e-liquid can kill a small child.

But, like e-cigarettes, e-liquids are not regulated by federal authorities. They are mixed on factory floors and in the back rooms of shops, and sold legally in stores and online in small bottles that are kept casually around the house for regular refilling of e-cigarettes.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cigaretts; ecigarettes; ecigs; liquidnicotine; newyorktimes; nicotine; pufflist; smoking; tobacco
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To: cripplecreek

I know lots of people who switched to them, 3/4 of the smokers where I work switched. But none of them are getting away from nicotine with them, it’s just changing delivery system.


21 posted on 04/03/2014 2:39:22 PM PDT by discostu (Call it collect, call it direct, call it TODAY!)
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To: GeronL
“Why would anyone use that stuff?”

Because this article is pure nanny-state hyperbole to support regular cigarette sales (and taxes).

Liquid nicotine vapor is far less toxic than smoked tobacco when used as directed.

This is a non-issue for sealed commercial e-cigarettes. It only becomes a problem when people buy the liquid in bulk to make their own refills.

The “poison” issue arises when people ingest or spill the bulk liquid onto their skin. Nicotine is poisonous at such high levels.

There should be a warning to not ingest and wear protection when handling the liquid but banning it is just more nanny-state stupidity.

22 posted on 04/03/2014 2:39:25 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: Nifster

Like the idiots who want to stop smoking in the military for health reasons.


23 posted on 04/03/2014 2:39:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: GeronL

Because it’s a lot safer than using cigarettes?


24 posted on 04/03/2014 2:39:45 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Are we sure about that?


25 posted on 04/03/2014 2:40:11 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: discostu

That’s fine too. Plus they don’t come with all the other crap in cigarettes.


26 posted on 04/03/2014 2:41:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Thanks for letting the ter’rists know, New York Times!


27 posted on 04/03/2014 2:41:59 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: GeronL

How many people do you know who have overdosed on methadone?


28 posted on 04/03/2014 2:42:16 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: GeronL

Yep. Inhaling vapor is a lot healthier than inhaling smoke, quite sure of that.


29 posted on 04/03/2014 2:43:26 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

I know someone who could. He smokes catnip and potpourri or anything else. He has been awake 5 straight days and wrecked his car this morning at Wal-Mart, hitting a light post


30 posted on 04/03/2014 2:45:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

I can’t really answer; I am still using nicorette which is just a different form of nicotine injestion. Still staying away from cig’s minus a stumble here and there last month. I truly don’t know if this is true or not, but I read a couple years ago cigarette tobacco is treated with hundreds of chemicals before it makes it to the consumer. All I can say is since January it has been a bitch staying away from them but I fear what my future will be if I continue (and certainly don’t want to be strung out on them should a SHTF scenario occur; the less vice in one’s life the better!). Next week begins regular chewing gum and running (ugh)...


31 posted on 04/03/2014 2:45:59 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: cripplecreek
From what I’m hearing a lot of people are having considerable success with quitting smoking with E-cigs.

Hey CrippleCreek, I managed to quit smoking using the e-cig. I haven't bought a tradition tobacco product for 2 months, and I've now gone to the zero nicotine cartridges.

Now I just have to watch the food intact, because everything tastes good again. :-)

32 posted on 04/03/2014 2:50:47 PM PDT by RikaStrom ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: GeronL

For the same reason people drink coffee, I would think.

Yeah, nicotine is a poison. So is water, at the correct dosage.

Nicotine, assuming you don’t have high blood pressure, is a short-acting, harmless (albeit addicting, as is coffee) stimulant that raises awareness, alertness, and does all the same things coffee does.

More to the point, it’s none of your business.


33 posted on 04/03/2014 2:50:57 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: discostu

Your analogy is horrible, unless you claim it’s the nicotine in cigarettes that causes cancer.


34 posted on 04/03/2014 2:51:04 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: cripplecreek; discostu

Discostu’s point is correct. Yes, people are giving up actual paper cigarettes, but with the e-cig you are still getting nicotine, mouth feel and the heat they are used to. So as Discostu said, it’s like giving up hard alcohol and switching to mixed drinks. Or beer.


35 posted on 04/03/2014 2:52:01 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: discostu

Except e-cigs are not on fire, and thus not filling people’s lungs with cancer-causing smoke.


36 posted on 04/03/2014 2:52:28 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: leapfrog0202

Except e-cigs don’t cause cancer.


37 posted on 04/03/2014 2:52:58 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: PaulCruz2016

I vape, and I love it!

One thing that I have NEVER seen mentioned in any article or on any news story is that the e-liquid is readily available with any amount of nicotine or even no nicotine at all.


38 posted on 04/03/2014 2:53:12 PM PDT by Gettin Betta
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To: Jewbacca

None of my business?

you sound like a leftist decided who can have an opinion


39 posted on 04/03/2014 2:54:22 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: PaulCruz2016

I’m sucking on my KangerTech vaporizer right now as I type, LOL! Mmmm, yummy hazelnut mixed with a dash of cinnamon. Much better than those nasty cowboy killers I used to smoke. NY Slimes can kiss my butt! Oh, wait, I don’t have any cigarette butts for them to kiss anymore. Oh well, they can kiss my KangerTech!

Cheers!


40 posted on 04/03/2014 2:54:59 PM PDT by DoctorBulldog (Separated at birth: Boehner's boners and Biden's gaffs)
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