Nicotine

[apevol]

Anyone paying any attention to what the FDA wants to do?

 

[norrislakevol]

No, but I am curious as a former pack a day smoker.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

FDA wants to reduce how much nicotine can be in cigarettes.

I love the commercial they made them make. White screen, black type, computer voice. The bare minimums covered. And it won’t stop anyone who smokes from lighting up again. But the feels are amazing.

 

[golfballs]

Anyone paying any attention to what the FDA wants to do?

You could post information regarding it like a smart monkey

 

[n_huffhines]

So you gotta smoke more to get your fix...what could go wrong?

 

[apevol]

So you gotta smoke more to get your fix...what could go wrong?

What ****ing business is it of theirs?

 

[apevol]

You could post information regarding it like a smart monkey

I'm very much too drunk. Check back tomorrow.

 

[rocktopper16]

So essentially lights will be ultra lights and thus creating people to buy more to get there nic craving.

 

[golfballs]

I'm very much too drunk. Check back tomorrow.

Congrats and best wishes

 

[n_huffhines]

What ****ing business is it of theirs?

But they know everything

 

[rocktopper16]

I'm very much too drunk. Check back tomorrow.

Hey they might as well reduce the alcohol content in you’re beverages 🤦🏼*♂️🤷*♂️

 

[apevol]

Hey they might as well reduce the alcohol content in you’re beverages 🤦🏼*♂️🤷*♂️

By hell's bloody gates, I vow to never permit this.

 

[apevol]

FDA moves ahead with ‘historic’ plan to reduce nicotine in cigarettes - The Washington Post

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Less nicotine = more cigarettes smoked to get the fix.

More cigarettes smoked means more sold.

More sold means more tax.


It's a winning play for the .gov.

 

[Vol_Doc]

So you gotta smoke more to get your fix...what could go wrong?

Yeah, this is one of the concerns. The proposal is to cut the nicotine levels to about 25%. So, would folks smoke 4 times as much? Of course, the increases in cost would likely be prohibitive for most. I think they're banking on the combination resulting in a significant drop in use. What that basically means is there will be a boon, at least in the short term, for vaping. That's supplanting smoking already. And you can actually use vaping devices for drug use. It's a growing problem in schools.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Yeah, this is one of the concerns. The proposal is to cut the nicotine levels to about 25%. So, would folks smoke 4 times as much? Of course, the increases in cost would likely be prohibitive for most. I think they're banking on the combination resulting in a significant drop in use. What that basically means is there will be a boon, at least in the short term, for vaping. That's supplanting smoking already. And you can actually use vaping devices for drug use. It's a growing problem in schools.

Dang it. Pack a day for 25 years now..and i work out 5 days a week and am in very good shape...lungs not so much. Guess it's time to quit, cannot.

Picked a horrible week to stop sniffing glue

 

[Vol_Doc]

Dang it. Pack a day for 25 years now..and i work out 5 days a week and am in very good shape...lungs not so much. Guess it's time to quit, cannot.

Picked a horrible week to stop sniffing glue

It took my mom about 25 years of trying to quit before it stuck. Damn addictive.

 

[apevol]

I roll my own. Have for years. Picked it up in jail.


Tobacco has to be on board with this, because you know Phillip Morris has to have more scratch than the FDA.

Doubt we'll see the same **** with cigars and other forms of smoke.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

It took my mom about 25 years of trying to quit before it stuck. Damn addictive.

Yes it is. Not nearly as bad as opiates tho. Speak from experience. Opiate withdrawal for heavy users is only separated from Hell by a screen door with a big hole in it...

 

[apevol]

Yes it is. Not nearly as bad as opiates tho. Speak from experience. Opiate withdrawal for heavy users is only separated from Hell by a screen door with a big hole in it...

I kicked opiates. Not tobacco.

Always waiting for junk to hit me again, though.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

What ****ing business is it of theirs?

I say this a lot.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I roll my own. Have for years. Picked it up in jail.


Tobacco has to be on board with this, because you know Phillip Morris has to have more scratch than the FDA.

Doubt we'll see the same **** with cigars and other forms of smoke.

Seriously, at what price point or amount of legislation does it just become easier and cheaper to just smoke weed?

Not being a smoker, it seems to me like that point is either now or fast approaching...

 

[apevol]

Seriously, at what price point or amount of legislation does it just become easier and cheaper to just smoke weed?

Not being a smoker, it seems to me like that point is either now or fast approaching...

Dude, I've smoked crack/meth/injected heroin in the past.

I enjoy smoking good tobacco. Its a luxury beyond just the fleeting buzz of a cigarette.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Dude, I've smoked crack/meth/injected heroin in the past.

I enjoy smoking good tobacco. Its a luxury beyond just the fleeting buzz of a cigarette.

:blink:

And to think I felt guilty I drank 4 Boddingtons last night..

 

[Vol_Doc]

Yes it is. Not nearly as bad as opiates tho. Speak from experience. Opiate withdrawal for heavy users is only separated from Hell by a screen door with a big hole in it...

Very true. Opiates are the gold standard for addictive potential.