Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at
4:49 am
This shouldn’t be post related to my life but here it is:
I’m 30 year old two kids(boy and a girl-i really tried hard to get those two!-did a good job too!) one wife (for now) and as most of young people i tried many illegal substances.
I started to use everything and anything that could make me feel better or worst when i was 12….by the age of 14 i was a real motherf….so you can assume how things where going further…..
Anyway i also started to smoke with 12- young don’t you think?The point?Well the point is i was screwing my childhood and everything else just in the name of feeling better(kids don’t try to feel better -count your blessings!)anyway…after years of using everything that i could get my greedy litle hands on, at the age of 22 i ended in one rehabilitation community in Spain REMAR-thank you Remar!.
Was there for an year and i’m straight ever since-but i’m not the guy that counts years of being straight-i live my life and i don’t look back -only in purpose of -maybe-education of others-so my point is this-no one can make decision for you-either you want to quit smoking -or you don’t-if you try cause doctor told you or your wife or husband wants you to quit or any other BS beside your own decision to quit smoking is useless-it will make your life hard as hell and at the and you could be finished as closet smoker-telling lies to yourself and the others-feeling even worst-er than if you would choose to be smoker regardless what people around you wish ,or tell you.
To Quit smoking is your decision and the fact is -there just isn’t any good reason for smoking and poisoning yourself and the others around you-there isn’t!So it should be easy to make right decision-right?Wrong!
It’s maybe easy to bring on right decision but accomplishing that goal is what makes it hard…when we fail it gets even harder,but….thanks to technology now we have Electronic cigarettes-we can continue to smoke -healthier and quitting same time!
Some people will say : yeah right substituting one addiction for another-it’s the truth-we really change our addiction for less harmful one (4000 times less harmful!)but the fact is -not all the people are the same and if you need to trick your mind so you could quit smoking easy way -than why should you go harder way and torture yourself ?
I really don’t see why.I think that electronic cigarette if by far best way to quit smoking -or to continue smoking healthy way!
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at
10:29 pm
How the FDA misled the Public
The media, it seems, have been completely taken in by the FDA report, with headlines such as "Electronic Cigarettes Unsafe: Linked to Cancer" as pointed out by e-cig.org in another great post exposing how the FDA mislead the public and unanswered questions about the report (e.g. Why was no American e-liquid tested? Why was the press released delayed?) You can read the full post here: How and Why the FDA Misled the Public?
The FDA Crusade Against E-Cigarettes
Proffessor Brad Radu is also covering the subject in his post The FDA Crusade Against the Electronic Cigarette. His analysis of the studies found that the: "the FDA tested e-cigarette samples using a method that detects TSNAs [tobacco specific nitrosamines] at about 1 million times lower concentrations than are even possibly related to human health."
Furthermore:
- The FDA failed to report the levels of these TSNA's, meaning their report has no meaning (the lowes possible amount is 40 parts per trillion)
- The FDA used a nicotine inhaler as a control product, but didn't test it for TSNA's, although it has been known for 20 years that nrt products contain TSNA's
- The FDA has never conducted these tests on any nicotine replacement products sold in the US for over 20 years
The blog post concludes:
These are not the actions of an agency that is science-based and consumer-focused. These pseudo-scientific actions are clearly intended to form the justification for banning a category of products that are probably 99.9% safer than cigarettes
Time Running Out
Obviously, there are serious interests aligned against the electronic cigarettes if the FDA can be persuaded to abandon its professional duty. Let's look at who is affected:
- the pharmaceutical industry, who sell nicotine replacement aids
- public health groups, who receive funds from the pharmaceutical industry and promote ineffective smoking cessation aids
- the tobacco companies, who could see their lethal products taking a hit if electronic cigarettes ever become really popular
- the American government, whose health plans rely on revenue from tobacco companies
Against this you have a handful of professors and researchers who are better at serious analysis than sound bites that influence the press, and suppliers and users who have little weight in a system where money and influence count above the truth.
A few blog posts aren't going to make a difference. Time is running out for the electronic cigarette. And a death penalty is looming for 40 percent of e-cigarette smokers who will return to regular cigarettes.
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