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Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive

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Re: Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive

#11

I am skeptical of a "non-addictive" cigarette. My experience with tapering nicotine vape concentration is that if the puffs don't satisfy, one will tend to just puff more. I couldn't find Biden's proposal, and later realized the report is based on insider knowledge. I doubt there is any benefit to dictating nicotine levels, or any basis for a theoretical benefit.

Bingo. When I smoked cigs, I'd end up smoking half as many if I had access to a really strong brand e.g. Marlboro Reds or Newports. Likewise, I'd go through a pack of light cigarettes twice as fast. It wasn't conscious - my brain wanted its set dose of nicotine.

When I did quit eventually with nicotine gum, I gradually lowered the dose over the course or a month or two, but it was a very conscious process, and I absolutely had to discipline myself to push through the cravings.

All this will accomplish is forcing mostly poorer people to purchase more cigarettes than they currently do in order to get the same fix they're accustomed to.

Re: Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive

#17

weird. It isn't the nicotine that's harmful in cigs but the combustion products like tar. So smokers would be forced to burn far more cigs to get the same nootropic nicotine hit that they normally get from one cig.

Sounds like good news for the tobacco companies.

Re: Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive

#18
So the goal is to force smokers to increase the number of cigarettes they smoke to achieve the same effect. A 20-a-day smoker may now have to smoke 80-a-day to satisfy their craving, massively increasing their exposure to carcinogens and increasing their risk of COPD. Either that or switch to vaping, which might be the real intent.

Re: Tobacco companies forced to reduce nicotine in cigarettes until non-addictive

#19
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I wonder if we should expect similar regulation, within my lifetime, for alcohol and sugary foods? Both are strongly associated with a variety of common diseases, and alcohol itself is seemingly associated with numerous common cancers.

Your body isn't yours; why should the State allow you to wreck it with poor life choices? The rest of society needs you healthy and consuming, Citizen!
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