Friday, March 16, 2012

Credible E-cig Info?

An article I read today :


TAMPA - Touted as a safer alternative to traditional smoking, electronic cigarettes are supposed to give smokers their nicotine fix without the cancer-causing side effects of tobacco. But some have serious concerns that the battery-operated vaping devices may actually pose more dangers to users.
Florida banned smoking in most public places more than eight years ago, but some 40 years after Gwynne Chesher started lighting up. “In 1965, everybody smoked, it was an acceptable thing to do back then."
At her worst, Chesher was puffing a pack a day and eventually, she tried to stop. "I tried the gum; It gave me a stomachache. Tried the patch; it made my heart beat fast and scared me."
So when her son, recently suggested yet something else, Gwynne signed up.
"You just inhale like a cigarette," and began what some call 'vaping.' “It looks like smoke, but its water vapor."
E-cigarettes are battery operated. They have the look and feel of a traditional cigarette, without the smell, the smoke and the harmful side effects, say its supporters. Chesher said, “I was really impressed.”
Then her doctor weighed in. “He was like 'No way! You can't use those!'”
Dr. Mike Feinstein, a spokesman for the American Lung Association said, “People are inhaling some type of chemical vaporized compound into their lungs without really knowing what's in it."






Wait. Stop right there. Dr. Feinstein, have you ever even seen an e-liquid site, much less vaped? The ingredients are almost always listed on these vendor sites with the appropriate warnings. The brand I use states clearly on their site AND their bottles all ingredients contained in their e-liquid. As a matter of fact, all of their materials are made in America and USP grade. Maybe you were right...20 years ago. As a Spokesman for the American Lung Association, I would think you would research more. Maybe find out what the common components are and elaborate on each item individually to better inform your audience. Baseless scare tactics exhaust me.

On a brighter note, this Coffee and Cream from Mountain Oak Vapors is just the thing I needed to make the sun come up. ;) Thank you. <3

Mountain Oak Vapors

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