The Myth of the Green Cigarette

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I don't know who the supposed journalist is that posted this, but it is mean spirited and obviously biased. Can we not just receive facts without some narcissist needing to inject his/her annointed thoughts?

of 7:36PM May 29, 2011

The American Spirits Organics confuse me, I've got a couple packs that say "made with organic tobacco" than the some say "made with 100% organic tobacco"... which then leads to the question, Does the one that DOESN'T say 100% imply that it's mixed with non-organic? (Extra radiation, pesticides, etc)
Don't fall for the scam my brothers... the carpet glue in the paper is far from healthy or 'organic'. If you want the true tobacco experience, try some black jungle organic tobacco grown in the rainforest and with a pipe.

Pedro of FL 10:48AM April 18, 2011

What the FDA omitted from their press release was that the level of carcinogens "Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines" were fewer than are in currently FDA sanctioned Nicotine Replacement products. This story is just another case of sensationalistic, hysteria inducing reporting by a lazy journalist.
I expected more from a reputable publication but I guess that the advertising revenue from those pharmaceutical companies is more valuable than the facts.

Bob Loggerham of FL 4:18PM April 27, 2010

Please read the FDA report these ecigs are much safer. There is no carbon monoxide, tar, smoke, ash or any of the 4000 harmful toxins found in traditional cigarettes. They literally can be used anywhere because there’s no second hand smoke. Sure, the government (FDA) will say these products are not safe because they don't want anyone cutting in on THEIR tax money! My husband smoked for 25 years and hasn't touched a tobacco cigarette once since starting these. We save so much money and he breathes better. Here's where we got ours and they offer a money back guarantee: http://www.eCigBiz.com

Ms Stiles of TN 10:09AM February 20, 2010

Maura
I think journalism is dead these days. Did it ever occur to you to read the FDA report yourself. No. Not the FDA press release but the actual report.
What it says is they found only trace amounts in the E-liquid at levels far far less than a cigarette would contain using techniques that can sample to a trace amount.
The more interesting part is when they subjected the exact same samples to a test which mimicks the e-cigarette itself. In this test they hooked it to a machine that puffed it the same as a human would do and heated it to the 60C temperature that the devices use to vaporise the fluid.
What is amazing about this test is they found ND (Not Detected) all the way down the entire list. In other words no detection of harmful chemicals of any kind actually using the fluid operating in an e-cigarette.
I realize reading a lab report and interpreting it would require more skills than some reporters have but you should have called a university or something and had a researcher explain everything to you. Only then can you write a true unbiased piece. One that separates a really good reporter from a really bad one. Who knows you might just learn something in the process.

bob of GA 4:03PM February 12, 2010

Vaping is much greener than regular cigarette smoking. There is no farming associated with these products and the batteries can be recycled.
-Steve McCleen

Steve McCleen of CA 8:33PM January 09, 2010

As a life long smoker, I am looking forward to trying this alternative. As to the "environmentalists" out there, I can only say go back to your cabins! Your computer is polluting the Planet every minute you post.. you hypocrites!

glen of VA 10:52PM January 03, 2010

This Mauron is at best an unwitting tool for the government, and was perhaps paid off to write this article. E-cigarettes are not being taxed yet, and tobacco has a strong powerful lobby in addition being a huge source of tax revenues. The carcinogens in cigarettes are mainly caused by burning of organic matter. E-cigarettes...no burning...no carcinogens.
Look at this claim by the mauron...
"Totally green smoking is too good to be true. Turns out, the electronic smokes - which are marketed on several websites as healthier than real cigarettes - can be as harmful as traditional kind."
What evidence is provided to support the claim that e-cigarettes are just as harmful? The FDA quote did not say that. It just said they were not fully tested yet.
And as for the diethylene glycol and notrsamines...they were found in some samples but not all...and the FDA said they were detected but not that they were present in any dangerous amount. The substance used is the same as the fogger that is used in entertainment and clubs. I believe you would have to smoke an electronic cigarette for a few years before you inhaled the same amount of toxic chemicals as is in a pack of cigarettes.

ben of NY 7:51PM December 30, 2009

I am somewhat leery of anything FDA related. Remember those folks who brought you saccharine and approved Nutrasweet. The jury is still out on that one, and I personally can't handle it. Any "cigarette" like product, they are going to be all over like white on rice because smoking got under somebody's butt, regardless of the cancer causing agents and public health issues, it became someone's personal quest to rid the world of fat people and smokers.
Anything that helps people quit smoking or not effect second-hand smoke on others, including not harming themselves, is a good thing. Duh, nicotine is addicting, but it is not the nicotine that kills.

Wallysmom of CT 12:23AM October 27, 2009

I couldn't find any catagory to insert the following information which is very, very important: Poppy plants have flowers which require fertilization. Our scientists should be able, by selective breeding plant genotypes, to produce pollen that would change the Poppy plants yield of opium. When pollenation time comes around, this changed/mutated poppy pollen could be dusted over the poppy fields, thereby cutting back on the yield and perhaps even change the poppy plant so that it doesn't yield Opium. Just a thought and I am assuming that the Poppy plants have to be pollenated. Another approach is to kill all the bees in that area where the Poppy fields are.
If this could be done, it would be a boon for the world, besides removing the funding for the terrorist organizations. Please put this article somewhere if you don't think is appropiate for this section.

Robert L. Matarainen of NY 2:35PM August 12, 2009