this will not make life better for anyone but instead people will flock to other alternatives using synthetics like Metatine or other overnight cooked up chemicals just like with other drugs that are then sold at gas stations or vape shops sometimes without requiring ID or for the clerk to properly inform the patron on what is being bought
fucking stupid and all that is needed is more funding for education
I don’t know how you could possibly argue that reducing nicotine in tobacco won’t benefit anyone. I would encourage you to read the statement I linked to.
I fully agree with you that these “gas station products” are potentially even more harmful. What actually scares me about this is the marketing on social media around these products. Over the past few years, people have come to trust influencers (and their feelings) more than science. I just don’t understand how we’ve become so gullible over the years. It’s could suggest that it’s the government’s lack of investment in these important agencies, the public’s lack of trust, and the influence corporations have over them; but people these days seem more in favor of a company or a billionaire telling them what to do rather than the government agency or an academic.
Nicotine isn’t the worst component in cigarettes it’s the chemical reactions created when burning and inhaling plant matter. Reducing the nicotine levels will just drive people to smoke even more cigarettes.
If they really wanted people to quit smoking they would have banned cigarettes instead of decimating the vaping industry like they did years ago, but vaping wasn’t part of the revenue generating Master Settlement Agreement the government made with the cigarette companies, so it had to be almost completely wiped out while cigarettes remain available for sale in every corner store, gas station, and grocery store in the country.
this will not make life better for anyone but instead people will flock to other alternatives using synthetics like Metatine or other overnight cooked up chemicals just like with other drugs that are then sold at gas stations or vape shops sometimes without requiring ID or for the clerk to properly inform the patron on what is being bought
fucking stupid and all that is needed is more funding for education
I don’t know how you could possibly argue that reducing nicotine in tobacco won’t benefit anyone. I would encourage you to read the statement I linked to.
I fully agree with you that these “gas station products” are potentially even more harmful. What actually scares me about this is the marketing on social media around these products. Over the past few years, people have come to trust influencers (and their feelings) more than science. I just don’t understand how we’ve become so gullible over the years. It’s could suggest that it’s the government’s lack of investment in these important agencies, the public’s lack of trust, and the influence corporations have over them; but people these days seem more in favor of a company or a billionaire telling them what to do rather than the government agency or an academic.
Nicotine isn’t the worst component in cigarettes it’s the chemical reactions created when burning and inhaling plant matter. Reducing the nicotine levels will just drive people to smoke even more cigarettes.
If they really wanted people to quit smoking they would have banned cigarettes instead of decimating the vaping industry like they did years ago, but vaping wasn’t part of the revenue generating Master Settlement Agreement the government made with the cigarette companies, so it had to be almost completely wiped out while cigarettes remain available for sale in every corner store, gas station, and grocery store in the country.
I would, again, encourage you to read the article.