 Deepti says: "The nicotine is delivered to the lungs within 7 to 10 seconds," said Scott Fraser, Vice President of SBT Co. Ltd., the Beijing-based firm that first developed the electronic cigarette technology in 2003 and which is now controlled by Golden Dragon. "It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette, it even emits vapor. In many ways, it is like an actual smoking experience, and that's what makes us different," he told Reuters. Wonder if there are any health concerns? I've been dreaming of a device like this for years. You can't smoke in NYC bars anymore, which has been fantastic for asthmatics like me, but walking down the street is still an exercise in holding my breath and getting in front of the smokers. Smokeless cigarettes would be a godsend. This clip was featured on today's Clipiversity. Thanks for the great clip! Hopefully these find their way to America in short order. Can't they just obliterate smoking? I live in India, and its smoking and chewing tobacco seems to be the path to nirvana here! Somebody may want to die early, but why put to risk the life of who doesn't? They've got those things all over China, but its a water vapor, so it doesn't taste or feel like real tobacco. Of the people I know who serriously tried to quit smoking by using them, there was about the same success rate as going cold turkey. That's not a scientific study though, just my experience. As for Tathagata, how does this sound for a compromise: why not politely ask people not to smoke around you? That works for almost everyone I know. Anti-smoking activists say that it is about second-hand smoke, but that's just their latest strategy, because they got no traction trying to outlaw smoking based on its risks to the smoker's health. In actuality, it is a morality crusade, fueled by... Nicely put ouyangwulong.  Nobody likes having someone else's smoke in their face NOR do people like having someone else's values shoved down their throat. There is an old saying... buried somewhere in the archives that says, "The harder you push people, the harder they push back." Nicely put ouyangwulong. Nobody likes having someone else's smoke in their face NOR do people like having someone else's values shoved down their throat. There is an old saying... buried somewhere in the archives that says, "The harder you push people, the harder they push back." |
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