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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:51 PM Original message |
FDA, in first tobacco action, bans flavors |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good. Now label it a drug. nt |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1 |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm old enough to remember when the tobacco exes testified under oath that ... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Forget the "many will be reluctant" line |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. exactly |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. what is point of banning flavors - when they are not responsible for the ills. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Man... I used to love clove cigarettes on occassion... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. how stupid |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. it is because candying tobacco is targeting Children to start smoking. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Hmm....We'll do an experiment... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. it isnt that simple.. there are neurological differences in each drugs addiction, >>Links |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Why won't the simple test work? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Heroin is a Physical dependency, Nicotine goes way way deeper than that, cant compare the 2. Link>> |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I've known heroin addicts, crack addicts, and cocaine addicts... |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I am not sure that... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. your examples are generic.... in general addiction i am talking about a specific difference.. you |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. You took a college class?!?!?!? |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. "collage class"??? |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. moved to proper place n/t |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Hmmm.... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. they are reprinting research found elsewhere, it was in a more understandable and concise form, |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Hmmm.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. really i'm betting on tobacco!!! everyone's had an opiate in their lives |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The fact that you don't differentiate between types of opiates... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. he is in Denial... it's a bitch |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. X-junkies have told me that its physical, 3 bad days, a week with flu like symptoms, >Link>> |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Ah, but you would bet wrong |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. 1080+540=1620, which is > 1200. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. 540 is 1/2 of 1080 the % addicted as children, half 12yrs old or younger,..1080 is 90% of 1200... |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Still makes no sense. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. According to the American Cancer Society, 90 percent of new smokers are children and teenagers>Link> |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Don't smoke, don't drink, eat right,... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. hey.. you proved i'm psychic.. i knew you'd make some dumbass comment, wake up... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. you really didn't have to turn this into a Freeper Piss Fight.. then you take your ball and go home |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Coming to your store shelves... Candy-flavored cigars! |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. They have those already. |
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OneAngryDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Goth Chicks Everywhere are in Tears... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. clove cigarettes can cause bleeding of the lungs, i ground up some cloves in the electric coffee |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That's because the cloves got heated from the friction. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. bullshit... they are soft, took 5 seconds, it wasnt hot.. they contain some serious solvents, it |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The essential oil of cloves is sold in plastic bottles for dental use. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm impressed. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not really...they exempted menthols |
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FreedomTrain (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Well of course they couldn't ban menthols |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Whatever happened to Joe Camel? His ad campaign is the one that roped in my kids... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. i should be a Huge fine for smoking in front of minors,.. , |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. F**K You FDA |
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RidinMyDonkey (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
35. When the kids at my school started smoking, it was all about menthols |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
36. I love that a couple people mentioned that menthols were exempt because the... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Boy, Am I Lost |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
50. Big Tobacco likes this rule. They never really got into the flavored cigarette market. (nt) |
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