tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post2764152432508382752..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Tobacco company buys e-cig companyChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-17121750937826693822013-04-05T11:49:48.022+01:002013-04-05T11:49:48.022+01:00The Electronic Cigarettes business is not as easy ...The <a href="http://www.electroniccigarettesinc.com/" rel="nofollow">Electronic Cigarettes</a> business is not as easy in a local location. Online seems to attract a nice customer base with enough advertising, great price, and good customer service. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-69342514645553492102012-06-19T16:31:10.755+01:002012-06-19T16:31:10.755+01:00Lorillard? The company has been in business for 25...Lorillard? The company has been in business for 250 years and has shown profit and growth during its entire tenure. It is not the biggest, but it doesn't strive to be. It is a no nonsense company that does the best it can in a challenging industry. The requirements are challenging, but not overly excessive.<br />The industry continues to shrink and this might limit mobility. However, the company does not "binge and purge," which means the company expansion is consistent with market conditions. The federal government will continue to have a larger role in this industry, but difficult to say how much and how that will affect employees.<br />@Kingkinu from <a href="http://alex-ecigs-reviews.info/" rel="nofollow">Alex ecigs reviews</a>kingkinuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767545082656982182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-71741005504540387372012-04-27T12:09:58.711+01:002012-04-27T12:09:58.711+01:00Interesting Juliette. If such a cigarette goes int...Interesting Juliette. If such a cigarette goes into production, it would surely be unethical to ban it's sale; just as the ban on snus sales in the EU is unethical. Most people wouldn't advocate banning aspirin, even though it hastens death in a smoll number of cases.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-11702757302116852542012-04-27T01:34:40.856+01:002012-04-27T01:34:40.856+01:00..One more thing...:-)
I am with Pat in the sense.....One more thing...:-)<br /><br />I am with Pat in the sense that I hope that combustible cigarettes will continue to be a main part of the overall focus with regards to harm reduction. Many of us simply do not like e-cigarettes..or snus, etc.. <br /><br />For example, scientists from Cornell university have developed a cigarette with lycopene and resveratrol added to the filter. The result was an astounding 70% + reduction in carcinogenic activity. Similar studies have been done with pine bark and turmeric. This is something that we all deserve to know about. ALL paths towards the ultimate goal of harm reduction should be explored (in my humble opinion). In fact, I believe that it is our right to have access to such products, so long as there is someone willing to sell them.jredheadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078082563556309444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-51322134967749311602012-04-27T01:17:09.220+01:002012-04-27T01:17:09.220+01:00"But since they do that already and always wi..."But since they do that already and always will, it's probably best to ignore their squealing and get on with doing what they have never done.."<br /><br />Well said Chris!!<br /><br />I look forward to the day where there is an e-cig that doesn't rip my throat apart. There's no doubt in my mind that there will someday (hopefully sooner, rather than later)be several reduced risk products, all with varying levels of risk, available on the market. Progress needs to be made. Like you have so eloquently pointed out, this may be a step in the right direction.jredheadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078082563556309444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-12512978261189086232012-04-26T23:07:56.935+01:002012-04-26T23:07:56.935+01:00@Steve, you could always use your own liquids.
I...@Steve, you could always use your own liquids.<br /><br />In my opinion, it seems there is no evidence the additives ever had much relevance to the harms of smoking. If that were the case, antitobacco would have to concede that smoking additive free tobacco would be safer or less addictive and frankly I don't think there's any evidence of that either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-44648339084672194842012-04-26T15:04:48.697+01:002012-04-26T15:04:48.697+01:00I hope this isn't a sign that tobacco companie...I hope this isn't a sign that tobacco companies are going to abandon those of us who enjoy real tobacco over a lifetime and force us to use E-Cigs or quit.<br /><br /> Steve K - if that worries you and you don't trust the product you are being asked to buy then don't buy it instead of spreading yet more myths and scaremongering about what Big Bad Tobacco "might" do.Pat Nurse MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591807335364002658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-90917661322361977992012-04-26T13:51:31.334+01:002012-04-26T13:51:31.334+01:00I've kinda shared my hesitation to embrace thi...I've kinda shared my hesitation to embrace this new era elsewhere. But, something that's been brought up a few times to me... <br /><br />What's to keep the tobacco companies, once everything quiets down on the regulation front, from adding "secial" ingredients to the e-liquid used in e-cigarettes?Steve Khttp://www.stevevape.com/e-cigarette-reviews/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-76041861796074323552012-04-26T12:38:32.611+01:002012-04-26T12:38:32.611+01:00That anti tobacco can now point to the involvement...That anti tobacco can now point to the involvement of Big Tobacco in the ecig market could well make regulation (massive price increases) more likely. I don't think this is good development. I think ecigs will improve without tobacco company investment.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-7776518998942684942012-04-26T07:29:50.737+01:002012-04-26T07:29:50.737+01:00It's about time. With more money devoted to pr...It's about time. With more money devoted to proper R&D ecigs could probably be made nearly the same as regular cigs as far as taste and feel of the product goes and with some big established companies invested into ecig technology, they might actually standardize things so it's not such a hodge-podge of incompatible parts and pieces that sometimes work in combination and in others, won't even screw together nor are compatible. Will be interesting to see if anything comes of it or if it's tobacco companies start buying up ecig companies in order to suppress instead of expand the technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com