tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post7481181695807494000..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Prohibitionists march on in New YorkChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-88646324959664822972011-01-25T10:40:35.718+00:002011-01-25T10:40:35.718+00:00I agree with anon 00.27. They were naive. It becam...I agree with anon 00.27. They were naive. It became clear very soon after the ban and, to some people, even before, that protecting employees wasn't the purpose. Something which looks like a cigarette, particularly to cameras, and which massively undercuts drug companies' nicotine products really was doomed to failure. There will be a problem banning or regulating them. They are easy to post around the world and are odourless when used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-31170167270517271072011-01-25T00:27:36.916+00:002011-01-25T00:27:36.916+00:00Vapers were quick to jump on the anti-smoking band...Vapers were quick to jump on the anti-smoking bandwagon and support the false idea that ETS was harmful and a reason to ban public and soon private smoking. They did this thinking that the forced smoking bans would enhance the desire for their products that might skirt the bans and thus increase sales. What the vapers failed to take into account was the entire premise of ETS harm was faulty, based on a lie and promoted by pharmaceuticals companies with larger sums of money with which to wield influence over politicians. Now, for having supported a lie, the vaping industry will be paying the price of being drummed out of business, the same way smokers were vilified and attacked. Had they instead not condemned smokers as so many of those vaper selling companies did, then maybe they'd have the upper hand in the argument now being used against them. It's hard to feel sympathy for companies that used the same tactics based on lies about ETS that the anti-smoking prohibitionists did when it backfires in their faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-73324623550019788872011-01-24T16:16:12.408+00:002011-01-24T16:16:12.408+00:00"Given the unregulated nature of this product..."Given the unregulated nature of this product, there is no way of knowing the amount of nicotine in each cigarette, the amount that is delivered with each inhalation, or the contents of the vapor created in the process."<br /><br />Nicotine gum is handed out to school children. One was hospitalised after chewing several pieces at once- pieces that had been given to him by an anti smoking campaigner. But he didn't die. If it were dangerous, it would be sold in smaller packets, like paracetamol, or made prescription only.<br /><br />Is it any wonder that BBC2's Horizon is tonight investigating why the public won't believe the "scientic consensus" on AGW, MMR etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com