Cigarettes...
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The current warning on my pack:
• "Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy."
They run around $6.00 a pack.
I noticed an older part of the discussion about a place on Earth where just smokers lived--gee, it would be nice, I suppose, but people get really pissed off when smokers try to make a corner of the world their own.
Some of the state workplace-smoking laws ban smoking in a tobacconist's shop. I mean ... really.
What's carbon monoxide? The warning label that came up at the website (21+ only, please, by request of the company).
• "Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy."
They run around $6.00 a pack.
I noticed an older part of the discussion about a place on Earth where just smokers lived--gee, it would be nice, I suppose, but people get really pissed off when smokers try to make a corner of the world their own.
Some of the state workplace-smoking laws ban smoking in a tobacconist's shop. I mean ... really.
What's carbon monoxide? The warning label that came up at the website (21+ only, please, by request of the company).
One entry found for nicotine.
Main Entry: nic·o·tine
Pronunciation: 'ni-k&-"tEn
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin nicotiana
: a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide
Main Entry: nic·o·tine
Pronunciation: 'ni-k&-"tEn
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin nicotiana
: a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide
Wow...
That's IT?
Here in Portugal, no kidding, but the warnings are 75% of the whole packet. On all sides, in big black letters, with a black border... and then little warnings in gold letters...
stuff like:
your children could be born radically disfigured
- " - mentally retarded
and other disturbing thoughts...
That's IT?
Here in Portugal, no kidding, but the warnings are 75% of the whole packet. On all sides, in big black letters, with a black border... and then little warnings in gold letters...
stuff like:
your children could be born radically disfigured
- " - mentally retarded
and other disturbing thoughts...
Yeah, it just means a stronger, better-tasting cigarette.
The thing is that they have to bleach out the tobacco. Remember that scandal about cigarette companies "spiking" tobacco with extra nicotine? As I understand it, that's what happens after bleaching; otherwise, crappy cigarettes like the front-tier cigarettes (Marlboro, Camel, &c.) would be inconsistent.
Of course, here's the fun thing: in cigarette smoke, there is both ammonia and bleach.
The thing is that they have to bleach out the tobacco. Remember that scandal about cigarette companies "spiking" tobacco with extra nicotine? As I understand it, that's what happens after bleaching; otherwise, crappy cigarettes like the front-tier cigarettes (Marlboro, Camel, &c.) would be inconsistent.
Of course, here's the fun thing: in cigarette smoke, there is both ammonia and bleach.
These are the smoking labels in Britain now as apposed to before with no health warnings at all (on the right).
BBC: The Dangers of Mixing Bleach and Ammonia
This page lists three big dangers dependent on ratios:
• Chlorine gas (Cl2)
• Nitrogen trichloride (NCl3
• Hydrazine (N2H4)
None of which are pleasant.
Chlorine gas and mustard gas casualties are given as different figures; nitrogen trichloride was once used to bleach flower; hydrazine is rocket fuel. I can't find a directly confirming reference, Fafnir.
This page lists three big dangers dependent on ratios:
• Chlorine gas (Cl2)
• Nitrogen trichloride (NCl3
• Hydrazine (N2H4)
None of which are pleasant.
Chlorine gas and mustard gas casualties are given as different figures; nitrogen trichloride was once used to bleach flower; hydrazine is rocket fuel. I can't find a directly confirming reference, Fafnir.
Actually, why rely on my hazy memory? A list, from someone who has a stake in the business: http://www.avonhypnotherapy.co.uk/chemicalsincigarettesmoke.htm