Reputable Source Medical Report Regarding E-Cigs - VERY Valid and Useful to Snus??

[jmdkodiak]

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/centers-...ticle.jphp.pdf


A lot of what this says is a very sound argument for snus..


Any one of you top dogs want to get in touch with someone?

[Ainkor]

"We conclude that electroniccigarettes show tremendous promise in the fight against tobacco-related morbidity
and mortality. By dramatically expanding the potential for harm reduction
strategies to achieve substantial health gains, they may fundamentally alter the
tobacco harm reduction debate."

Now that's some sound thinking. Nicotine has it's uses and benefits. Don't kill the drug, change the delivery system!

[precious007]

NRT has not been effective, meaning that harm reduction equals
harm maintenance

This made me laugh -

first of all, nicotine alone isn't all that harmful as many people think, and there are a few studies done that clearly show the benefits of nicotine (of course used in moderate levels daily), true, nicotine has it's bad sides as well.

But in addition to potentially treating Alzheimer's symptoms, researchers are looking to nicotine as a potential treatment for Parkinson's. Studies have also found nicotine helps ulcerative colitis patients suffer fewer flare ups. Stanford research found nicotine helps grow new blood vessels, which can be good in people like diabetes patients with poor circulation (but it's bad when the blood vessels are in tumors).
Something many of these studies have in common is acetylcholine, a naturally-occurring compound and neurotransmitter in the brain that helps nerve cells fire. Nicotine is similar to acetylcholine structurally, so it behaves similarly: it stimulates and regulates the firing of neurons and the release of brain chemicals including serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine (which also makes it a mood booster for some people). Researchers think nicotine's similarity to acetylcholine has something to do with blood vessel formation as well: endothelial cells, which line the inside of blood vessels, carry a receptor that binds to acetylcholine (and probably nicotine too).

It amused me because these people that made the study don't even understand the difference between psychological addiction and the actual "substance addiction" ...

that is why NRT is so ineffective, while it delivers the nicotine, the users of NRT perceives the NRT product as a chewing gum, whereas he wants to hold that damn cigarette in his hand, psychologically he wants to puff on something ..... a can of cinnamon in this case is much much better .... you can puff on it easily lol ....

There's no such thing as harm reduction - if something YOU consider that harms you .... you ****ing stop it -

you don't try to reduce the harm, that basically means you are still going into self-destruction, realizing it and admitting it which is madness.

Same goes with SNUS, if you believe that it can kill you, then stop it ......... no matter how hard it is ...

you have to WANT to quit an addiction to actually succeed, that means not wanting to smoke, not wanting to snus and so on ......

if you still want it/crave it then you're still in the vicious cycle.

My point is that calling SNUS for example "harm-reduction" is idiotic from the first place..... I prefer to say that the amount of snus that I consume are nowhere near to harm my health....