{"id":1992,"date":"2018-11-26T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insulean.co.uk\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2018-11-26T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:30:47","slug":"e-cigarettes-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insulean.co.uk\/e-cigarettes-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"E-CIGARETTES | Nicotine – The Winners and the Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Smokers generally don’t enjoy smoking \u2013 despite die-hard smokers protests to the contrary. Despite e-cigarette being a much safer alternative, only 13% of respondents of a large national survey<\/a> <\/span>recognise that e-cigarettes are a lot less harmful than smoking.<\/span><\/h6>\n

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Smoking is less about enjoyment and more about the relief<\/a> <\/span>that the nicotine hit provides, having not smoked for a while. We know that 90% of smokers regret ever having started. We also know that 40% make an attempt to quit every year. How’s that for customer loyalty? Why would Big Tobacco create a product that no-one enjoys?<\/span><\/p>\n

Because they understand that biochemistry is what determines behaviour. Nicotine is what sustains tobacco addiction. Heavy smokers smoke in response to negative affect – such as the discomfort and craving associated with withdrawal, or to improve their mood.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most common reasons given by e-cigarette users for switching from tobacco were to help them stop smoking entirely and to save money.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nicotine<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

There is little inherent pleasure in smoking. It’s about the iron- grip of nicotine. It’s about bio-hacking the brain. Hence the fallacy of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). The vapor from an e-cigarette simulates tobacco smoke, without burning tobacco. More than 90% of e-liquids contain some level of nicotine. A recent review suggested that only 1% of users use liquid without nicotine.\u00a0Worryingly, studies<\/a><\/span> have found wide inconsistencies between the labeled concentration of nicotine in e-liquids and the actual nicotine concentration. It has also been found that the<\/span>\u00a0peak concentration of nicotine delivered by e-cigarette use is comparable to that produced by regular cigarette smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smoking is by far the greatest risk factor for lung cancer. Tobacco smoke contains more than 60 different toxic substances, known to be carcinogenic (cancer-producing). For smokers, the e-cigarette is at least 20 times less dangerous<\/a> <\/span>than the cigarette. This is partly because the nitrosamine content is at least 100 times lower than in tobacco smoke. Nitrosamines<\/a><\/span> are chemical compounds that are mostly carcinogenic. <\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know that most people who smoke do not get lung cancer<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All the major tobacco companies have now invested heavily in e-cigarettes. Surely this must mean that they taking harm reduction seriously. Right? Wrong.\u00a0Big Tobacco\u2019s business plan is not smoking or e-cigarettes. It\u2019s smoking AND e-cigarettes. It’s about dual use and 70% of vapers are doing just that. It’s a win-win. And that, my friends, is truly, exceptionally clever.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Smokers generally don’t enjoy smoking \u2013 despite die-hard smokers protests to the contrary. Despite e-cigarette being a much safer alternative, only 13% of respondents of a large national survey recognise that e-cigarettes are a lot less harmful than smoking.   Smoking is less about enjoyment and more about the relief that the nicotine hit provides, having not smoked for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[134,133,131,132],"yoast_head":"\nE-CIGARETTES | Nicotine - The Winners and the Winners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All the major tobacco companies have now invested heavily in e-cigarettes. 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