I'm not claiming it is, or isn't, but hear me out here. Tobacco usage started tapering off, and all of the supposed "research" about it causing cancer began coming out roughly the same time Rockefeller took over the the medical industry and started pushing out established medicinal principles and knowledge. Fast forward a little bit, and Big Tobacco starts messing with the cigarette recipes to increase profit margins. They stopped using pure tobacco and started mixing it with various additives that today are known to cause cancer. This then spread to other "lesser" forms of tobacco. Chew, snuff, dip, etc.
The two outliers here, are Cigars and Pipes. Both tend to be "higher class/quality", rarely if ever have additives and have remained "pure". In doing so, several studies (Which you can easily find with a quick search), have shown that smoking up to two average sized cigars results in an absurdly small increase in chances of developing cancer of any kind.
On the other hand, nicotine, the main "ingredient" in tobacco products, actually has quite a few health benefits if used in moderation. Increased neural functions, improved memory, lowered chance of Dementia, increased blood flow (which promotes hair growth, muscle growth, etc.), etc. etc.
The point I'm trying to make here, is what if tobacco isn't bad for you in and of itself. Rather, it's all the crap the cabal companies stuff into their products to increase profits. If true, this is kind of like the soy thing. Pushing the populace into accepting some new "standard belief" that actually works against them and then engineering the results they want to "prove their point". Think about it? How often did you hear about tobacco linked cancer before the 40's and 50's? The Native Americans used tobacco in spiritual rituals for how many thousands of years with little to no negative side effects?
And then there's examples like Winston Churchill. Guys who chain smoked 10+ cigars a day, never had cancer, or so much as a cough, and lived into their 90s.
I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on this topic.
Interesting premise. Maybe we can start doing science again in the coming years.
I think the chemicals and additives and plastics have really damaged our health overall…but it’s hard to know which ones. I stopped putting Saran Wrap over my dish in the microwave though years ago. All that hot plastic melting all over my food can’t be good for you.
And to think they said cigarettes BAD, but vaping GOOD, then vaping BAD, but smoking weed GOOD.
They are just constantly F*&%*^ with us.
I don’t even vape, but please tell me why you cannot vape in a park? Isn’t vaping just expelling water vapor? But you can smoke weed?
This actually made me think of something else I've been researching lately. What's with the weird hate on vaping? It's been proven, consistently over the last 15 years since it first became a thing, that vaping is MUCH healthier than any other form of nicotine delivery system. All of the "explosions" were caused by user error of people not knowing what they were doing. Likewise, that weird "popcorn lung" thing a few years back was the result of stupid kids trying to add THC into their vape liquid, resulting in a chemical reaction.
Vaping, as you said, is literally just water/vegetable oil vapor. There's little to no smell, essentially no lingering odor/residue, and as an often ignored bonus, the literal hot vapor you're inhaling improves lung functions if you have clogged sinuses since it will break up the mucus like a regular vaporizer/humidifier.
In fact, the UK has, as of a few years ago, started prescribing zero nicotine vaping as a method of treating congestion based lung aliments.
So you get all of the benefits of nicotine that I mentioned in the post, combined with zero downsides and an added bonus of IMPROVED lung function.
There is literally no downside to vaping if looked at from that perspective. Yet, it's been freaking vilified in most countries. That just adds to my point and makes me even more convinced that the cabal is trying to prevent people from partaking of nicotine products. Possibly in order to "dumb down" the population since, as I mentioned, it increases neurological functions and improves memory.
Kind of like how they put fluoride in the water to make every dumber as well.
Hmmm…yes the no vaping never made any sense to me…it may be another interesting data point dissuading people from getting nicotine. I’ll get some nicotine gum tomorrow.
There is one state in the mainland US which does not fluoridate their water…Nevada.
Kids do fluoride rinses to protect against caries.
Tobacco Master Settlement in the USA (other policies elsewhere). States are paid per-smoker by Big Tobacco for the harm done to smokers, with the trade-off that they protect Big Tobacco from being sued by citizens. If people switched to vaping, the states lose the money. They've all borrowed deeply against future payments already. And they couldn't include vaping because they'd be unable to prove it harms people.
It's horrible to say that vaping uses vegetable oil. That would be deadly. It uses vegetable glycerine which has been known safe for inhalation for 50+ years. Oil or oil vapor in the lungs causes pneumonia quickly, only some CBD idiots even tried it.
To be clear, Popcorn Lung is caused by massive inhalation of a certain flavoring, the one used in microwave popcorn. No vaper was ever harmed by it, only people in popcorn factories. People really liked it as a part of creamy vape flavors, but the industry abandoned its use voluntarily out of an abundance of caution.
Some vegetable oils are super bad for you. What oil is used in vaping prods?
Oil vapor is extremely toxic and causes pneumonia real fast. Some of the CBD idiots tried it, and died, and were used as evidence against real vaping.
Actual vaping (nicotine products) uses vegetable glycerine as a carrier and never any kind of oil. Vegetable glycerine vapor has been considered safe for inhalation for 50+ years now, and is commonly used in ventilators (for moisture) and hospital ventilation systems (as an antimicrobial).
All flavorings also avoid any oil content (its no different than smelling a cake baking), and the nicotine is pure and water-soluble (like in the gum). There's nothing else in eliquid. For a while, there was a yummy buttery flavor in use (water-based also), but in huge industrial amounts it could be harmful. Though it didn't ever harm any vaper, the vaping industry still voluntarily abandoned it out of an abundance of caution. Vaping was designed to bridge the gap between smoking and quitting, to get people healthy; and tried to do so responsibly, safely, and thoughtfully. The government hates healthy people once they get near retirement age; they've crusaded against vaping, and everything on the government side has been pure propaganda.