A hair analysis test reveals that my 12 year old daughter is highly reactive to nicotine, so for her it would cause all kinds of problems, certainly not a cure all.
neonix
Dagobah Resident
I'm not specialist in nicotine, but I read that nicotine in high dosage could be toxic. In small dosage could be healthy (in some cases). I don't think small children need nicotine anyway (they usually don't have health problems like adults or old people). But maybe your daughter is allergic to commercial cigarettes. Many additional substances that are added to commercial cigarettes, increases nicotine reactivity (or acts as allergens itself). When I was young, I don't liked cigarettes (I don't need them), but I noticed that different brands of cigarettes smells different (smoke). When I was young I had very good smell. Nowadays I know, is not because different tobacco brands, but additional substances can change smell of smoke.
She doesn’t smoke, or have any other contact than may be some second hand smoke and aroma from me, I smoke additive free RYO (used to be organic RYO until the Australian govt. banned it past July
) so she doesn’t come in contact with any of the chemicals from ready made cigs.I’m sure that one day she’ll experiment with smoking or vaping like most kids do even though she knows that nicotine is in her no-no list. I hope she will tell me so I can watch out for any reactions that she might miss or underestimate.
Update on Putin's naive uptake of anti-smoking culture:Russian MPs to back groundbreaking smoking ban – speaker
I guess everyone has their blind spots. I especially find Putin’s comment hilarious. Dude is so old-school he is stuck in the 80’s view of smoking; people smoke to look cool.
I'm off to have a smoke with my sunglasses on, so I look cool!
Putin greenlights idea of fully banning vapes in Russia
In short, RU is moving "in lock-step with" the rest of the "civilized world."
The latest lingo the anti-smoking crusaders in globalist think-tanks are using is 'The Endgame':
neonix
Dagobah Resident
I incidentally find out an old article from 1987/07/20 in "Polski Tygodnik Lekarski - Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego" entitled "Detrimental substances in Polish and Finnish cigarettes in 1983. Comparative analysis"
After I read this article I noticed that there's trend to decrese nicotin and tar in cigarettes since around 1950. The less of nicotine in tabacco, the more cigarettes are smoked.
Tar is responsible for taste of cigarettes.
In some countries, law forbid to sell cigarettes with high lever of tar.
Becouse cigarettes with low tar level has different taste, many commercial cigarettes manufacturers add additional substances to cigarettes to increase taste.
In Poland, 600 different substances could be added to cigarettes. /Epidemiological analysis of patients with multiple tobacco-dependent cancers./
Conclusion, law regulate tar level in cigarettes, but don't regulate additional substances.
After I read this article I noticed that there's trend to decrese nicotin and tar in cigarettes since around 1950. The less of nicotine in tabacco, the more cigarettes are smoked.
Since 1950, the average nicotine and tar content of cigarettes has steadily fallen. Research has shown that the fall in overall nicotine content has led to smokers inhaling larger volumes of smoke per puff.
Cigarette - Wikipedia
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Tar is responsible for taste of cigarettes.
In some countries, law forbid to sell cigarettes with high lever of tar.
Becouse cigarettes with low tar level has different taste, many commercial cigarettes manufacturers add additional substances to cigarettes to increase taste.
In Poland, 600 different substances could be added to cigarettes. /Epidemiological analysis of patients with multiple tobacco-dependent cancers./
Conclusion, law regulate tar level in cigarettes, but don't regulate additional substances.
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neonix
Dagobah Resident
According to "Detrimental substances in Polish and Finnish cigarettes in 1983. Comparative analysis"
The level of nicotine and tar in Polish cigarettes in 1983 was two times bigger than in Finish cigarettes. The limit of nicotine in Finnish cigarettes in 1982 was 1,3 mg/cigarette. The limit of carbon monoxide in Finnish cigarettes in 1982 was 14 mg/cigarette.
Lead and cadmium
The level of lead in one Polish cigarette was 0,7-0,3 ug/cigarette. In tar (smoke) it was 0,005 ug/cigarette. The transfer factor (cigarette -> tar) was 2%. for Polish and 1,2% for Finish. The level of lead in Polish and Finish cigarettes was almost the same.
The level of cadmium in Polish cigarettes (between 3,2 ug/cigarette to 1,3 ug/cigarette) was three times bigger than in Finnish cigarettes (between 1,1 ug/cigarette to 0,5 ug/cigarette). In tar (smoke) it was 0,18-0,26 ug/cigarette for Polish and 0,02-0,09 ug/cigarette for Finnish . Transfer factor for Polish was around 12% and for Finish around 5,6%.
The tests involves five brands of Polish cigarettes and five brands of Finnish cigarettes.
My conclusion: when you smoke one cigarette you put into your body approximately 0,005 ug/cigarette of lead and approximately 0,22 ug/cigarette of cadmium. Is it big amount? I don't know. But we should always minimize exposure to heavy metals.
The level of nicotine and tar in Polish cigarettes in 1983 was two times bigger than in Finish cigarettes. The limit of nicotine in Finnish cigarettes in 1982 was 1,3 mg/cigarette. The limit of carbon monoxide in Finnish cigarettes in 1982 was 14 mg/cigarette.
Lead and cadmium
The level of lead in one Polish cigarette was 0,7-0,3 ug/cigarette. In tar (smoke) it was 0,005 ug/cigarette. The transfer factor (cigarette -> tar) was 2%. for Polish and 1,2% for Finish. The level of lead in Polish and Finish cigarettes was almost the same.
The level of cadmium in Polish cigarettes (between 3,2 ug/cigarette to 1,3 ug/cigarette) was three times bigger than in Finnish cigarettes (between 1,1 ug/cigarette to 0,5 ug/cigarette). In tar (smoke) it was 0,18-0,26 ug/cigarette for Polish and 0,02-0,09 ug/cigarette for Finnish . Transfer factor for Polish was around 12% and for Finish around 5,6%.
The tests involves five brands of Polish cigarettes and five brands of Finnish cigarettes.
My conclusion: when you smoke one cigarette you put into your body approximately 0,005 ug/cigarette of lead and approximately 0,22 ug/cigarette of cadmium. Is it big amount? I don't know. But we should always minimize exposure to heavy metals.
neonix
Dagobah Resident
I don't want to be elite advocate, but what if elites in West and East world know that something bad is added to this electronic ciggaretes, and they cannot say it aloud? They use code "don't smoke vapes with additional substances." Of couse normal ciggaretes also can have additional substances.
worldbridger
Jedi Master
Can't buy rolling tobacco (like American Spirit) from Tabakland in Germany, they don't ship to Sweden anymore! Been buying from them for 15 years...
Other companies in Germany, Holland and Belgium either don't sell online or abroad.
How do you living in the EU solve this?
Other companies in Germany, Holland and Belgium either don't sell online or abroad.
How do you living in the EU solve this?
worldbridger
Jedi Master
Maybe most of you lives in a country that have a good range of tobacco products, but in Sweden it is close to nothing, a few online stores but it costs at least twice as much as in Germany, and it is mostly crap. They are not allowed to sell organic or additive-free tobacco, that would give us poor, stupid customers the impression that it might be healthy….but it is ok to sell organic wine and alcohol.
Asked ChatGPT what happened:
Asked ChatGPT what happened:
Simple summary
Companies may need to:- Register with the Swedish Tax Agency
- Pay excise tax in advance or maintain funds on a Swedish tax account
- Provide a financial guarantee
- Submit regular tax reports
EmeraldR
The Living Force
maybe grow your own - thats what my friend does ;)
worldbridger
Jedi Master
Yes, it is not illegal yet, but it takes a 2-3 months, and you need some space which I don't have….and I'm running out.
palestine
Dagobah Resident
In Switzerland there's a shop called "Denner", it's a sort of Lidl (Aldi) if this means anything to you? Kind of cheap supermarket. They sell boxes of tobacco, it's Polish - "Red Bull". When it comes to smoking, I don't especially look for organic or additive-free tobacco, but simply a good smoke. Don't you have access to similar boxes? It costs approx 24$ a box and I can smoke plenty of cigarettes.
There are various brands, in boxes. I would avoid the ones that look too "tech" - for instance, there is a brand named Elixir, but the smoke feels too artificial. The red bull looks like an old box of an old anonymous tobacco. The other brands have very fancy colors etc etc but the smoke is not that good.
That's if you want to smoke, I would say just smoke, and look for "basic tobacco". If I could, I would buy red Marlboro 100s - the long ones. But industrial fags are way too expensive and I would smoke one bag per day
worldbridger
Jedi Master
Yes we do have similar boxes, 20x10 cigs, cost about 80-90 USD, but they taste and smell terribly bad, and I have to smoke 2 or 3 to get the same experience. Main interest is American Spirit, Manitou etc.In Switzerland there's a shop called "Denner", it's a sort of Lidl (Aldi) if this means anything to you? Kind of cheap supermarket. They sell boxes of tobacco, it's Polish - "Red Bull". When it comes to smoking, I don't especially look for organic or additive-free tobacco, but simply a good smoke. Don't you have access to similar boxes? It costs approx 24$ a box and I can smoke plenty of cigarettes.
There are various brands, in boxes. I would avoid the ones that look too "tech" - for instance, there is a brand named Elixir, but the smoke feels too artificial. The red bull looks like an old box of an old anonymous tobacco. The other brands have very fancy colors etc etc but the smoke is not that good.
That's if you want to smoke, I would say just smoke, and look for "basic tobacco". If I could, I would buy red Marlboro 100s - the long ones. But industrial fags are way too expensive and I would smoke one bag per day
palestine
Dagobah Resident
That's way too expensive. Are tobacco boxes, for rolling, around the same price? Do you see some? We usually don't pay attention but some shops do have those.
worldbridger
Jedi Master
Even less number of products, both in physical stores and online, that belongs to the past, even pipe tobacco. There are exclusive cigarr shops who sells it, but unbelievable prices. In general, "bulk" of anything in Sweden is scarce…life here is JIT or made for monthly purchases (they want all to be employed). The concept of Independence is heresy…."Government provides for all your needs, and we determine what you need and when you need it".
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