Interesting article on fire safe cigarettes

[joncaputo]

worth a read:

Smokers burned up over ‘fire-safe cigarettes’ - Addictions- msnbc.com

I dont smoke cigarettes but for those that do - have you tried these?

[e-man]

Originally Posted by joncaputo

worth a read:

Smokers burned up over ‘fire-safe cigarettes’ - Addictions- msnbc.com

I dont smoke cigarettes but for those that do - have you tried these?

Don't smoke cigs either, but they are being required by more states every year. I don't think that they label them any differently.

[d_day]

Originally Posted by e-man

Don't smoke cigs either, but they are being required by more states every year. I don't think that they label them any differently.

The article says they are labeled "FSC" above the barcode.

I haven't tried these. I hope I never have to. I kicked cigs once, and plan on doing it again. Hopefully I succeed before California adopts them.

[Maduro_Scotty]

Looks like a trend that is sweeping through the nation. Iowa has recently passed such a law.


As cigars are "self-extinguishing," one would think cigar use would be lauded, but the day that happens, you know what will start flying.

[Architeuthis]

Just another chemical additive to put in a product that's already filled with additives. The smoke-nazi's claim iit's the tobacco which is bad, but Squid® feels the hundreds of non-tobacco additives in cigarettes is probably more of a problem. If they start requiring such additives in cigars, I'll be moving to Argentina... Come to think of it, the women are fairly nice in Argentina... Yeah... HAW!

[Rmac58]

Originally Posted by Maduro_Scotty

Looks like a trend that is sweeping through the nation. Iowa has recently passed such a law.


As cigars are "self-extinguishing," one would think cigar use would be lauded, but the day that happens, you know what will start flying.

Yeah, all the cigarette makers need to do is use ONLY tobacco, no fillers, no chemicals. Decades ago, "foreign" smokes were like that, the quality ones anyway.

[strider72]

Let's see... having to relight... don't taste as good... maybe they need to start smoking cigars and pipe with us more enlightened ones... They may still have to relight as in pipes but they would actually meet flavor for once.

[Architeuthis]

I think it's time we start gathering up the smoke-nazi's and shipping them off to California. Fence off the Left Coast and let them do what they like there as long as they never set foot outside the fence.

[strider72]

Ship 'em to California... maybe put up a border fence... minefield... claymores... No liberals allowed over the line.

[e-man]

Originally Posted by Architeuthis

Just another chemical additive to put in a product that's already filled with additives.

I agree. I thought they added salt peter to keep them from going out in the first place. It would make more sense to just stop adding the salt peter instead of requiring some crazy paper that will self extinguish.

I think this part of an elaborate anti-terrorism plan.

A terrorist could light a cigarette, then put it inside a book of paper matches. When the cherry hits the match heads, they light and can set off an explosive charge. That gives a terrorist about 10 minutes to get away before the explosion. Now that cigarettes self extinguish, the terrorists will never be able to blow us up again. Rest easy people. The Dept. of Homeland security is protecting you in ways you cannot even imagine.

Or maybe they just want to annoy smokers to the point that they give up the habit.

[smokering10]

yes its amazing how somthing as american as smoking can be demonized so much. Yes we all know smoking is not the best thing for you but I dont want the goverment or some nanny politican telling me weither I can or can not smoke along with what i eat, drive, the kind of light bulbs I have, and the danm temperature stat in my own house. and I can go on and on about how they impose these nazi like rules on us.

[strider72]

Last time I checked... breathing ain't good for you either... all you are doing is dragging out the inevitable.. so i choose my favorite flavor of carcinogen.