Comments on: Freebase Nicotine – The Cigarette Drug

By: Drug Dude

Drug Dude — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:46:38 +0000

I’m no tobacco company apologist, but I think a lot of people overplay the societal harm of tobacco. Cigarettes and cigarette companies are bad, but to claim they are as bad as heroin and heroin dealers seems a little sensationalist to me. But I am open to argument

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:58:27 +0000

Not only is smoking efficient to kill, it is also efficient in producing money. It actually surprises me that Adolf Hitler didn’t use these tactics to exterminate his “enemies”. Sorry for the examples with Hitler (I know it is a delicate topic), it’s just I’m so passionate about life and this topic of smoking is best put in perspective with the worst crime against humanity. I think if you do the math (all of the years of smoking related deaths and holocaust deaths), there were more deaths related to smoking than to Hitler’s holocaust. And just think, it was done for the most despicable reason of all, money.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:49:29 +0000

That is really disgusting, I would wish that act of adding such harsh chemicals, just to get you hooked for life, should be considered genocide. It is sick when people consider Adolf Hitler to be the worst when it comes to genocide, when there are tobacco companies that create such an efficient way to kill their consumers (a striking 300,000 or more a year in the US alone). And, people consider the tobacco companies less intimidating… What a sad day we live in, when everything is determined by worth. Why isn’t it worth more to keep people alive to tax, rather than kill them prematurely? Wouldn’t it make more business sense to keep your consumers happy and living? Take bubble gum as an example of a product that wont kill you and is sold by the ton to people all over the world, tobacco isn’t the only big money producer in the world. This brings us back to the question of why is money worth more than life…?

By: Revellian

Revellian — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:12:55 +0000

Hi Michelle! I completely understand how you feel. Because I have overcome drugs and cigarettes (I’m lucky to just be alive after what I’ve done), I know that the only person’s addictions I control are mine – I’m sure you know that too. My mom has been smoking for 50 years and will never quit until it kills her. No matter how irritated I get with her, there is nothing I can do. If I complain, she smokes even more. I hope you husband quits, but that is his decision. I hope and pray your children don’t smoke when they get older. I’m not married, but if I do, it’ll probably be to a smoker…LOL!

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:45:29 +0000

I read this when you first posted it- but it just got me all irritated. I quit smoking 8 years ago, so did my husband, but he started up again 3 years ago after almost 5 years off. Then he quit for two months recently and when your post came up he had just started up again about a week prior. I really hope he can stay off them for good as I am worried about his health. I don’t miss being trapped by cigarettes.

By: Revellian

Revellian — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:33:26 +0000

Hi Rick, I’ve tried all kinds of things from Welbutrin to nicotine gum, but none worked for very long. I just quit cold turkey and suffered through all the mood swings. I hope I stay cig free permanently

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:11:18 +0000

Well many years ago, I was on Welbutrin for a short time. It completely stopped my cigarette cravings, but that’s before I knew Welbutrin is also used as a quit smoking aid. Perhaps I’ll try that again, but I just wanted people to know it works much better than patches, gum, etc..

By: Revellian

Revellian — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:47:38 +0000

@Rick: I agree 100%, cigarettes are much harder to quit than crack but it can be done. It’s much more difficult for smokers these days with the addition of freebase nicotine

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:33 +0000

Oh my gosh, I have to quit! Thanks for reminding me just how bad these things are. I know I’m addicted. I’m 40 now and I was addicted to crack in my early 20′s. I managed to quit that crap, but cigarettes are much much harder to quit.

By: Revellian

Revellian — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:04:52 +0000

Hi Marzie! I used to smoke a lot, but finally quit. It was not easy