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Originally Posted by vinnie97  Well, cigs aren't safe at any level of consumption due to the inherent toxins that emanate from the fumes. And the proposed nicotine reduction merely increases the cigarette-smoking threshold for current smokers, thereby costing them more in money and health.
The only benefit I can assess from this is new smokers will not sense much of a buzz due to the lower nicotine content and will thus be encouraged to quit before even giving addiction the opportunity to take hold...but that's only theoretical coming from a nonsmoker and I have no proof this will be the actual effect of less nicotine content (it could also have the opposite effect: binge-smoking!). |
As an ex-smoker who has occasionally puffed on a cigarette since I stopped, it will have no effect. When you first start smoking, you get a buzz regardless of how much nicotine is in it. My first cigarette was some ultra-light and I got a major buzz off of that. The first time I had a Marlboro Red, I got a little dizzy from it. Like any stimulant though, you build a tolerance to it and this law will make it to where smokers will smoke even more cigarettes to achieve that same high.