Month: September 2022

US SECRET INGREDIENTS. "Tobacco companies are protected from fully disclosing their ingredients to the public." They are required to list them with the Secretary of the DHHS, but they are neither brand nor company specific, but rather a master list, which is a confidential trade secret. There are no safety tests of additives required. https://lnkd.in/dCewiUV View in LinkedIn

"UNINTENTIONAL" TOBACCO ADDITIVES BY WHO, include soil bacteria and fungi, including 18 very toxic mycotoxins, pesticides, suckercides, and insecticides. Written by a former tobacco VP of R&D. Completely unregulated. This could be an exposé waiting to happen. https://lnkd.in/dCewiUV View in LinkedIn

UNUSUAL RECOMMENDATION. "If you have a weapon you can use the filter to clean the weapon or wipe your weapon down. There are up to nine chemicals in the filter, that when dipped in water, activate to keep steel from from rusting or corroding." Uses of the cigarette filter. http://beforeitsnews.com/self-sufficiency/2012/07/cigarettes-a-survival-tool-2431856.html View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO COMPANIES have invested heavily in advanced research for much of the last fifty years, to formulate a product that creates greater addiction, stimulates pleasure zones in the brain, and is socially acceptable. The next series looks at some of this R&D. View in LinkedIn

VERY ADVANCED RESEARCH, "Philip Morris developed the science of nicotine delivery and measurement of the effects of nicotine far beyond what was known by the medical community." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

TO CAMOUFLAGE, INCREASE, AND MASK. "More than 100 of 599 documented cigarette additives have pharmacological actions that camouflage the odor of environmental tobacco smoke ... enhance or maintain nicotine delivery, could increase the addictiveness of cigarettes, and mask symptoms and illnesses associated with smoking behaviors." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

SEVEN ADDITIVES designed to keep blood nicotine levels high. "CYP2A5 and CYP2A6; (these are enzymes within the P450 enzyme system that metabolize compounds in the body). Because CYP2A6 is involved in the metabolism of nicotine, the presence of these chemicals could decrease smokers’ metabolism of nicotine and maintain higher blood levels." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

SYNERGISTIC POISON. "Acetaldehyde is formed in high concentrations when cigarette constituents, including sugars, are burned. Animal research conducted by Philip Morris demonstrated a synergistic interaction between nicotine and acetaldehyde: rats pressed a bar more for the combination than for either substance alone." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

SUGARS IN TOBACCO convert to acetaldehydes, which are carcinogens, and are synergistic with nicotine." "2014_06_19_DesignedforAddiction_web.pdf View in LinkedIn

GMO TOBACCO. "In addition to Brown and Williamson’s efforts to genetically manipulate nicotine levels of cigarettes sold in the United States (which have been documented in the media), other companies in the industry also engaged in biotechnology development projects." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn