Month: September 2022

"THEOBROMINE is found in cocoa beans ... and chocolate, both of which are used as additives in tobacco. Theobromine is a bronchodilator and has been used in the treatment of asthma ... may contribute to the absorption of nicotine in connection with smoking ... up to 3% of the weight of cigarettes is cocoa extract." https://lnkd.in/d7p_eEM View in LinkedIn

PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CIGARETTES have definitely been closely evaluated by Big Tobacco, beyond nicotine, in confidential memoranda retrieved in lawsuits. Termed "beneficial additives", these companies have gone to great lengths to avoid FDA regulation, or any regulation, and consequently, have become experts at botanical extracts. View in LinkedIn

MANY MEDICINES COME FROM PLANT EXTRACTS. "Almost one fourth of pharmaceutical drugs are derived from botanicals. 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal medicines ... In Germany, about 600-700 plant based medicines are available and are prescribed by some 70% of German physicians." https://lnkd.in/dNc4BTf View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO COMPANIES LIKE PLANT EXTRACTS. "Herbal supplements are classified as dietary supplements by the U.S. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. That means herbal supplements -- unlike prescription drugs -- can be sold without being tested to prove they are safe and effective." https://lnkd.in/dNc4BTf View in LinkedIn

HERBAL EXTRACTS IN TOBACCO. "The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long been kept a secret." http://www.tricountycessation.org/tobaccofacts/Cigarette-Ingredients.html View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO PATENTS IN HERBALS. "The patent listed 33 botanicals or vegetable materials, or compounds within them, that also appear on the tobacco industry cigarette additive list, including beets, carrots, chamomile, corn, eucalyptus, maple and maple syrup, menthe piperita, oak, patchouli, rose, and vanilla plantifolia." Etc, etc, etc. https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE BOTANICALS. "Through the years, Philip Morris has maintained listings of patents on vitamins and therapeutic ingredients in cigarettes as well as listings of patents on medicated cigarettes. However, as noted, it is not known how much effort Philip Morris engaged in to incorporate “beneficial” additives." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

17% OF TOBACCO ADDITIVES ARE PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE. "Tobacco companies have added many other chemicals with a wide variety of possible effects (including) ... chemical additives that may have pharmacological effects. Our results indicate that more than 100 of 599 documented cigarette additives have pharmacological actions." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

UNDER THE RADAR. "Their frequent references to how careful they must be not to trigger FDA regulation makes one realize how important the FDA's "interference" is in protecting people from physical and chemical tinkering at the hands of the tobacco industry's "shade-tree pharmacists." http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/185684.html View in LinkedIn

CIGARETTES DELIVERING DRUGS. "As a result of two idea sessions on developing a cigarette with a beneficial additive, some 22 suggestions were generated. Cigarettes delivering therapeutic agents, physiological effects, mood changes, or reducing dental caries, anxiety, colds, etc. received much discussion." https://lnkd.in/dcxf3iK View in LinkedIn