S!~ All,

I just found out today what they are doing to our cigarettes to make them "Fire Safe" and you are not going to believe this. Those "speed bumps" are actually Ethyl Vinyl Acetate (EVA), which is plastic! It seems that the FDA has expanded their definition of "paper" to include EVA so that it can be added to cigarettes to make them self-extinguishing. Vinyl will extinguish itself when burned, so I see why it was used, except for the fact that it is being ingested by human beings. Advocates would have you believe that the substance is "not much more dangerous than tobacco" but that is complete bullshit.

Let me tell you how serious I feel about this issue; I have been a smoker for over three decades, but now that I have learned what they are putting in our cigarettes to make them "Fire Safe" I'm done. Sure, I'll have a cigar once in a while, since I enjoy my tobacco, but now that I know they are putting EVA in our cigarettes I'll never smoke one again.

Damn! Just when I was going to try taking up smoking!

They were already killing you before, whats a little plastic?

I've been trying to quit for years. I'm not trying hard enough.

Trouble4u wrote:They were already killing you before, whats a little plastic?

They have been killing us slowly for years. The addition of EVA will accelerate the process quite a bit. I hear that the military is considering a ban on smoking for all military members. It seems that they will try to protect their investment in human resources. So, if the military knows this will be a serious health issue, why would our government look the other way?

Tiger wrote:

Trouble4u wrote:They were already killing you before, whats a little plastic?

I hear that the military is considering a ban on smoking for all military members.

Nah, it was batted around for a bit, but there was soo much outcry that they decided to let the boys have a smoke.

Cuban Cigars, try them.

With all of the carcinogens that I work with on aircraft, I could care less about inhaling plastic.

I've had lubricant get blown-back into my eyes last week and my right eye is still red as well.

And these guys don't know what OSHA is about either.

Good time to quit

I thought Cigarettes, cigars etc have been put under the control of the FDA now. I could be wrong but I don't think the FDA would allow this.