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Comment on FDA Issues Warning to E-Cigarette Makers by Frank Oden

Frank Oden — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:47:10 +0000

Of course, Vaprilla, it is your right to self-administer nicotine in any way you choose. The question here is whether e-cigs actually help a person stop the nicotine habit or not. You say that you and several friends have been sucking on lithium batteries to inhale vaporized nicotine for years, so I’d call that a resounding “Not!”

Comment on FDA Issues Warning to E-Cigarette Makers by Vaprilla

Vaprilla — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:53:43 +0000

LOL. Talk is talk. But the truth is me and several of my freinds have been vaping for years. We work out we are more productive. All in all I can breath. Its my right!

Comment on Hypnosis FAQ by Frank Oden

Frank Oden — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:17:43 +0000

Yes, Lawrence, hypnosis can be equally effective for stopping the use of smokeless tobacco. A great many of my previous clients have been chewers who have stopped successfully with the HypNoSmoke method. We are essentially talking about the same nicotine habit, just a different method of self-administering the drug. Please take a look at the Testimonials page and you will see many letters from former tobacco chewers! Feel free to give me a call at (303) 246-0354 and I will be happy to discuss this answer in more detail.

– Frank Oden CH/NLP
Cherry Creek Hypnotherapy
(303) 246-0354
http://www.hypnosmoke.com

Comment on Hypnosis FAQ by Lawrence Prai

Lawrence Prai — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:08:44 +0000

Will this work for chewing tobacco. I have been dipping for over 25 years, and I am determined to quit in 2011. Pleae help me determine what would be best for me. Thank you.

Comment on FDA Issues Warning to E-Cigarette Makers by Frank Oden

Frank Oden — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:12:12 +0000

Thanks for writing Lindsay.

I hope you will write back in six months and let me know whether you are: a) still smoking only the e-cig, b) smoking the e-cig and also tobacco cigarettes, c) back to smoking tobacco cigarettes only, or d) not smoking at all. One of the valid points the FDA is making is that there have not been any serious studies done to support distributors’ claims that e-cigs can help smokers become non-smokers. In fact, that type of claim is quite contrary to the principles of drug-reinforced behavior, which would indicate that a person who continues to self-administer nicotine while simultaneously mimicking the act of smoking is not likely to experience any long-term reduction in the behavioral urge to smoke.

Also, an e-cig user is continuing to self-identify as a “smoker” (you did so above) rather than adopting the self image of a “nonsmoker” or “former smoker,” so that person is much more likely to smoke a tobacco cigarette whenever the e-cig breaks down, runs out of nicotine or becomes unavailable or inconvenient.

It might be possible to make a case that smoking an e-cig is “better for you” than smoking tobacco (although the lack of proof on this claim is another reason that the FDA is involved), but If your personal goal is to actually quit smoking, I’m afraid you will find that pretending to smoke is counterproductive.

Comment on FDA Issues Warning to E-Cigarette Makers by lindsay

lindsay — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:23:23 +0000

You know how drug companies and all that work. More than likely, profits will be lost, and those huge companies would really not like that. That’s all all big companies work. They don’t want competition, but anyway, it’s better than smoking. That is a fact, and I’m sure it wouldn’t be difficult to prove, if it hasn’t already been proven. People who do not have a smoking addiction talk about how e cigs could glorify smoking and other types of issues, that to me, are more trivial. I am a smoker, I want to quit, but I just can’t, or I have not been able to yet. I have had my ecig for a week, and I love it, and I feel healthier, my boyfriend, who does not smoke, is pleased with the lack of second hand smoke. All in all, it’s a better choice for me, and millions of others. I would, however, love to see more research about e cigs, but I love it already, and I would not like it if they took it away. Again, I have a good feeling that most of the opposition is about money, and they can’t directly say that, but why else would they oppose the e cig as an alternative?

Comment on Testimonials by Pat M

Pat M — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:54:04 +0000

Frank, it’s been about a year now since I came and saw you and I am still smoke free. You made a believer out of me, no doubt. Nicotine was the last drug I had to quit, having already quit heroin and cocaine in the last several years. Nicotine was the hardest too, and though I had been successful quitting the other drugs, I couldn’t get past cigarettes – until I came to you. Something about the way I felt leaving your office helped me quit, and that feeling still hasn’t left me. It was a feeling that I just wasn’t a smoker anymore.

Thank you for my life back.

Comment on E-Cigarettes Unsafe, Leak Nicotine, Make False Claims by Frank Oden

Frank Oden — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:18:44 +0000

Not sure what you mean by “old news” or “some time ago” as this study was only published last week. And it’s fairly obvious that most of the negative comments on the UC page come from “pro e-cig” sources, these internet Vape Vendors are constantly trying to spam my site too. Any place where e-cigs are mentioned at all, good or bad, the SEO spammers try to latch on.

In any case, you won’t find me defending Big Tobacco, or Big Pharmacy either. My goal is to help people stop smoking easily, so my position is that ANY method of self-administering nicotine — patches, lozenges, gum, vaporizers — nicotine in any form is unnecessary and counterproductive to that goal.

Personally, I do think that e-cigs are the silliest form of nicotine replacement — pretending to smoke by sucking chemicals off a lithium battery is maybe the only thing that could possibly be more ridiculous than actually smoking!

Comment on E-Cigarettes Unsafe, Leak Nicotine, Make False Claims by Professor

Professor — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:13:18 +0000

This is old news

The Univ of CA “Fake” (Junk Science) study was exposed sometime ago.

Heck…The Univ of CA made a mistake and even had a page open to comments. Well, they closed that option after they got flooded with posters pointing out their bias “pro-tobacco” study

An investigation would probably reveal that the Univ. of CA has a Pharmacy bursary – “Big Tobacco” pays the bill. Big Pharmacy is the organ grinder and the University of California is their little monkey.

Read what others said before the Univ of CA shut down view comments

http://universityofcalifornia.edu/sites/uchealth/2010/12/03/study-e-cigarettes-are-unsafe-pose-health-risks/

Comment on FDA Issues Warning to E-Cigarette Makers by Frank Oden

Frank Oden — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:45:57 +0000

The FDA isn’t saying that e-cigarettes have been proven UNsafe, they’re not actually required to do that. It’s the responsibility of a manufacturer to prove that their new drug product is safe and effective. That hasn’t been clinically demonstrated for the effects of inhaling vaporized “eLiquid,” which (I guess?) is flavoring and nicotine, so that would be Food and Drug, right? And the FDA isn’t playing favorites, they are cracking down even harder on the way real cigarettes are manufactured and advertised, especially with regard to fruit and candy-flavored nicotine products — which is exactly what e-cigs makers are manufacturing and advertising as harmless, without any proof.

Personally, I wonder about the health and safety risks of sucking on a Lithium battery!