Harare — MONOMOTAPA have received a major boost in their tough battle to turn around a Champions League campaign that has gone off the rails with a local tobacco company, Blend Value, injecting US$50 000 into their coffers ahead of their showdown against Congolese giants TP Mazembe at Rufaro tomorrow.

The cash injection by the company a new player in the local tobacco industr is meant to boost morale among the Monomotapa players and help them focus on their assignment against the former African champions.

Monoz have lost two matches on the trot and coach Rodwell Dhlakama has questioned the focus of his players on their continental mission amid the unrest torched by problems over the funding of an adventure that does not come cheap.

The Monomotapa players staged a rebellion against their leadership, shortly after their arrival from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they were handed a 0-5 defeat by two-time African champions TP Mazembe.

That big defeat followed a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Heartlands of Nigeria. Dhlakama, whose boys now return to familiar home territory where they have turned Rufaro into their fortress and won all their Champions League games, believes his players have been distracted by the in-house turmoil.

But, just when Monomotapa were beginning to feel that they have been abandoned by the Zimbabweans, Blend Value have come along to give them a big shot in the arm and try and boost the morale of the players ahead of tomorrow’s big match.

For, despite their heavy defeats in their last two matches, Monomotapa know that if they win their three home matches in the group, it could just be enough for them to qualify for the semi-finals.

That huge task begins tomorrow with this tough task against a team that has seemingly found the going easy against Zimbabwean opposition and who, unlike Monomotapa, have no financial problems and are bankrolled by one of the wealthiest men on the continent.

Moise Katumbi Chabwe, the billionaire businessman who owns TP Mazembe, is a wealthy man who has promised his team US$250 000, to be shared among the 18 players and their officials, should they beat Monomotapa at Rufaro tomorrow.

Katumbi is also a politician, being the Governor of Katanga province in the DRC, and has interests in mining and transport.

It has always been his mission, since he took over as the owner of TP Mazembe, to turn the Congolese giants into the champions of Africa and he believes that this year, his team has its best chance.

Monomotapa is a team owned by Harare businessmen Solomon Mugavazi and Lysias Sibanda and, while they have tried their best and injected a fortune in the team, they certainly don’t have the kind of financial resources that Katumbi has.

But Mugavazi and Sibanda certainly have friends and, among the people they can call their partners, are the directors of Blend Value Tobacco, who yesterday unveiled a US$50 000 package to help Monomotapa in their hour of need.

Blend Value Tobacco are the manufacturers of the Oya! brand, which they want to dominate the domestic market, and they have already announced that this is just the start of their big partnership with Zimbabwean football.

Blend Value director Tawanda Chitapi, a prominent Harare lawyer, said his company decided to help Monomotapa because the Harare side was representing the country and needed the help of everyone in their bid to try and conquer the continent.

“We decided to help Monomotapa so that they can sort out some of the challenges that they have been facing of late,” said Chitapi.

The Harare lawyer is also a passionate football fan who has worked, mostly behind the scenes, resolving some of the wrangles that have beset the national game.

“It’s important, in our small way, to play our part in the area of social responsibility. “After reading about Monomotapa, and the challenges they were facing with regard the need to raise money for their campaign, we decided to partner Zifa and assist the team.

“We did that because Monomotapa’s match against TP Mazembe is a national game and we decided to take care of some of the expenses that come with the holding of such a big match.

“We now believe that, with our help, the players can now concentrate on giving their best and our aim is to continue sponsoring the team, depending on how things work out on the weekend.”

Monoz’ director Mugavazi attended the ceremony, at Zifa House, where Blend Value unveiled their sponsorship package.

The ceremony was also attended by Zifa chairman Wellington Nyatanga and Premier Soccer League boss Tapuwa Matangaidze whose top-flight league last week assisted Monomotapa by paying each players US$400.

That helped in ending the stand-off between the Monomotapa players and their leadership and the club, in turn, decided to lift the suspension that had been imposed on skipper Mthulisi Maphosa, goalkeeper Godfrey Mangove, defender Lucky Simango and striker Daniel Zokoto.

The four were accused of being the ringleaders in the industrial action. They have all since returned into the fold and should help Monomotapa in their quest to beat TP Mazembe at Rufaro tomorrow.

Monomotapa secretary-general David Makombe paid tribute to Blend Value for their sponsorship package. “It is a very good development in the sense that since we started participating in the Champions League, no one was coming to help and we had to source for the resources on our own and use our own funds,” said Makombe.

“It makes us concentrate on playing football and we now have confidence of where we are going and we are very grateful for the support that has been given to us.”

Club captain, the inspirational Maphosa, said his boys had faced a lot of challenges but, with friends like Blend Value, they could concentrate on their game and they had the capacity to beat Mazembe.

“We were facing a lot of problems and hopefully our problems are over,” said Maphosa. Matangaidze hailed the move by Blend Value and said this showed there was value in domestic football.

The PSL boss challenged Monomotapa to turn their campaign around and make the country and their sponsors proud with a morale-boosting win over Mazembe tomorrow.

The Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters’ Association yesterday issued a rallying cry to the country’s football fans to come in their thousands and back the Monomotapa cause at Rufaro tomorrow.

ZNSSA security chief Fortune Bgwoni also hailed Blend Value for leading the way in helping Monomotapa in their hour of need.

“What is refreshing about Blend Value’s support is that the company has come at the right time, when Monomotapa’s campaign was being threatened by financial resources, to throw its full weight behind our champions,” said Bgwoni.

“We believe that that the fans and players should take note of these companies, which are putting their financial resources into football, and support them in whatever way they can.

“If Blend Value are the tobacco company that is sponsoring football, we believe that football should also appreciate that support with the fans choosing their products ahead of their competition which might not be playing a part in the game.

“If BancABC are the bank that is supporting football, we believe that the football community — the fans, the coaches, the players and the administrators — should also support that bank ahead of its competition when it comes to their investments.

“The same goes for Nestle Zimbabwe and that is the only way that we can safeguard our sponsors and, when we do that, teams like Monomotapa will continue to get help and they can do far better in the Champions League.

“The challenge is on Monomotapa to now put their house in order and, if they were good enough to beat Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia, then they should also be good enough to beat Mazembe and give our football a reason to smile once again.

“So let’s all go to Rufaro on Saturday, and the game starts early at 2.30pm, and support our boys –just the way they have been supported by Blend Value — and I can tell you that we can win the big match and bounce back.”


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The roll-your-own cigarettes made on the machines at Tobacco Haven are controversial and inexpensive, but are they any good? Three Telegraph staffers who smoke gave them a try.

I’ll stick with my Parliament Lights, thank you.

I took one for the team Wednesday afternoon and tested one of the 200 roll-your-own cigarettes I purchased – on the paper’s tab – at Tobacco Haven in Brookline on Tuesday. They were not my favorite, but I’m not convinced it’s entirely the cigarette’s fault.

Taking a drag is difficult. I don’t know if that’s because it was made with “all-natural” tobacco like American Spirits, or if it was packed too densely. The latter explanation is at least fixable since the RYO machines can adjust the amount of tobacco in each butt.

They also didn’t taste like much. It didn’t feel like anything was in my mouth or lungs. But again, it’s possible another combination of tobacco – robust, natural or mild – and filter – light or full-flavored – would make a difference. This wasn’t exactly a scientific survey.

But the price is right. At $25.99 the carton cost far less than a carton of my cancer-sticks of choice.

– JOSEPH G. COTE

One of the few things I like about cigarettes is it gives me a short period of time to clear my head. A quick three to four minutes and I am back at my desk feeling refreshed.

The cigarettes from Tobacco Haven gave me none of that. Anyone who has ever smoked an American Spirit will know what I am referring to when I say they take far too long to finish.

In the time that I would normally be done with my cigarette, I wasn’t even half way through the one from Tobacco Haven.

With “normal” cigarettes, you can cut the allotted 15-minute work breaks into three five-minute mini breaks, taking each time to smoke a cigarette. The cigarettes from Tobacco Haven? You will be struggling to finish one cigarette in your entire break.

They are more mild then Marlborough Silver. In fact, think of them as Marlborough Mega Ultra Lights with less flavor.

– DANA SMITH

I’m in the process of trying to quit, so just about any cigarette is a good cigarette.

Since the cigarette from Tobacco Haven was hand-rolled, I was expecting a harsh cigarette with no filter. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a filter.

However, the first puff, instead of being too harsh was too light. I normally smoke Marlboro Lights, so that caught me off guard.

I found myself puffing harder and struggling to get a good draw of smoke. I didn’t get the satisfying “ahhhh” that I normally get while smoking.

Oddly enough, despite the “lightness,” I got a throat burn and dry mouth about halfway through the cigarette, reminiscent of generic-brand cigarettes.

For the price they’ll definitely do in a pinch, but I doubt brand-loyal cigarette smokers will find them an adequate substitute for the long term.

– DONNA ROBERSON

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LUMBERTON – Jimmy Dawson began building tobacco barns in Robeson County as a young boy.

By the time he was 16, he was building them with his uncle for K.M. Biggs Farms.

“We used nothing but a handsaw,” he said.

Dawson, who is 64, worked for K.M. Biggs for more than 40 years. He can recall every detail of those old barns that used to dot the Robeson County landscape, including the poles on which tobacco leaves were hung for curing.

“My mind often goes back to the time when we farmed and we had these old barns. You remember a lot of things, like falling out of the barn or finding a snake in it,” he said with a chuckle. “It all comes back to you.”

Dawson wanted to capture the heyday of tobacco farming in Robeson County, so he built a model barn using old tobacco sticks.

He said he tossed around the idea for 12 years before beginning the project in March.

“I decided to just go ahead and do it,” he said.

Dawson spent 200 hours building the barn, which looks similar to the ones used in Robeson County in the 1920s through 1970s. Each of the more than 3,000 pieces used to build the barn was painstakingly sawed from 150 tobacco sticks once used in the old barning and curing process.

The model includes a ladder to a small door near the roof. In the old days, farmers would climb up and check the temperature in the barn, he said. There also is a roof vent that would release moisture. Near the barn is a crate of tobacco.

The top and front side pieces can be removed so people can have a closer look inside.

The model even has tiny hinges on the barn doors and a wood-burning furnace, which is how tobacco used to be cured.

“I didn’t think it was going to turn out this way,” he said. “But it turned out almost too perfect. It looks just like you can go up under the barn shelter and start working.”

He called the finished product “A Page in Time.”

Dawson said tobacco was such a big part of the county’s history that he didn’t want it to be forgotten. In 1950, there were 27,237 acres of tobacco in Robeson County. That number dropped to 5,951 acres in 2007, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

“It is a part of history, and I am a history buff,” he said.
Popular with shoppers

Dawson’s model has been on display at Biggs Park Mall in Lumberton for three weeks.

Jan Tedder-Rogers, the mall manager, said the exhibit has been a success.

“No one walks by here without stopping. They stop to see the detail work of the barn. There are so many people in this county who made their living on tobacco. Tobacco built this mall,” she said. “I’ve overheard the older ones talking to their children about how things worked in the barn and whether they worked in the inside of the barn or as a stringer or a cropper hanger or crate driver.”

The barn will be on display at the mall until October. It will then move to the Robeson County fair and later be on display at the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh.

Dawson said one of the reasons he decided to build the barn was his age.

“Nobody lasts forever,” he said. “The other reason is Murchison Biggs and I had talked about doing it. If he was here today, he would have told you all about that barn. I built this for the whole Biggs family. Tobacco has been a part of the Biggs family for more than 80 years before the tobacco buyout.”

Kenny Biggs, whose family owned K.M. Biggs Farms, said the family is humbled by Dawson’s tribute.

“It is remarkable,” he said. “He did so many of the real McCoys that he could do it from memory.’

Dawson doesn’t plan to build any more model barns.

“This is the first and last,” he said. “God helped me build this, and I don’t think I will build another.”

The “smokeless cigarette” is hitting the market, promising devoted smokers a way to get a puff of nicotine and look, act and feel like they’re smoking, but without burning tobacco.

The device makes the classic pickup line “Got a light?” go the way of secondhand smoke.

And it raises questions about regulation and use.

Although the battery-powered cigs don’t produce tobacco smoke, should users be banned from “vaping” in restaurants and airplanes? Just where can you vape, as the lingo calls vapor inhaling?

That’s a sticky point, and the etiquette is far from settled.

For anyone buying e-cigs, consider yourself a bit illicit. E-cigarettes inhabit a legal gray area. The Food and Drug Administration recently blocked some e-cig imports, and officials want to halt sales. At least three makers sell them online, and one maker sells in area malls.

Nicotine and all things tobacco are hot issues. In June, the FDA gained new authority to regulate tobacco products. Taxes on a variety of tobacco goods are going up, and Florida added an additional $1 tax on cigarette packs July 1.

President Barack Obama recently vented about his struggle to quit smoking, saying he doesn’t smoke in front of his kids, “but there are times I mess up.”

Enter the electronic cigarette companies, promising a device that looks, feels and tastes like a cigarette.

Inside, most models have a battery-powered vaporizer that turns a nicotine and tobacco-flavored propylene glycol gel into a vapor for the user to inhale. With some models, the vapor they exhale resembles smoke, though manufacturers claim it doesn’t smell like or linger as long as tobacco smoke.

Starter kits cost $60 to $120, depending on the brand, plus the cost of cartridges, which come in flavors including light, menthol, cherry and vivid vanilla.

The NJoy electronic cigarette company tells users, “Do not be surprised when people ask about you smoking NJoy. After all, to the casual observer, using NJoy creates the appearance of tobacco smoking.”

Jason Healy, president of the e-cigarette company Blu, said he regularly uses his product on airlines, including Quantas, American Airlines and Southwest.

“I just show it to the flight attendants, explain it, and they’re usually fine,” Healy said.

Since launching online sales in April, Blu, based in Charlotte, N.C., has sold more than 22,000 starter kits.

That kind of success bothers anti-smoking advocates.

“They’re just another way the tobacco industry has found to target addicts for a profit,” said Gary Stein, tobacco programs coordinator for the Hillsborough County Health Department.

Florida tobacco law does not address electronic cigarettes, so they could be used in places where cigarettes aren’t allowed, such as restaurants, Stein said.

This year, the FDA blocked some imports of the devices from China, citing drug laws. Officially, the FDA considers them a drug delivery device and wants them to undergo scientific vetting before they could be sold in the United States, said Siobhan DeLancey, a spokeswoman for the FDA.

The FDA regulates smoking-cessation devices, such as patches, so some e-cigarette makers are careful to market their devices only as substitutes for cigarettes, not quitting aides.

Matthew Steingraber, founder of the Tarpon Springs-based White Cloud e-cigarette company, said he wants federal law to clear up the matter because he would prefer not to operate in a “gray area.” In the meantime, he has opened up kiosks in a half-dozen area malls.

The NJoy e-cigarette company sells refill cartridges in stores such as Costco and freeway rest stops, including TravelCenters of America and Pilot. A trade association of e-cigarette makers claims $100 million in annual sales.

On a social level, e-cig users face other obstacles. Tobacco-free or not, several places across the area don’t want the devices around.

“I don’t see them going into restaurants, period,” said Jessica Raia-Long, chef and co-owner of the NoHo Bistro gourmet restaurant in Tampa. “For a bar, fine, that’s what they’re for. But if there’s any scent to them at all, it would eventually permeate everything and bother people. I’d have to light candles and incense to cover it up.”

University Community Hospital considers them cigarettes, said spokeswoman Phoebe Ochman, and would kick out anyone using them.

In contrast, Chris Bjarkman fires up his e-cigarette close to the New Port Richey hospitals he frequents as a firefighter in Pasco County. A former two-pack a day Marlboro Red smoker, Bjarkman said, “I see patients and doctors out there having to smoke way out on the sidewalk – not me.”

Before going to Tropicana Field for a Rays game, users might want to consider the team’s stance on e-cigs. There isn’t an official one yet, but basic manners and comfort of other fans holds sway, says spokesman Rick Vaughn.

“We would look to the (sports) industry to help standardize the rules regarding in-stadium use,” he said.

Southwest Airlines officials toyed with allowing e-cigarettes on planes and listened to presentations two years ago by at least one e-cigarette maker hoping the airline would allow them.

Southwest decided on a policy against them, said spokeswoman Marlee McInnis.

“We have made it clear we do not accept them,” she said. “We definitely don’t want people concerned about them.”


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A new investigation which sees smokers paid £12.50 a week for trying to quit the habit is showing encouraging early results, according to NHS.
In an attempt to lower the number of people becoming addicted of cigarettes and also that of the people dying because smoking-related disease, researchers gave to a group of smokers (360 people) electronic cards with money which they could use to buy groceries if they pass a weekly breath test.

They were not allowed to purchase cigarettes or alcohol with the money.
This study has been running for three months and only 20 to 30 people were asked to join each week.
Audrey Gordon, who is one of those on the 12-week experiment, said: “This is the first time that I’ve seriously tried to stop smoking, and I’m not saying I did it the first time because I’ve had a little bit of a relapse, but the past few weeks I’ve been fantastic at it.”
Philip Neave is another participant who has not managed to give up but has cut down from about 25 cigarettes a day to about 10 a week.
He said: “It’s a big motive for me because I’m not working at the moment so there’s not much money going about, so that £12.50 is a big incentive. It was hard at first taking the test every week but I find it quite easy now.”
He added: “It’s a strange time, quitting smoking, because you always think to yourself that once you have quit, you will reward yourself by smoking. There’s no logic to this.”
Dr. Paul Ballard, from NHS, said: “We worked with local people to find out what would motivate them to quit smoking and using the message, ‘You’ll be healthier for longer’ clearly wasn’t going to work, what was important to them was putting food on the table. The figures that are coming through are showing that it’s very successful.”
At the end of the investigation, researchers found that from food and cigarettes, more smokers used food, especially fruits and vegetables, instead cigarettes. Fruits consist of certain nutrients & vitamins such as Vitamin A, C, E, potassium etc. These can lower the risk of having heart diseases, strokes, kidney problems and more.

The result of this new study shows us once again that smoking can be defeated by food, healthy food.

Everyone wants to stay healthy so that they can spend more happy times with their loved ones, creating more monumental memories.

That does why always, never, ever try smoking and drugs if you value your life well. Cigarettes & drugs are slow-reacting poison that will degrade your health as time passes.

Menthol cigarettes could be in the crosshairs of the Food and Drug Administration.

The popular flavored cigarette commands 27-percent of the market and is smoked by 75-percent of all African-American smokers.

A bill passed last week by Congress and soon to be signed by President Obama bans cherry, clove and chocolate-flavored cigarettes, but does not include menthol.

The bill requires the FDA to study ways menthol cigarettes are marketed and their impact on various minorities.
That report will be released in 18 months.

Although the FDA could ban menthol cigarettes, anti-smoking groups believe it’s unlikely.

As all knows, flora looks very nice but not all plants among flora a safe. For example scientist shoed in a study that some flora can explode in people face, some can take them over the earth if left unchecked, and some could kill people.
Among people there are a lot of villains, and the world of evil plants is no different.

Amy Stewart wrote, in her book “Wicked Plants”, that tobacco is a leaf so toxic that it has taken the lives of 90 million people worldwide … so addictive that it fueled a war against Native Americans, so powerful that it led to the establishment of slavery in the American South, and so profitable that it spawned a global industry worth over $300 billion.

And of course nobody has thought that one plant could cause so much trouble, as tobacco plants caused.

Statistics show that tobacco plants now occupy 9.8 million acres of land worldwide, and despite the well-establish threat of heart attack, stroke, emphysema, cancer and other health risks, nearly 1.3 billion people light up a cigarette every day (that’s essentially 1 in every 6 people on the planet). Tobacco is contained in every cigarette, cigar and other smoking products. And every smoking product contains a very harmful substance –nicotine.

Nicotine — the substance in snuff, chew tobacco and cigarettes that humans find so addicting, is actually a neurotoxin. The alkaloid, which evolved with tobacco to act as a natural insecticide, is so powerful that just a few bites of actual tobacco leaves will bring on stomach cramps, difficulty breathing, seizures and even death.

But as in many plants, in tobacco plant there is a bit of good anywhere. As mentioned in our article on top 10 Super Plants, researchers have recently been able to genetically engineer tobacco plants to remove trinitrotoluene (TNT) from contaminated soils.
So as was said before good and evil there are even in plant kingdom, because one without the other can’t exist.
One of the many smokers which think in the same, said: “To the 1.2 billion smokers of the world, tobacco is not just a killer, but a pleasure, a comforter and a friend”. Sadly, this is one of the few junctures where he attempts to attack the larger meaning of this plant and its extraordinary ability to addict and harm those who fall for its allure. Tobacco’s often bizarre past comes across clear as day, but the big implications remain veiled in smoke.
Harmful plants are captivating as they seek not to strike fear in its users, but enlighten them on the power, beauty and absolute evil taking root just outside their windows.

Canada’s cigarette companies are a bit like the Energizer Bunny — they keep going and going, against all odds.
First, their tobacco ads were pulled from TV screens across the country. No more promoting that fun and sexy lifestyle in your living room.

Then cigarette companies were told they could only advertise in publications with an adult readership of at least 85 per cent.

Next, cigarette companies were banned from sponsoring events. Then, cigarette packages were — literally — forced under cover in stores across the country.

This week, the federal government announced a bill aimed at protecting young people from taking up the habit. The bill, if made into law, will ban tobacco advertisements in all publications, regardless of readership age. And will forbid sugar and fruit flavours from being added to small cigars, called cigarillos.
‘Like a little BlackBerry’

So what to do, if you’re a tobacco giant trying to boost sales?

Well, all that’s left is the package that cigarettes come in — the final frontier for marketers who are tasked with keeping people smoking and encouraging a new crowd.

Check out the latest “Superslims” by Benson & Hedges. Sleek packages that might pass for iPods, containing slender smokes reminiscent of the ’40s. When I showed them on the streets of Vancouver, passersby called them “sleek,” “chic,” “cute” and “feminine.” Women definitely preferred them to other brands I hauled out.

Not to be outdone, Player’s cigarettes now open sideways — resulting in comments like “Cool!” and “Like a little BlackBerry!”

And then there’s du Maurier’s overhaul — the box is no longer boxy, it’s octagonal.

“It’s a way of making the pack talk louder,” says David Hammond, a health researcher at the University of Waterloo. “When you don’t have TV ads, you don’t have billboards, when you don’t have that traditional marketing, this is a way of the pack standing out and doing more than it used to do.”
A call for plain packages

Hammond says cigarette makers are also using colour to convey messages.

Gone are the days when companies could claim their smokes were “light” or “mild,” so now they’ve produced packages in stark white.

“It’s against the law for manufacturers to promote cigarettes in any way that suggests one brand is less harmful than another,” says Hammond. “And colour is an excellent way to do that.”

What’s needed, says Hammond, is plain packaging, pure and simple. That means no colours, no logos, no special shapes.

“Plain packaging does three things,” he says. “It makes it less appealing to kids, reduces false beliefs about health risks, and it makes health information on the pack more important.

“At the end of the day, it reflects the idea that maybe we shouldn’t be marketing a lethal consumer product to kids in pink packaging and the rest of it.”

We contacted Canada’s big three tobacco companies — Imperial Tobacco, JTI Macdonald, and Rothman, Benson & Hedges. All three told us that they’re opposed to plain packaging, because it takes away a consumer’s choice.

The industry has also argued that moving to plain packaging wouldn’t affect sales, a claim that makes Hammond scoff. “I don’t know how they can spend millions on packaging, and then say taking away those things will have no impact.”

Source: Cbc

Americans are becoming increasingly health conscious. They’re also more aware than ever of the vital need to do everything they can to be more green — that is, earth friendly.

Cigarettes and tobacco kill people. Green Smoke does not contain one carcinogen. They’re certainly safer than tobacco cigarettes
I have been Green Smoking e-cigarette for only one month and I already feel the difference in my breathing.
One group, especially, has a big stake in this shift of behavior: smokers. The American Cancer Society reports that 46 million American adults smoke cigarettes. That’s nearly one in four people. Moreover, a whopping 440,000 Americans die each year from tobacco use. Even the most confirmed tobacco smokers know that it isn’t healthy, but what alternative do they have?

Green Smoke. This electronic cigarette is the best to hit the market during the past year, and it helps smokers leave behind nearly everything that is unhealthy, distasteful and even downright nasty about their habit. While the Green Smoke electronic cigarette offers the same nicotine buzz as tobacco cigarettes, they don’t have carcinogens, tar, carbon monoxide or the dozens of other toxins that are unhealthy for smokers.

So, how is this possible? Green Smoke has made it easy. The Green Smoke electronic cigarette consists of two simple parts: a cartridge and a battery unit. The cartridge looks just like the filter on a tobacco cigarette, while the battery is a dead ringer for the white tobacco end of a regular cigarette. Just screw together these two and puff. This activates the heating element, and smokers inhale water steam with nicotine and flavor. Each cartridge is the comparable to a pack of tobacco cigarettes.

They offer an assortment of flavors, from the traditional tobacco and menthol to coffee, vanilla and chocolate. Green Smoke cartridge nicotine levels range from 16 mg, comparable to an unfiltered tobacco cigarette, to 8mg comparable to a ‘Marlboro Red‘, to 6mg ‘Lite’, 4mg ‘Ultralight’, and even 0mg cartridges which maintain the flavor but contains no nicotine at all.

So what’s so green about it? Green Smokers don’t harm the environment. The Green Smoke electronic cigarette produces smoke-like vapor- as opposed to cigarette smoke which contains a number of chemicals which impact the atmosphere. In addition, each cartridge is comparable to 20 cigarettes. That’s 19 fewer cigarette butts per pack. Combine that with a rechargeable battery – you get less waste.

That missing cigarette smoke also means that hair, clothing and even breath is no longer a problem for Green Smokers. And dirty ashtrays or cans along with unsightly butts are things of the past for people who have made the switch from tobacco cigarettes to Green Smoke e-cigarettes.

Sounds just like the right product for a world more health conscious and earth friendly. However, the Food and Drug Administration apparently doesn’t agree. It seems poised to ban this safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes by blocking imports e-cigarette. The FDA claims that e-cigarettes need drug studies even though the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 ruled that the agency cannot regulate tobacco cigarettes.

Green Smokers widely claim that benefits far outweigh any risks.
“Cigarettes and tobacco kill people. Green Smoke does not contain one carcinogen. They’re certainly safer than tobacco cigarettes,” says a Green Smoker from Michigan. “I have been Green Smoking e-cigarette for only one month and I already feel the difference in my breathing.”

Green Smoke remains readily available to the increasing demand by tobacco smokers for a reasonable alternative — especially as state after state enacts bans on smoking in public places.

Source: Prweb