Nicotine-Free Cigs, Genetically Engineered

jim.b0b writes "Wired has an interesting article about nicotine-free cigarettes, made from genetically engineered tobacco grown by Amish farmers. Vector Tobacco is hoping that their Quest cigarettes will make them a viable competitor to RJR and Phillip Morris. Don't worry, they are nicotine-free, not carcinogen-free."

Comments

This is just plain old un-patriotic!

[SuperMario666]

Smokers are our nation's greatest citizens. Not only do they generate billions of dollars in state and local taxes with their tobacco purchases, they save the federal government still more billions by "removing" themselves from the Social Security System, on average, a decade or so earlier than other, less civic-minded Americans.

But, now, it appears that irresponsible genetic engineering threatens to eliminate an entire generation of such patriotic puffers.

Shame on science and shame on the Amish!

Re:Your pretty much a moron if you smoke

[Seehund]

Lets just face it. You stink. Your car stinks, your house stinks, your breath stinks. You just stink.

Nope. I and my sourroundings are impregnated with the pleasant scent of tobacco, signalling sofistication and culture.

The added expense of paying $5 per pack to smoke

Well, I roll my own, or smoke a pipe, or cigars/cigarillos, but what people pay for is their own business.

You get to outside in the cold rain or snow, or summer heat, and huddle around acting "cool"

Only in uncivilised places that won't accept the fruits of human achievements like the taming of fire and the controlled use of central stimulantia. If some whiney bastard complains about "second hand smoke", I tell him to buy his own tobacco instead of leeching off of my expensive smoke, and I go where I don't have to share it with that kind of persons.

Oh yeah, and then there is the small detail that it kills you.

Big deal. It is also proven that dihydrogen oxide is lethal to everyone ingesting it, some die later than others but they all die. At least my nicotinergic receptors were sufficiently and pleasantly stimulated during my lifetime.

:)

Re:Wait..

[SquadBoy]

You are wrong

http://www.yourlawyer.com/practice/news.htm?stor y_ id=3752&topic=Light%20Cigarettes

Re:Wait..

[jaavaaguru]

Except that here, you just keep smoking, looking for the buzz that never comes, until you get emphyzema from huffing nicotine-free smoke hoping to get the nonexistent rush.

Ah well, that will be more space on the planet for those of us who aren't trying to kill ourselves.