Nicotine: Generally consumed in dosages under 1mg at a time.
Caffeine: Generally consumed in dosages over 100mg at a time.
In other words, your 10 pots (80-100 cups as you state) of coffee are as "toxic" as 20 cartons of cigarettes.
If LD50 is your measure, a cup of coffee is 30 times more toxic than a cigarette.
There are additional alkaloids in tobacco that inhibit MAO's and research is showing that these MAO Inhibitors have a synergistic effect on addiction when combined with nicotine. http://www.springerlink.com/content/78756648h2300v80/
Without the MAOI's, nicotine alone (as found in e-cigarettes and FDA approved products like Nicoderm or Nicotrol) is still somewhat addictive but doesn't have nearly the habit forming properties of whole tobacco alkaloids.
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Nicotine: Generally consumed in dosages under 1mg at a time. Caffeine: Generally consumed in dosages over 100mg at a time. In other words, your 10 pots (80-100 cups as you state) of coffee are as "toxic" as 20 cartons of cigarettes. If LD50 is your measure, a cup of coffee is 30 times more toxic than a cigarette.
There are additional alkaloids in tobacco that inhibit MAO's and research is showing that these MAO Inhibitors have a synergistic effect on addiction when combined with nicotine. http://www.springerlink.com/content/78756648h2300v80/ Without the MAOI's, nicotine alone (as found in e-cigarettes and FDA approved products like Nicoderm or Nicotrol) is still somewhat addictive but doesn't have nearly the habit forming properties of whole tobacco alkaloids.
Most do, actually. The batteries contain a smart chip or protection PCB.