{"id":13764,"date":"2012-12-07T18:22:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-07T18:22:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T18:22:02","slug":"e_cig_commercial_reclaims_freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/07\/e_cig_commercial_reclaims_freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Cig Commercial Reclaims Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: As many of you people know, I have had experience with electronic cigarettes. I, El Rushbo, have used them. They\u2019re just jolts of nicotine. They\u2019re no different than a nicotine patch, except the patch sort of has a controlled amount, and the electronic cigarette you give yourself a hit anytime you want. But it\u2019s water vapor. That\u2019s all it is, is water vapor. It\u2019s flavored. Cherry, tobacco flavor, coconut, whatever, different colors. There\u2019s no tar, there\u2019s nothing carcinogen in there. Nicotine is not a carcinogen. It is addictive. In fact, nicotine is the most addictive drug in the world. <\/p>\n

Now, see, Snerdley is frowning, and many of you probably, “Ah, come on, Rush, that\u2019s the most ridiculous thing I\u2019ve ever heard anybody say.” <\/p>\n

Well, here\u2019s the reason why I say so. Nobody has a pleasant first experience with it. If you\u2019ve ever seen somebody take their first drag on a cigarette, you have seen coughing, sputtering, red-faced sweating, perhaps even retching and vomiting, and they can\u2019t wait to light the next one. Other drugs, the experience is pleasant, and some cases amazingly so. But not nicotine, because it\u2019s delivered via tobacco. For that reason I say it\u2019s the most addictive substance on earth. But it\u2019s not carcinogenic. So you would think that it would make everybody happy in the health community. But no. No, no, no. They want to stamp out electric cigarettes. Of course Big Tobacco wants to stamp out electric cigarettes. <\/p>\n