EU do your worst,

[ausfost]

Well if the EU get their way I’m off down the pound shop for some Indian Colgate “18mg” toothpaste, mix it with VG and away we go!


TOOTHPASTES COME WITH NICOTINE FIX
by Jenny Novac on September 13, 2011
Govt lab raises red flag on nicotine level of popular brands
BEWARE! Your favourite toothpaste could be laced with cancer- causing nicotine.
Astudy by the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research ( DIPSAR) has found that many of the toothpaste manufacturers are adulterating toothpastes and toothpowders with high quantity of nicotine.
TOOTHPASTES antismoking ads
” Out of the 24 brands of toothpastes studied in 2011, seven brands – Colgate Herbal, Himalaya, Neem paste, Neem Tulsi, RA Thermoseal, Sensoform and Stoline – were found to contain nicotine,” said Professor S. S. Agarwal of DIPSAR, which is affiliated to the Delhi University and is funded by the Delhi government.
” Colgate Herbal and Neem Tulsi, also a herbal product, surprisingly had 18 and 10 mg of nicotine, which is equivalent to the quantity found in nine and five cigarettes respectively,” Prof Agarwal added.
” Out of the ten brands of toothpowders examined, six – Dabur Red, Vicco, Musaka Gul, Payokil, Unadent and Alka Dantmanjan – were found to contain nicotine. Payokil was found to have the highest 16 mg of tobacco, which is equivalent of what a person consumes after smoking eight cigarettes,” he said.
” Vicco was found to have used tobacco consecutively for three years in its toothpowder, while Dabur Red resumed mixing tobacco in 2011 after stopping it in 2008,” Prof Agarwal said.
The findings were, however, strongly refuted by the manufacturers of some of the dental creams and toothpowders named by DIPSAR. According to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, tobacco cannot be added to non- tobacco products like toothpastes and toothpowders.
Section 7( 5) of the Act lays down that every tobacco package should have nicotine and tar contents along with the maximum permissible limits, which is not being done by these toothpaste manufacturers.
Moreover, as nicotine and tar are carcinogens, the manufacturers should mention them among contents along with their permissible limits on the packages to help people make an informed choice.
Prof Agarwal said that he has now written to the Union ministry of health and family welfare, drug controller- general of India and Delhi drug controller about the rampant tobacco adulteration in toothpowders and toothpastes. ” Addition of tobacco is banned under central excise but it is still being added; do they forward it to the drug controller- general of India? Nicotine action is believed to be responsible for the drug induced feeling of pleasure and addiction, said Prof Agarwal. His toxicology results here: www.hindawi.com/journals/jt/2012/237506/
Quite surprisingly toothpaste manufacturers strongly deny these results to be valid.

Just to clarify i seriously would not personally attempt to vape toothpaste and do not recommend others to try.

[kibbster]

Feb 18, 2013 22:46:34 GMT ausfost said:

BEWARE! Your favourite toothpaste could be laced with cancer- causing nicotine.

Baggsy I get to punch the next person to death that says that!

Edit:

Moreover, as nicotine and tar are carcinogens

Who the hell did the science bit for this article, the Flat-Earth society!?

[kibbster]

Might be tempted to drip the 18mg one, do they do anything other than menthol?

[lobeydosser]

As Nicotine is used as a pesticide by most Organic Farmers, then buy good quality Cabbages and what you trim off, you can vape!

[kibbster]

Ewww... cabbage flavour juice...

[kibbster]

There is strong evidence that smokeless tobacco use leads to oral mucosal lesions [7, 8] including oral pre-cancerous lesions, gingival recession [9], cardiovascular risk factors and disease, diabetes, reproductive health effects, and overall mortality.

Over a million Swedish Snus users would like to disagree.

[ausfost]

Feb 18, 2013 23:10:28 GMT kibbster said:

Feb 18, 2013 22:46:34 GMT ausfost said:

BEWARE! Your favourite toothpaste could be laced with cancer- causing nicotine.

Baggsy I get to punch the next person to death that says that!

Edit:

Moreover, as nicotine and tar are carcinogens

Who the hell did the science bit for this article, the Flat-Earth society!?

completely agree Kibbster but felt i shouldn't edit a quote from some one else no matter how ridiculous the statement, perhaps she now works for the Daily Fail

[kibbster]

Feb 18, 2013 23:25:42 GMT ausfost said:

Feb 18, 2013 23:10:28 GMT kibbster said:

Baggsy I get to punch the next person to death that says that!

Edit:

Moreover, as nicotine and tar are carcinogens

Who the hell did the science bit for this article, the Flat-Earth society!?

completely agree Kibbster but felt i shouldn't edit a quote from some one else no matter how ridiculous the statement, perhaps she now works for the Daily Fail

Wasn't blaming you
I always blame the Daily Fail... for everything 

[ausfost]

Phew, headguard, gumshield and body armour now taken off, it was getting a bit hot in all that gear hiding under the stairs

[thundercat]

"BEWARE! Your favourite toothpaste could be laced with cancer- causing nicotine." WTF!!!!

Next they will be telling us there's fluoride in it that causes bones to die and turn black!

Excellent find by the way. I am definately becoming a reporter. It an effing doddle.

[kibbster]

Feb 18, 2013 23:31:07 GMT ausfost said:

Phew, headguard, gumshield and body armour now taken off, it was getting a bit hot in all that gear hiding under the stairs

I should have said "Excluding anyone quoting other people's shoddy science, so we can laugh at the epic fail"

TBH: Half of these so-called experts quoted in ANTZ articles seem more shonky than a snake-oil salesman at an alternative medicine fare.

[kibbster]

Feb 18, 2013 23:33:29 GMT thundercat said:

"BEWARE! Your favourite toothpaste could be laced with cancer- causing nicotine." WTF!!!!

Excellent find by the way. I am definately becoming a reporter. It an effing doddle.

If you have CTRL+C and CTRL+V skills you'll do fine

[lobeydosser]

Feb 18, 2013 23:31:07 GMT ausfost said:

Phew, headguard, gumshield and body armour now taken off, it was getting a bit hot in all that gear hiding under the stairs

Och your okay. Punching is non carcinogenic so it canny kill you!

[ausfost]

Feb 18, 2013 23:37:27 GMT lobeydosser said:

Feb 18, 2013 23:31:07 GMT ausfost said:

Phew, headguard, gumshield and body armour now taken off, it was getting a bit hot in all that gear hiding under the stairs

Och your okay. Punching is non carcinogenic so it canny kill you!

fine for you to say that, how do i know Kibbster doesn't ooze carcinogens from his knuckles, sure i've seen a scientific article on it somewhere

[kibbster]

Feb 18, 2013 23:42:24 GMT ausfost said:

Feb 18, 2013 23:37:27 GMT lobeydosser said:

Och your okay. Punching is non carcinogenic so it canny kill you!

fine for you to say that, how do i know Kibbster doesn't ooze carcinogens from his knuckles, sure i've seen a scientific article on it somewhere

That's my mutation from smoking as per this thread

;)