Additive-free tobacco

One of the free weeklies had an insert from Santa Fe Natural Tobacco company giving away cartons of additive-free cigarettes.

If you’re like me, you probably read that as addictive-free.

A little digging reveals that Santa Fe Natural Tobacco company is part of the mighty R.J. Reynolds tobacco company.

A company that already over seven years ago got dinged by the FTC for such deceptive ads.

Seems the ads are back again.

This from a company that proclaims, as corporate philosophy:

“We market our products responsibly only to adult smokers.”

I’d say.

Comments

[josh]

Learn how to read, PLEASE! After you learn how to read, it may also prove to be quite advantageous for you begin to practice the use of common sense. It's definitely true that you can't always believe everything you read, but in this case, ADDITIVE free cigarettes means exactly what it says. They are made with tobacco that is free of ADDITIVES. Nicotine, the substance in tobacco that is ADDICTIVE, is however, not an ADDITIVE. It is a naturally occouring element of tobacco. Following this path of logic, (reality), one would more than likely find it reasonable to believe that scince all cigarettes contain tobacco (except candy cigarettes), and therefore nicotine, that there can be no such thing as an ADDICTIVE free cigarette. Now the fact that you try to place blame on R.J. Reynolds tobacco company (or anyone else for that matter) for your inability to distinguish between the meanings of two similarly spelled words, as well as your total lack of common sense, is something that you my freind should be embarrased by. So, let's just say that you, (or anyone) took advantage of those ADDITIVE free cigarettes that were being given away and became ADDICTED. I suppose then that you might try to Sue based on the fact that you were tricked into accepting free cigarettes because you thought they were safe? To me it sounds like you're trying to say that, because of idiots like you, any commercial entity that wishes to advertise a product or service to the public should be confined to the use of single sylable words (like "free"), pictures, and numbers, so as to avoid any possible confusion on the part of any dim wit that happens across such an AD. Or perhaps you have nothing better to do with yourself than play pseudo do gooder by jumping on the tobacco company hate wagon. Please do us all a favor and keep your misconcieved notions to yourself because your lowering the bar for us all.

[Paul Giany]

while there is no additives in these cigarettes i looked online and saw these cigarettes have MORE nicotine than many other additive cigarettes, so does this mean they're more addictive?

[drug addiction treatment center]

Yes, when cigarettes have more nicotine, they are much addictive, but at least they are less dangerous. I mean the additives from cigarettes are, as far as I know, the worst thing that damages our health. But the easiest way, if you want to be healthy is quit smoking.

[Cigar]

See? This is why I prefer a pipe or cigars! These will never be as damaging as the normal cigarettes which have the most ads. Those little white sticks are completely deadly!

[Rob]

"Yes, when cigarettes have more nicotine, they are much addictive, but at least they are less dangerous. I mean the additives from cigarettes are, as far as I know, the worst thing that damages our health. But the easiest way, if you want to be healthy is quit smoking."

The primary health risk generated by smoking tobacco results from inhalation of the carcinogen benzopyrene. Since benzopyrene is not a result of additives in the tobacco, but rather, an inherent product of the incomplete combustion of tobacco, additive-free tobacco does not pose a significantly diminished health threat. The advertising for additive-free tobacco is misleading in this sense, which is precisely why it is so objectionable.

In point of fact, the marketing surrounding additive-free tobacco could result in an increase in overall public health risk due to the false perception of a safer cigarette, much the same as the 'light' cigarette phenomenon has.

Outrage over such false marketing is warranted.

Now that all that's been said, in a sadly ironic twist, I'm going to go have a cigarette.

[sj]

All this negativity toward additive free cigarettes only serves to establish that smoking tobacco is unhealthy and made lead to death - we should all know this by now. However smoking tobacco with unhealthy additives cannot be an equal. One unobserved fact is that additive free cigarettes burn slower and in my experience are far more satsifying and therefore I smoke much less. I am an occasional smoker - mainly I smoke like I drink - on occasion. Life is full of hazards and fortunately for me I am not an addictive personality. If you are dependent on any substance whether it be food; drink or smoke - it is unhealthy. You should not take up anything that is habit forming; however I am proof that you don't have to do anything you do not wish to do - it's a matter of your mind being in control of your body. Practice the use of your willpower and keep practicing it. I kick it all the time and in my daily life no one knows I am an occasional smoker. I wouldn't go as far to say that natural cigarettes are healthy but I would say they are a better choice. If you are already a smoker, just try one and you will be amazed at how long one cigarette lasts compared to the very fast burning regular cigarettes with additives. These additives are designed to get you to smoke more and therefore buy more of their cigarettes. You may not live longer but you will likely smoke less of them and therefore save money.