I've just come across this page and it made me more aware of the problems we could face trying to keep our nicotine supplies flowing.
liquid nicotine@Everything2.com
"... handing out 100mg vials of 33% pure liquid nicotine straight over the counter with nothing save an eye-dropper in the way someone chugging the whole thing? Or spilling it...? Nicotine is rapidly absorbed through the skin with immediate poisoning effects. Hell - that's how the patch was invented. Further, a large enough dose of liquid nicotine into an open would can be fatal in seconds."
It might be a hard fight to keep nicotine from being controlled if we can't come up with good answers to these sort of concerns.
Hopefully esmoking will be approved as nicotine replacement therapy before authorities get their act together to control it.
liquid nicotine@Everything2.com
"... handing out 100mg vials of 33% pure liquid nicotine straight over the counter with nothing save an eye-dropper in the way someone chugging the whole thing? Or spilling it...? Nicotine is rapidly absorbed through the skin with immediate poisoning effects. Hell - that's how the patch was invented. Further, a large enough dose of liquid nicotine into an open would can be fatal in seconds."
It might be a hard fight to keep nicotine from being controlled if we can't come up with good answers to these sort of concerns.
Hopefully esmoking will be approved as nicotine replacement therapy before authorities get their act together to control it.