the american spirit is addictive and toxic

Some cigarette brands are likely to be far more addictive than others, new research warns.

For the first time, scientists have measured the amount of super-addictive "freebase" nicotine different cigarettes deliver to the smoker. Like crack cocaine, freebase nicotine vaporises and passes rapidly through the lungs into the bloodstream. [more>]

American Spirit, an additive-free cigarette, had 36% freebase nicotine, while Camel had 2.7%.

Posted by nchicha at July 30, 2003 08:19 PM