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by Paul Conneally | October 27, 2008 at 07:42 am
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Business looks for any opportunity to exploit a new market and smokers affected by the smoking ban that many countries have brought in are being targeted by this new 'cigarette drink' that manufacturers claim can help keep cigarette cravings at bay for an hour or so. The drink is called 'Liquid Smoking' his should not be confused with 'Liquid Smoke' which is a food flavouring available in the US
The drink, called Liquid Smoking, has already proved a hit in the Netherlands where it has been on sale for a year.
Dutch suppliers United Drinks and Beauty Corporation, hopes the drink will be on sale here before Christmas as they aim to target the opposite end of the energy drinks market.
The manufacturers say it does not contain the drug nicotine, but rather a mix of roots from South African plants which is said to give "a slight energising effect, followed by a euphoric sense of calming and relaxation."
It has less than 21 calories per 275ml can and would cost £1.50 in the shops.
Although there will be no lower age limit to buy it, the makers believe it should not be drunk by anyone under 15.
United Drinks Chief Executive Martin Hartman said: "The product we have developed has got similar properties to nicotine, so we are trying to help people out who are affected by the ban on nicotine People might use this instead of a cigarette or tobacco to help the cravings.
He added: "It will take the edge off of a need for nicotine for between one to four hours.
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at 09:53 on October 27th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.
We have cigarette bans here in Canada and due to a recent law that you can't smoke within 6 metres of any entrance in Vancouver, many club/concert venues won't allow ins/outs for smokers because their outdoor smoking areas are within 6 metres of the entrance. I could see how a drink like this might have appeal, but it's still kind of ridiculous.
at 10:18 on October 27th, 2008
'Liquid Smoke' = liquid disgusting.
at 10:46 on October 27th, 2008
Does it actually work? I'm a little skeptical. I wonder what it tastes like.
at 10:50 on October 27th, 2008
Maybe like a beer that someone's been using as an ashtray? Gross.
Ha, no but I doubt it actually tastes like cigarettes, it probably gives you a shot of nicotine like the patch or chewing gum does.
at 11:06 on October 27th, 2008
interestingly it doesn't contain nicotine but herbs and stuff (that's me being scientific) that make the body react in a similar way to nicotine... to me it sounds spurious... but hey i don't smoke and won't be trying it...
at 11:56 on October 27th, 2008
I'm definitely going to try it when we have it here in Vancouver. I don't smoke, but just want to see what its like. I wonder if it does anything for non-smokers.
at 12:27 on October 27th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:32 on October 27th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I can see this being the next cancer/heart attack/high blood pressure causing thing in about ten years time when the current lab rats <cough, cough> I mean people are done ‘clinically’ testing it.
at 13:39 on October 27th, 2008
The consumption of street became a commonplace practice, a custom, a drug, a vice.
This one became a scar, of our townscape, our everyday life. I am not an ecologist. But I have to refrain from following, such the Tom Thumb these objects of the consumption - disposable, in the point from realizing a series on this subject.
This picture emphases the contradiction between the ephemeral cigarette and the immortal stone. Especially that we were all actor of this consumption some day....
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at 02:30 on October 28th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff. Doesn't sound tasty, does it?
A few years before Katrina, I took my daughter on vacation to New Orleans. I was surprised that as we drove through Alabama, people were smoking wherever they liked. There were even little, tin ashtrays on the tables in McDonalds, sparing only the kid's play area!
Like many places in the historic city, our New Orleans hotel lobby was decorated with lovely antiques. It even had a row of old fashioned, private phone boots. I went to use the phone there and save some roving minutes, and I was surprised to find that my booth had an ashtray in it! I inquired about the ashtray after my phone call. "Oh, yes," the hospitality desk attendant answered. "You can smoke anywhere you like in the hotel lobby except the non-smoking section." I felt like a time traveler.
Mary
at 05:27 on October 29th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's adictive.