I’m currently in Old City Philadelphia watching my brother’s dogs while he’s down at the shore with his wife and her family. One of them is a long-legged Boston Terrier named Huxley and a meatball of a French Bulldog named Olaf, which he and his wife recently adopted.
During my time here I will likely play a lot of Wii and continually attempt to resist the urge to smoke, which so far has resulted in five cigarettes, all American Spirits. I was excited to read on the side of the box that American Spirits are addictive free, assuming this meant nicotine-free, only to very shortly after realize that I misread the word additive. Honest mistake, I suppose. According to the Wikipedia listing for the item, this is a common mistake:
Their products are marketed as being “100% Additive-Free Tobacco”, though the company warns that they are as hazardous as other cigarettes and openly dissuades others from taking up smoking. This was part of an FTC ruling and agreement stemming from allegations that the advertisement of additive-free cigarettes made consumers feel that the product might be less addictive than regular cigarettes.
I would only assume from this paragraph that they are equally addicting as the Camel Lights I used to smoke. Then I found a study on nicotine levels in various brands of cigarettes, which also explained the difference between acid and base nicotine. I wont go into the difference between the two right now but it should suffice to say that free-base nicotine is more addictive and, according to the study, Camel cigarettes contain 2.7 percent free-base nicotine (verses the naturally occurring acid nicotine), Marlboros contain 9.6 percent and American Spirits contain a whopping 36 percent. In other words, I was better off smoking the Camels.
Also while in Philly, I plan to reconnect with a few friends that I have not seen for awhile. I plan to grab some drinks, get some good food and do my work at the Cafe Ole on 3rd Street instead of my normal office, which is my bedroom at home. If you’ve read the first post in my General Blog category you already know that I am an SEO Analyst for an online Internet Marketing Firm by the name of Reciprocal Consulting. If you haven’t, now you do, and furthermore I must reaffirm the following:
I love my job.
