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  • Smoking Prostitutes

    I forgot to mention in my earlier post that it is interesting that you found a picture of a woman in some kind of cloak, presumably a chador, smoking a cigarette. Smoking is, and has long been, an icon of prostitution, and very many book covers and other illustrations of prostitutes show them with cigarettes. This is partly because women who ...
    Posted to Explainer by David Farer on April 28, 2008

  • Re: I think the missed point is...

    feline74: If that's true, how come people can be exposed to second-hand smoke without becoming addicts? In general, contrary to Hollywood, it's pretty hard to become a secondhand addict of anything. it doesn't work like in those movies where they kidnap you and ''get you hooked on dope'' by injecting you while you sit passively. it requires ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by gzuckier on April 9, 2008

  • The safest place to let people smoke is ... home?

    William Saletan was doing well, until the very end. Adda & Cornaglia are currently working on a paper on passive smoking on non-smokers (older versions available online) which note that ban on smoking in recreational areas lead to a significant increase in exposure to children under twelve in homes with a smoker present. Therefore, taking ...
    Posted to Human Nature by darrenshiloh on April 4, 2008

  • This "Habit" is an "ADDICTION"!

    You cannot expect a person who is addicted to nicotine to be impartial in dealing with the tobacco lobbyists...much LESS to lead this nation to a national health policy that will ensure coverage for all Americans. Quit (cigarettes) or QUIT (the race) Senator Obama!
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by Tad McCawley on February 15, 2008

  • smoking cool?

    I never thought smoking looked cool or sexy. Stupid, sad, disgusting, and pathetic maybe; but never cool. Whenever I see somebody smoking, I wonder what their deficiency is. Are they stupid? Are they smart, but so desperate to ''fit in'' or ''look cool'' that they took up smoking anyway? And when I saw a woman smoking, well it was such a ...
    Posted to Culturebox by LeoB on December 20, 2007

  • Huckabee ought to tell us about his religion

    If you drink, smoke, dance or date, you may not have a lot in common with Mike Huckabee. The Southern Baptist evangelist follows an ascetic path to God that is more prohibitive than Jesus' own, if we are to believe accounts of the Last Supper and the Wedding at Cana, where wine, for instance, was plentiful and celebration the norm. The ...
    Posted to Explainer by jousterusa on December 14, 2007

  • Smoke-free vs. Smoker-friendly

    Not only do we live in a free county, but we also live in a capitalist country, so why can’t people who want to avoid smokers choose to spend their money in smoke-free establishments and people who want to smoke choose to spend their money in smoker-friendly establishments? Money speaks loudest of all. If all of the non-smokers stopped going to ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Rockstar on August 30, 2007

  • The Smoking fight

    The ''relentless'' attack on smoking is nothing but a focus on something good to hate. Just imagine what these so called smoking Nazis would do if their focus were somewhere else. Maybe if they were to use as much effort to stop littering or pollution we might have a cleaner place to live in. Instead they attack the smoker. They push the smoker ...
    Posted to Human Nature by dennisski on August 27, 2007

  • I'm tired of being villified...

    I have been a smoker since I was 17 years old and while I agree I should probably quit at some point, I have to wonder... Would I be quitting because I want to or because SOCIETY thinks I should. I enjoyed wonderful health up until a year ago when I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Since then my health has deteriorated to the point I ...
    Posted to Human Nature by NancyLou on August 27, 2007

  • Kicking Butt Article

    Tobacco is a holy sacrament to a segment of our population. Requiring nicotine-free urine tests to secure employment or keep your job is an infringement on my freedom to worship in the manner I always have, that carefully taught to me by my Elders and practiced since time immemorial by my native American ancestors. Do they plan to deprive ...
    Posted to Human Nature by THANSEN53 on August 27, 2007
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