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Everyone loves a quitter

by Chris Harrison

06 Jan 05:45am

Filed under: Health, Quit, Smoking, Society, Tobacco

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Cigarette /sıgə’rєt/ n. a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other.

Hey Bogie, want a cigarette? C'mon. Do you want one?

The good thing about writing about smoking is that for once I don’t have to watch my words. Nothing I say could possibly offend smokers more than the government’s shock tactics and cigarette packets themselves.

Those of the self-poisoning persuasion are the one section of society you can tear to pieces with impunity. They’ve been told a million times they’re not wanted. I imagine they’re so stressed out by the merciless attack that they need a cigarette.

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Robert says:

03:12pm | 10/01/12

It’s not just the smoking pollution from the cars, it’s also the horrible noise they make. The self-centred stinky motorists don’t give a stuff about how many lives they wreck, or how many people get lung cancer, or how badly they’ve polluted the planet - so long as they can… Read more »
Hannah says:

04:20pm | 09/01/12

Hi onlooker, tobacco as a plant hasn’t changed over the years however the content of cigarettes has, yes. Your grandfather was smoking a much simpler cigarette, that contained mostly tobacco (and no filter). Tobacco is still not good for you but the chemical additives that are now in ciggarettes are… Read more »

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