Amelia Earhardt Shills For Lucky Strike
In honor of the forthcoming biopic “Amelia,” the Sociological Images blog unearthed this 1928 ad in which Amelia Earhardt reveals that Lucky Strikes fueled her journey around the world. The post Amelia...
View ArticleCigarettes Might Be Infectious
Janet Raloff writes in Science News: The tobacco in cigarettes hosts a bacterial bonanza — literally hundreds of different germs, including those responsible for many human illnesses, a new study...
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Cigarettes May Contain Pigs Blood
The Daily Telegraph reports: Cigarettes may contain traces of pig's blood, an Australian academic says with a warning that religious groups could find its undisclosed presence "very offensive"....
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Cigarettes Contain Radioactive Polonium
This is an article from 2006 that I found while trying to research the actual ingredients in cigarettes. Robert N. Proctor writes in the New York Times: When the former KGB agent Alexander V....
View ArticleU.S. Cigarette Brands Tops In Cancer Causing Chemicals
By Miriam Falco for CNN: Smokers of U.S. brand cigarettes may get more bang for their buck in the worst way according to a small study conducted by the Centers for Disease... The post U.S. Cigarette...
View ArticleGraham Hancock: The War on Your Consciousness
Site editor’s note: This article was originally published as part of the Russ Kick-edited Disinformation anthology, You Are STILL Being Lied To. Hancock’s latest book is a novel dealing with some of......
View ArticleSmokers Believe ‘Silver’, ‘Gold’ and ‘Slim’ Cigarettes Are Less Harmful
ScienceDaily reports: Despite current prohibitions on the words ‘light’ and ‘mild’, smokers in Western countries continue falsely to believe that some cigarette brands may be less harmful than others....
View ArticleHey Smokers, You’re Killing The Fish
It turns out that fish are also helpless victims of smokers. No joke, as reported by Jeffrey Kluger for TIME: For smokers, the world has always been one big ashtray, with cigarettes... The post Hey...
View ArticleIceland Considers Making Cigarettes Prescription-Only
Cigarettes seem like the last thing a doctor would prescribe, but Iceland may be moving to outlaw the sale of cigarettes in stores and only allowing pharmacists to dispense them. The proposal... The...
View ArticleSanta Claus Loves Smoking
Did you know that for decades, jolly old St. Nick was a heavy, couple-packs-a-day smoker? According to prominent advertising of the twentieth century, at least. How to be a Retronaut has an... The post...
View ArticleTeens Prefer Smoking Marijuana To Cigarettes
Some encouraging news regarding the state of today’s teenagers. CBS News says: A government survey shows more teens are now smoking pot than cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
View ArticlePot-Smoking Teenagers Do Better In School Than Cigarette Smokers
Are you telling me that drugs don’t ruin your life? Canada’s CTV News reports: Students who only smoke marijuana do better at school than classmates who smoke just tobacco, says a new... The post...
View ArticleWorld Health Org Wants Ban On Electronic Cigarettes Indoors
I recently was seated on a full airplane next to a nervous man chain-smoking an e-cig (electronic cigarette). Sunlight streaming through the window easily showed the vapor emission, and I could just......
View ArticlePrivatized Scientists are Hurting the Planet & You
The Weinberg Group America’s Lawyer Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio, joins Thom Hartmann. If you’ve ever seen any studies claiming to “debunk” global warming or “proving” that cigarettes don’t...
View ArticleMeet the activist leading the lonely ‘smokers’ rights’ movement
Daniel Kolitz via Hopes&Fears: Audrey Silk, the founder of CLASH, is fighting for her right to smoke… anywhere she wants. Plenty of people like to smoke. At last count, about 42.1...
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