Culture Buzz Cigarette smoking has definitely never been as sophisticated as it was back in 1954. (via retronaut.co)
You really shouldn't smoke. The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. (via thesuiteworld.com)
Too bad he probably doesn’t earn enough to afford the cigarettes that he’s rolling.
It's interesting that most of these are targeted towards women. Like the great Bill Hicks would say “If you produce advertising, go kill yourself, no seriously kill yourself”! See more old-school cigarette ads at VisualNews.com.
Beautiful Swear Words is a blog that features (near) daily hand drawn bad words by Theo Olsen. This should go without saying, but NSFW language, obviously. (Via)
Must be the coolest anti-smoking ad ever! It’s definitely one of the most honest.
Smoking IS sexy. Tom Vek's “Aroused” music video got a new soundtrack (thank you Internet!) via JEFF The Brotherhood in an obvious attempt remind people that smoking looks really, really cool.
This little illusion called ‘linking cigarette’ by Japanese magician Akira Fujii is probably as close to real magic as you can possibly get. Is he the Japanese Criss Angel??!
Back in 1941, if you gave a lady tobacco and showed her a man in uniform, she would swallow your soul.
Business Buzz The FDA has issued a proposed rule that will require new textual warnings on cigarette packages, accompanied by color graphics showing the negative health and social consequences associated with smoking. The new graphics would take up half the packaging and be required by June of 2011.
http://www.reddit.com/comments/ccru0/as_of_today_ive_quit...
$1467.60 and 3669 cigarettes. Fuck yeah.
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I think the key part of this story is that it's his third day without cigarettes…
Business Buzz According to this French anti-smoking ad, smoking cigarettes is the equivalent of giving BJs to tobacco industry execs. [Ed Note: That, or those nice men in the suits keep lighters in their front pockets for any freakishly short smokers they happen to run into.]
Po the Pit Viper is a heavy smoker (seriously). Besides that, he's very healthy. He doesn't even drink!
Culture Buzz Sign the petition to let Cody, a chocolate labrador who wears a shirt and greets customer at his dad's convenience store, stay on duty! Come on, Florida, how could you not want to buy your cigarettes and corn chips from that face?
Science Buzz The new smoking-cessation wonder drug really does help people quit, but apparently it also causes nightmares, blackouts, paranoia, depression, hallucinations, and even suicide. Well, no one ever said quitting was easy. The FDA is investigating, and stated recently that a connection between Chantix and serious psychiatric problems appears “increasingly likely.”