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The Lorilland Tobacco Company was successfully…

April 24, 2022Weirdo

The Lorilland Tobacco Company was successfully sued for sending company vans into housing projects to give out free Newport cigarettes to black children in the late 60s.

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From 1927 to 1952, Tobacco Companies…

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022Weirdo

From 1927 to 1952, Tobacco Companies used pictures of doctors in their advertising and used slogans claiming that doctors endorsed their brand.

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Smokers whose insula got damaged…

March 26, 2022Weirdo

Smokers whose insula got damaged after a stroke were able to quit smoking easily one day after the stroke, with no relapse and urges, suggesting that this brain region might play a role in nicotine addiction.

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In 1604, King James I wrote…

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022Weirdo

In 1604, King James I wrote ‘A Counterblaste to Tobacco’, in which he described smoking as a ‘custome lothesome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.

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Rapper Too Short quit smoking after…

September 24, 2021Weirdo

Rapper Too Short quit smoking after he wrote the ten-minute-long “Freaky Tales” and then found that he didn’t have enough breath to perform it live.

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Before the mass marketing of tobacco…

January 17, 2021Weirdo

Before the mass marketing of tobacco, lung cancer was so rare that doctors took special notice when confronted with a case, thinking it a once-in-a-lifetime oddity.

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In a study on lung cancer patients…

July 25, 2020Weirdo

In a study on lung cancer patients, 48% of subjects had quit smoking prior to diagnosis, usually easily, despite prior attempts. Lung cancer tumors secrete a substance that disrupts nicotine addiction, but the study was buried because scientists worried it would encourage people to keep smoking.

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Bhutan is smoking-free, carbon-negative…

April 13, 2020Weirdo

Bhutan is smoking-free, carbon-negative country that passes no law unless it improves citizens’ well-being.

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A dark patch was left intentionally…

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019Weirdo

A dark patch was left intentionally on the ceiling of Grand Central Station’s main concourse to show how dirty it was before and after it’s first cleaning. The patch was swabbed and tested revealing the dirty ceiling was about 100 years of built up nicotine from cigarette smoke.

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The “lucky cigarette” tradition…

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019Weirdo

The “lucky cigarette” tradition of flipping a cigarette upside-down and saving it until the end of the pack originated from the myth that 1 cigarette in every Lucky Strike pack contained marijuana.

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