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Any Which Way But the Smoking Section
Sep 12th
A captive Orangutan has been forced to stop smoking and is being sent to a re-education zoo.
From CBS here:
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit. Government authorities seized the adult ape named Shirley from a state-run zoo after she and several other animals there were deemed to be living in poor conditions.
Shirley is now being quarantined at another zoo in a neighboring state and is expected to be sent to a Malaysian wildlife center on Borneo island within weeks.
Melaka Zoo Director Ahmad Azhar Mohammed said Shirley is not being provided with any more cigarettes because “smoking is not normal behavior for orangutans.”
Shirley seemed to suffer severe mood swings, sometimes looking drowsy and on other occasions appearing “very agitated” without a cigarette.
The ape is in jail for whatever crime it committed- so for God’s sake let it smoke. Or as Mark Knoller of CBS tweeted:
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Jan 29th
I’m back in town for a good weekend with the family before I head back out on the road. I snapped this photo in the men’s room of AJ’s Seafood and Oyster Bar in Destin. Being January, it made for a really quiet dining experience without the tourists, and being Destin, the food, while good, was overpriced.
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Jun 8th
Marlboro is going green. The more hippies smoke, the faster they become carbon neutral and save the planet from themselves.
So go ahead and set the Earth on Fire! Light up, breathe deep. Repeat. Thanks to the Onion for the graphic.
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(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 6) Loading ...Obama Switches From Kools to Newport Lights
Mar 1st
Under the advice of doctors, Barack Obama has quit smoking Kool cigarettes, his favorite since the age of 14, to a lower tar cigarette, Newport Lights. After his first carton, he reportedly can “taste the sensation.”
From the AP here:
President Barack Obama hasn’t kicked the smoking habit, takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol.
The White House physician, Navy Capt. Jeffrey Kuhlman, said Obama should stick with “smoking cessation efforts,” the use of nicotine gum, and come back in August 2011 after he turns 50.
Obama cholesterol levels have crept up to borderline high and he should alter his diet accordingly.
The president is the picture of health, eats modest portions and exercises regularly. He is an avid basketball player and golfer. The slightly elevated cholesterol levels, tendinitis in his left knee and occasional smoking were the only negatives noted.
Obama said at a June news conference that he still had an occasional cigarette. It was his first public acknowledgment that he hadn’t kicked the habit. He chews nicotine gum to avoid regular smoking, and his doctor said that should continue.
His poor children have to suffer in a home breathing in all that second-hand smoke. The shame!
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Here It Comes: Stupid Claims of THIRD Hand Smoking
Feb 9th
Here come claims of THIRD hand smoking, and they say that if smoke aromas exist on your clothes, in your car or in your drapes, your baby will die. But only the gay ones and the weak-ass ones, so Darwin rules the day.
From the AFP here with thanks to Dan:
A US study says third-hand smoke — tobacco residue clinging to surfaces — is also bad for you. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months.
“Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or TSNAs,” said Hugo Destaillats, a corresponding author of the study.
“TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smoke,” he said.
The most likely human exposure to TSNAs is through either inhalation of dust or the contact of skin with carpet or clothes — making third-hand smoke particularly dangerous to infants and toddlers.
“Smoking outside is better than smoking indoors but nicotine residues will stick to a smoker’s skin and clothing,” said Lara Gundel, a co-author of the study. Those residues follow a smoker back inside and get spread everywhere. The biggest risk is to young children,” she said.
“Dermal uptake of the nicotine through a child’s skin is likely to occur when the smoker returns and if nitrous acid is in the air, which it usually is, then TSNAs will be formed.”
No one has the guts to just come right out and ban tobacco. Instead scientists continue to create bogus studies blaming deaths on cigarette smoking. The fact is that second hand smoke does not cause cancer. But everyone banned smoking anyways because of BS scientific studies. Sure, I like that pubs and bars are non-smoking now and I can actually smell the food and the hops in my beer. But isn’t enough enough? Stop hounding the smokers!
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Islamic Cleric Issues Fatwa Against Smoking
Mar 27th
Having been to Jordan, I know how much Arabs enjoy smoking, including pious Muslims. Now according to their religious laws, smoking is illegal. Will that stop them from smoking or move them toward a more progressive form of Islam?
From Reuters here:
Muslims who smoke and try to portray themselves as pious are worse than cows which defecate in the street, a top Malaysian Muslim cleric and politician said.
Recently, Indonesia’s top Islamic body passed a fatwa or ruling banning smoking. Malaysia’s top Islamic body has also banned smoking.
Despite the ban in Malaysia, where over half the population of 27 million is Muslim, 50 percent of the male population smokes.
And of course, if anyone is to be punished for violating this law it will be the women first.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...May The Force Be With the Non-Smokers
Aug 13th
The new animated Clone Wars movie opening this week is going to be rated PG, in part because cartoon people aren’t so much as hacking each others’ limbs off with beams of light, but because they smoke! Who knew they grew tobacco on the desert planet of Tatooine? Check out the MPAA rating box in the ad and also here on their website.
The ratings for PG are mostly based on things parents would find objectionable. A complete guide to this is here. Would “Prolonged Smoking” merit a “PG-13″ or an “R” rating? Next they will be giving out PG ratings because characters on screen are depicted emitting carbon from fossil fuels. Thanks to Moonbattery for pointing this out.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Stupid Anti-Smoking Laws
Jan 2nd
I quit smoking long ago, but I still think laws targeting smokers is an assault on freedom. Stopping people from smoking by government decree just shows how easy it is to use the government to bully people. And if the issue was really about the health of the smokers, the government would ban tobacco outright rather than keep it around as a revenue-generating enterprise.
In Portugal they banned smoking in public nationwide. And the minister of Foods and Standards, the agency that enforces the ban, was photographed in a casino smoking a cigar. Once again, laws liberals make apply to everyone but themselves.
From Reuters here:
The head of the Portuguese agency responsible for enforcing a new ban on smoking in public was seen lighting up at a New Year party, breaking the law on the first day it came into effect.
Antonio Nunes, president of Portugal’s food standards agency, was photographed by the daily Diario de Noticias smoking a cigar at a casino on the outskirts of Lisbon.
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(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 6) Loading ...Should I Start Smoking Again?
Oct 30th
I have been smoke free for several years now. But I still like to visit pubs where people smoke, and every now and then I see a movie, like Tarantino’s Death Proof, which shows scenes where someone takes a drag on a cigarette, and it makes it look so appealing I want to run out and buy a pack of Marlboro Reds. I still get the urge to pick up the habit again.
Now Congress is talking about expanding the SCHIP program, which is free medical services to poor children. The Democrats want to expand the coverage to wealthier kids and to even some adults, and to pay for it, the nation will need 22 Million more smokers. Should I do my part to help out? It could save a life. Check out this video, which demonstrates the point.
On second thought, screw the little bastards. They should pay for their own healthcare by becoming smokers themselves. In fact, I’m going to give out cigarettes to kids for Halloween. The nation needs more smokers, so I will do my part to get them hooked.
Thanks to HotAir for the tip.
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