A tobacco roundup

CIVILIZATION REQUIRES ASHTRAYS

Smoking bans lead to more indoor fires!

AND YOU THOUGHT JIM MORRISON WAS A REBEL

Alt-rock band/mellifluous troupe of conspiracy theorists Muse was very nearly banned from performing anywhere in Australia for smoking during a show last week.

I'M ONLY GONNA BREAK, BREAK YOUR PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC ANTI-SMOKING CONCEIT

"In contrast with smaller regional studies we find that smoking bans are not associated with statistically significant short-term declines in mortality or hospital admissions for myocardial infarction or other diseases. ... An analysis simulating smaller studies using subsamples reveals that large short-term increases in myocardial infarction incidence following a smoking ban are as common as the large decreases reported in the published literature," (emphasis mine).

More here and here.

NOW THIS IS THE KIND OF ADVERTISING I OBJECT TO

I Love You, Phillip Morris is in no way about cigarettes.

THIS IS A PRO-SMOKING CIGARETTE SONG/

SO EVERYBODY LIGHT ONE UP AND FUCKING SING ALONG

"More intelligent American children are more likely to grow up to consume more tobacco, while more intelligent British children are more likely to grow up to consume more illegal drugs." This is because Americans are inherently superior.

SECONDHAND SMOKE AND MIRRORS

A one-time niconazi is converted! Also, John Banzhaf continues to be the worst person in the world.

YOU MANIACS, YOU BLEW IT UP! AH, DAMN YOU! GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

What has become of NYC that police officers can not only mistake a man smoking outside a window for a potential jumper, but bring him in for a psych eval against his will? Have New Yorkers already forgotten what cigarettes look like?

A SONG

"Ashtray Heart" - Captain Beefheart (RIP)

"You used me like an ashtray heart

You picked me out, brushed me off

Crushed me while I was burning out

Then you picked me out

Like an ashtray heart"

A PICTURE