As this Public Service Announcement from Brazil suggests, if you won’t quit smoking to prevent cancer or stroke, why not to prevent bad breath? Works for us.
Are you a contributor?
Let us hope not. Why would anyone who cares about his health be a smoker in the first place? As posted yesterday, though, there is no shortage of people who seem to have little concern for their own (and their family’s) health and well-being, and then display further disregard for everyone by tossing their butts out the window to pollute …
It’s the PSA of the Week!
As a parent, you are the most important human being in your child’s world. You’re the center of their universe. They view you like some people view God: all-wise, all-powerful. “Dad, you’re the strongest man in the whole world!” They will even fight other kids who say their dad is the strongest. They think what you do is what everyone …
got church?
The Editorial Department here at Medical Examiner world headquarters reports they haven’t offended anybody since late last month (Jan. 30, “Where’s the bone?” see below), which means they’re slackers. Any good editorial department (especially one that’s capitalized, like ours is) should be regularly churning out highly opinionated opinions. And so, without further ado: Forgive us for pointing out the obvious, …
Well done, University Hospital
Last month in a Medical Examiner article, we called into question a designated smoking area at University Hospital in a major pedestrian corridor (just outside an entrance to University’s Outpatient Center). Earlier this week we noticed it’s gone. Although its new location isn’t far from the previous site, it’s practically hidden away now. Did the move have anything to do …
QUITTING: Reason No. 73
In this, the month of the annual Great American Smokeout, we’ve been dropping a few subtle hints for our readers (paper and blog) who smoke – or know someone who does. That’s a small group growing smaller. It’s not like we’re some Third World nation where the dumb masses (please don’t say those two words together; they are two separate …
I Hate the Merchants of Death
Pretty dumb stunt, right? But it’s an even bet this kid will never try that stupid human trick again. Not so with smoking, which is just one reason why I hate it, and why smoking is really, really, really stupid and dangerous: it’s potentially lethal, yet it’s done over and over again, thousands of times. I don’t like to admit …
CYANIDE MONDAY
Gather the children, boys and girls, moms and dads – the whole family – for a wonderful and inspiring I Hate Monday story. nce upon a time there was a very successful product. The product was so popular and profitable that many competing companies sold it. Farmers could grow it. It was a popular cash crop. People used it every …
It’s M.E.vember!
And to celebrate, here’s the first issue of MEvember. It’s new and improved, especially compared to the print version. We admit to a veritable TypoFest in the print edition. We haven’t had this many typos in one issue since that one time when Al-Qaeda captured our entire editorial staff and forced us to make more than a dozen tpyos. (They …