And it is this: this will be the most disgusting thing you see all day. Maybe all week. That’s a guarantee, or double your money back. What’s the occasion? Today, all over the planet, is World No Tobacco Day, observed every year on the last day of May. Smoking gets a lot of publicity for lung cancer and heart disease, …
The D-Day Edition
In which the “D” stands for “Day,” your possibly little-known true fact of the day. It could also stand for “Death,” however. Our cover story is a real killer, comparing the death toll from various wars (World Wars I and II and the Civil War, to be exact) with the death toll from tobacco use, perhaps the deadliest killer in …
Today is Hump Day, ergo a hiatus is in order
As you watch this, you might have the same thought I did: more of us need to be like this little prospector. Instead, lots of people seem to be downright cooperative with the proverbial grim reaper. Speeding behind the wheel, texting while driving, obesity, using tobacco, high fat diets, sedentary lifestyles, etc., all are synonyms for flirting with death. Just …
Church of the Infinite Chasm
WE GET LETTERS It occurred to us after using Mrs. Gladys Bundlebee’s letter in last week’s post that we should do this more often. On that note, here’s another note, this one from Miss Genevieve Jones of Chilicothe, Ohio. She writes: Dear Church of the Infinite Chasm, I appreciate your attempts to appeal to reason. I must do the same. …
PSA of the Week
I think the UK is the source of this clever Public Service Announcement. It’s timely, since every November’s Great American Smokeout puts the focus, at least for one day, on butting out. And it’s coming right up. This year’s smokeout is Nov. 21. If you’re a smoker, go ahead and do it. Start to prepare yourself mentally right now. You …
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, …
FEDERAL JUDGE RULES TOBACCO COMPANIES DELIBERATELY DECEIVED
A federal judge today ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and disclose smoking’s health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler previously had said she wanted the industry to pay for corrective statements in various types of advertisements. But Tuesday’s ruling …
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 …