Word: smoker
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...with all current laws, can still have deleterious effects on those who must silently suffer its second-hand effects. If I drink a six-pack in a crowded cafeteria, I can only hurt myself; second-hand smoke will hurt all those unlucky enough to be seated close to the smoker...
...Most smokers begin when they are 12 or 13 and still in the throes of pre-adolescent "fitting in" complexes. To a young smoker, a cigarette holds the mystique of a taboo, adult act. That first secret drag behind the school with friends is so rich (all the sweeter in memory) because it is so daring. The smoke rises up in tiny white clouds, and you all smile conspiratorially at one another. You've taken the folks for another ride and done what you shouldn't have. And, at the same time, you've secretly stolen a tiny...
...manner in which lawmakers are trying to curb cigarette smoking is flawed, there also seems to be a problem with the premise of limiting smoking at all. Te chief complaint of non-smokers, repeated over and over like the sort of modern-day mantra they might use in their yoga classes, is that cigarette smoke isn't just bad for the smoker but for society as well. Non-smokers, even those out all worried about the possible health risks they might incur from second hand smoke...
...letter became public, the ABC newsmagazine Day One ; broadcast an investigative report suggesting that the cigarette companies cynically manipulate nicotine levels to keep their customers hooked. For example, the report cited a 1972 internal memo by a Philip Morris scientist noting that "no one has ever become a cigarette smoker by smoking cigarettes without nicotine" and advising the company to "think of the cigarette as a dispenser for a dose unit of nicotine." In their defense, cigarette makers say it is no secret that they control the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. "How do you think in the past...
...blunting, the smoker splits open a cigar, usually a "Phillie Blunt" brand cigar, and replaces some of the tobacco with marijuana. According to the Governor's Alliance Against Drugs, the trend is getting more and more youths hooked on both nicotine and marijuana...