Filtered cigarettes have historically been marketed as safer than unfiltered cigarettes. Despite evidence showing that they are not less harmful and have increased health risks, they are still perceived by consumers as less harmful. Today, new variants of filtered cigarettes continue to be promoted to retailers by the industry and industry-linked actors.
My Grandmother, who lived to be 84, smoked two packs of Chestfield Kings (unfiltered) every day until she was 84. My Mother, in the 60's and 70's, smoked Larks with the charcoal filter, then switched to Tareytons. She lived to be 64. I smoke Marlboros. I hope I live to be 84. Juss' sayin'...
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The whole government Tobacco industry shakedown/settlement proves to me that they were only interested in the extortion and control and not solving the problem. They could have simply passed federal legislation that tobacco could only be sold whole leaf of chopped in its natural state, without any additives such as nicotine. All rolled cigarettes or rolling paper for same must be organic. Tobacco is still carcinogenic by itself anyway, but the toxic filters and the additive nicotine additives were allowed to remain in exchange for billions in settlement money that went God know where and they problem they fixed was not fixed at all.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt was a social smoker and died of lung cancer in her 60s. It makes you stink is all I needed to know as a kid.
ReplyDeleteIt's a free country so smoke if you want to, not much freedom left.
ReplyDeleteI smoked like a chimney for 45 years. But then they started raising the taxes and my cheapness caused me to quit; immediately gained a bunch of weight. But the price for the 2 1/2 packs I used to smoke would put me in the poor house.
ReplyDeleteFirst off,my lawyer says I first must say "Quit Smoking",OK,that nonsense out of the way.
ReplyDeleteYou smoke do as I do,buy the pipe tobacco and roll/load your own,ends up pure tobacco and less then a buck a pack.You want filtered smokes buy a box of tubes and use a hand loader,simple as.
Open a tailor made smoke and see what's in there,hint.....,most of it is not tobacco excepting a few very pricey brands...,the more you know.