'cept veryone in the US knows he's a smoker. Michelle said when they
moved to the White House she needed to get him to stop.
On 06/10/2015 04:33 PM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Re my own post: I think my estimation of President Obama would rise
considerably if he were to appear at a Presidential press conference;
pull out a soft pack of Marlboro smokes; shake out a cigarette; flip
open a Zippo lighter; take a long pull on his cancer stick; slowly
breathe out with a look of blissful gratification on his face and then
address the press pack with an insouciant "Okaaaaay. Any questions?":
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*"Can you tell us — is the President* — *does he have a pack of
cigarettes in his hand?” asked April Ryan, a White House correspondent
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---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote :
---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote :
Re "Cigarette smoking demonstrates a profound lack of healthy
spiritual discipline":
What about David Lynch?
Hell - what about Nisargadatta Maharaj ? If anyone was enlightened he
was - and he was a lifelong chain smoker! I think he gave up (on
doctor's orders) at the close of his time with us. But he took to
chewing tobacco instead!
I think my estimation of President Obama would rise considerably if he
were to appear at a Presidential press conference; pull out a soft
pack of Marlboro smokes; shake out a cigarette; flip open a Zippo
lighter; take a long pull on his cancer stick; slowly breathe out with
a look of blissful gratification on his face and then address the
press pack with an insouciant "Okaaaaay. Any questions?"
---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote :
Good example, I have always felt cigarette smoking
demonstrates a profound lack of healthy spiritual
discipline. I never hire people who are addicted to
nicotine/cigarettes. Their habit becomes a complete
waste of time in the work place as they constantly
search out time and places away for a quick smoke.
They become cancerous in the morale of the work place.
---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote :
Yes, the idea that nicotine is *the* gateway drug has been
suggested before. If you think about it, anyone who takes
up smoking (like me) is saying that they need a chemical
input to help them cope with life - or to make life more
enjoyable. As cigarettes are legal it seems inevitable
that a drug addict would have previously sampled nicotine.
(As tobacco is so addictive, I've wondered if many people
who think they are dependent on marijuana aren't actually
hooked on the tobacco leaf without being aware of it!)
There's also evidence (as your link suggests) that use of
nicotine initiates physiological changes in the brain that
make users more responsive to other drugs. I'm always a
bit dubious about those claims . . .
---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...>
wrote :
Really interesting research setting the record
straight on gateways..
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-
<http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug>Setting
The Record Straight On The Phrase 'Gateway
Drug'
<http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug>
Setting The Record Straight On The Phrase
'Gateway Drug'
<http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug>
Denise Kandel coined the term, often
associated with marijuana, in a research paper
40 years ago. But her work suggested nicotine,
not pot, was most likely to lead to the use of
harder drugs.
View on www.npr.org
<http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658693/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-phrase-gateway-drug>
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