Clin Infect Dis 42(11):1584-91, 2006
I tend to agree with Richard Klein, who wrote in his magnificent 1993 book, Cigarettes Are Sublime , that "cigarettes, though harmful to health, are a great and beautiful civilizing tool and one of America's proudest contributions to the world." Klein understands the contradictory nature of cigarettes, the way "they both raise the pulse and lower it, they calm as well as excite, they are the occasion for reverie and a tool of concentration, they are superficial and profound, soldier and Gypsy, hateful and delicious." I never again wish to be trapped on a long-haul flight or in a movie theater with smokers, experiences I am just old enough to recall
Protect children: don't make them breathe your smoke
Leppanen pressed him on what the pouches were made of, and he replied that he didnt know
differences in manufacturing standards and regulation can significantly impact their safety