[jason]

Smoking prevents ulcers, reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease, treats schizophrenia, and speeds up your mental faculties, according to claims by China's state-owned tobacco monopoly, which sells about one-third of all the cigarettes consumed worldwide.

The Toronto Globe and Mail reported June 11 that the company, which sells about 1.8 billion cigarettes annually, includes the health claims -- and denials about the link between smoking and lung cancer -- on its website. The site even touts the ability of tobacco to improve women's rights and prevent loneliness and depression.

"Smoking removes your troubles and worries," the website quotes a 37-year-old female magazine editor as saying. "Holding a cigarette is like having a walking stick in your hand, giving you support. Quitting smoking would bring you misery, shortening your life."

http://www.jointogether.org/news/hea...s-by-huge.html

[wild]

To think that I've spent the last 3.5 years as a non-smoker and to find out that I've just been killing myself! I better go out and buy a pack and light up to get myself back on the road to recovery.

Thanks for the news,
Wild