Thursday, August 11, 2011

Does Smoke-Free Living Hurt Civility? - Edward Tenner - Life - The Atlantic

Does Smoke-Free Living Hurt Civility? - Edward Tenner - Life - The Atlantic

I don't smoke, hate second-hand smoke, was tormented while living in Washington by smoke from an adjacent apartment, and accept the overwhelming medical case against even casual water-pipe smoking. Still, I'm just short of a third cheer for the anti-smoking movement I support. I wonder whether there is a hidden cost to our healthier lifestyles, especially in giving up tobacco's role as a political and social lubricant

Not a totally positive story,but worth reading anyway.
It's a sort of surprise to see someone who hates smoking thinking that it may not be all negative.

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