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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
I have no issue with the factual basis of your claim. I am only asserting that you have an uncanny habit for turning a thread that is not intended for the debate of serious issues into one that is. If you wish to start a thread to discuss the health problems related to smoking, you are free to do that.
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Point taken. We all have our little habits, I guess, and maybe I'm addicted to serious debate.
However, to be fair I should point out that the second post in this thread is by someone trying to quit smoking, and the third post is by someone wishing her luck since smoking is such a hard habit to quit, so I don't think the fault for turning this topic in a serious direction lies *entirely* with me. Mostly, maybe, but not *entirely.*
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I myself have never chosen a tobacco based on how "healthy" I thought the product might be. I've only chosen cigarettes based on flavor and enjoyment, with the exception of when I used to smoke American Spirit Organic Rolling Tobacco, which is healthier than a non-organic tobacco, but not healthy.
Unfortunately, not too long ago, RJ Reynolds bought out the Santa Fe Tobacco company and has begun bio-engineering the tobacco that they use for the organic blend to have exorbitantly high nicotine levels. I guess nothing remains sacred for very long.
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Damn those companies and their GMOs! Don't get me started on Monsanto.
Here's some tobacco trivia for you that you might like, SATCHMO. I once did a small research project on some GMO tobacco plants (to study an enzyme unrelated to nicotine production), and the first time I walked into the warm greenhouse full of tobacco plants I was very surprised that their flowers produce a deliciously sweet, spicy scent. It was a very lovely smell. I lingered a little longer than I needed to, just to smell the flowers. And I inhaled...deeply, I might add.
I didn't expect a plant that has caused such pain and suffering and death for millions of people to smell so tantalizingly sweet. I guess I can see how tobacco can become a delicious torment.
Whoops! There I go, all serious again!