Smoke Again and Live Again

For some years now a spate of articles on the dangers of smoking have been appearing. The arguments expounded have seemed unanswerable—until I gave up smoking. Within a week the compulsion was upon me to rebut these twisted writings and to strengthen those confirmed smokers who might feel their terra not so firm.

We are told that smoking may cause cancer, may cause tuberculosis, may cause insomnia, nervousness, loss of weight, and a dulling of the senses of taste and smell. We are told that to give up smoking is to prove to others and to ourselves that we have will power.

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Jane Buckley Smith

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For some years now a spate of articles on the dangers of smoking have been appearing. The arguments expounded have seemed unanswerable—until I gave up smoking. Within a week the compulsion was upon me to rebut these twisted writings and to strengthen those confirmed smokers who might feel their terra not so firm.

We are told that smoking may cause cancer, may cause tuberculosis, may cause insomnia, nervousness, loss of weight, and a dulling of the senses of taste and smell. We are told that to give up smoking is to prove to others and to ourselves that we have will power.