Father of the Modern Cigarette article.

[Jo_BLFHelpline]

Good Morning Everyone

This article is from the BBC Website and is about how the cigarette we know today came about!

bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-200...

Best Wishes

Jo

[Daxiemad]

Thank you, an interesting article, but a habit I thankfully have never ever wanted to entertain. Seeing my beloved grandfather die of lung cancer was enough of deterrent to me, plus I think it was helpful that I was brought up in a non smoking household. Though oddly whilst I hate cigarette smoke, I love the smell of a good quality tobacco, but that is probably more the association with my grandfather who smoked a pipe.

[Jo_BLFHelpline British Lung Foundation]

I think it is interesting how benign smoking was thought to be! The idea that lung cancer was so rare the medical students were not expected to see another case for a very long time.

It just goes to show how something thought to be so benign has caused so many problems.

Best Wishes

Jo

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Not just benign Jo but actually beneficial. My friend's husband died (in his early thirties) and she was advised by her GP to take up smoking as a way of dealing with her grief. And this was only 20 years ago!

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Mmm I wonder what buck duke died of???