Demons- Ojai Valley Guide, Fall Issue 2019

I wrote a book, as of yet unpublished, 

called Aaron’s 21st Century Demons, 

a selection from which was featured in 

the Fall issue of the Ojai (CA) Valley 

Guide. It included Smoking as one of 

the main demons. Obviously complete 

with fire... I stopped the habit more than 

nine years ago when my lungs began 

to give out. By quitting, I got them back.

Give your lungs a gift for the Holidays...

quit.

Remembering my Folks and my Sister...

Remembering my parents and
my Sister Chambier as this is
the time of year that all three
of them died from smoking
related causes. Mom July 18;
Sis August 2 and Dad August 5.
Emphysema, cancer and cancer.
A sobering thought- between them,
They smoked over 750,000 cigarettes...
Me? I’m. Nine. Years. Smoke. Free.

Today is the Great American Smokeout 2017

Fashion's Elite Trying to Make Smoking Cool Again...

No thanks to fashion for encouraging 
the "Who Cares?" attitude towards 
smoking when we've fought so hard 
to shove cigarettes out of the public eye. 
These spoiled little "model girls" are 
unfortunate role models and this 
resurrection of "smoking is cool" is ugly 
and irresponsible. Dangerously
ignorant behavior they're flaunting.
Anything for publicity. 
They know how their actions affect people.
All for more followers in Instagram? 
Seriously? They're undoing years of work 
so many have done to stop Big Tobacco.
Is the Industry offering them payola to undue the truth?
They need to quit this bullshit and apologize.
Nicoteenagers.
Yahoo: Fashion's Elite Making Deadly Smoking "cool" again

"I don't smoke."

What's Keeping Indonesia Smoking....?

China & Indonesia seem to be having 
a most difficult time curtailing smoking. 
Could it be that the Tobacco Industry is 
bearing down on them, marketing-wise?
After all, it's the last area of the globe 
that condones & encourages the habit...
Article by Jeffrey Hutton for the
South China Post...

What's Keeping Indonesia Smoking?

Chinese Man Punished For Not Smoking Close enough to Muslim Clerics...

Things are getting weirder all the time.... 
A Chinese official was demoted for not 
daring to smoke near Muslims...that he 
showed respect is what got him in trouble.
Guess its a passive-aggressive way of 
insult in China... AP article by Gerry Shih
Yahoo: China Punishes Official For Not Daring To Smoke Near Muslims

NBC News: Study finds smoking kills more southerners...

NBC News reports that smoking
contributes to 1 in 4 cancer 
deaths in the U.S. The rate is 
highest amongst males in the
southern states, with the 
highest rate of 40% in
in Arkansas; while Kentucky 
had the highest rate amongst
women with 29%. This can
also be attributed to the laws 
about tobacco use and 
consumption being generally
more lax in the south due to
Big Tobacco's direct impact 
on the local economies as 
Industry.

NBCnews.com: Smoking kills more southerners study finds