FDL Reporter: Wisconsin smoking rate dropping amongst teens...

Sharon Roznik reports 
that smoking rates are 
going down for youthful 
smokers in Wisconsin...
but still at issue is smokeless 
tobacco and e cigs...
FDLReporter: Wisconsin youth smoking rate seriously dropping...

Courtesy the FDL Reporter

Santa Sunday...Seems like he likes EVERYBODY's favorite cigarettes...

Wonder how much 
the Tobacco Industry 
paid Santa to shill 
their products...did 
they know he was just 
fine with conflict of interest...?

"No one makes a monkey out of me..."- David Byrne

When you see a chimp 
smoking a cigarette, 
it's clearly time to quit...

Mic.com America is finally kicking its dirtiest habit...

Sometimes it's nice 
to be a statistic...
I know I quit for 
good during the 
latest change in 
figures...glad to 
see a country 
coming to its senses 
in at least one thing...
Story by Matt Saccarro;
Thank you for the heads
up, Bill Fischer.
Mic.com: America is finally kicking its dirtiest habit...

Furniture Gnaw: 2nd condition of nicotine withdrawal

I wanted to be Just Like Dad...

Back in the day,
for the Holidays,
I wanted to be 
Just Like Dad...

He smoked two 
packs a day for 
40 years. He died 
of lung, brain, 
liver & pancreatic
cancer when he 
was 56... If I was
just like Dad, 
I'd be dead now...

Black Lung Friday: What are you getting your friends for the Holidays?

When I was a wee 
lad, this was one guy's 
idea of holiday giving...

MSN: Japanese researchers find e cigarettes contain up to ten times the amount of carcinogens as regular cigarettes...

An MSN article reports
that Agence France-
Presse published that 
Japanese research found 
some e cigarettes have 
10 times the carcinogens 
found in tobacco 
cigarettes. The research, 
commissioned by Japan's 
Health Ministry, found 
high levels of 
Formaldehyde, 
also known as embalming 
fluid and a plethora of
ingredients known to 
cause cancer.

RTS has long expressed 

concern about the make up 

of e cigs and the long term 

effects of e cig usage. The 

excessive amount of vapor 

that comes out of a person's 

face during a single

exhalation should have 

a sign and been cause for 

alarm from the get go.

MSN: Japanese research finds that e cigarettes contain ten times the carcinogens of regular cigarettes

Why did I not think of this thoughtful Holiday gift for my smoking friends in Arctic climes?

Really? How did I 
ever do without 
these when I was 
a smoker? Sure 
hope they come
in menthol green...
After all, they're 
for boys and girls...

From Sinosphere.blogs.nytimes: Proposed regulations aim to clamp down on smoking in China

This would be the 
beginning of the
greatest antismoking
breakthrough to 
ever hit the planet.
China has more than 
300 million smokers; 
and the government 
rakes in billions from 
tobacco; the new tact, 
with the proposed 
smoking bans, health
awareness campaigns, 
and rethinking the habit 
makes this anti-tobacco
effort one of the most 
stunning reversals of a 
country's approach to 
habit throughout time.
No doubt someone 
noticed the bazillions 
that were going to be 
required for healthcare 
for those 300 million...
Article by Didi Kirsten Tatlow
Photo: Shiho Fukada for NYTimes
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes: Proposed regulations aim to clamp down on smoking in China

From the New Yorker..."Bad Dog!"

Really Bad Taste-Holiday Gift for the Smoking New Parents in yourLife...

An absolutely tasteless 
gift for young smoking
couples who have a 
newborn. Help remind 
them what a bad idea 
second hand smoke is...

As Robin Williams 
used to say when he 
did his best French 
impersonation...
"There. Ze baby eez
smoking. Does that 
make you angry...?"

Romancing The Smoke: Those were some epic times, weren't they...?

After almost 800 
posts to this blog 
covering the world's
stories, regulations, 
health news, break-
throughs & setbacks 
of all things tobacco, 
we will be reposting 
epic posts from 
Romancing The Smoke
on what we now call
Stop On A Dime Sunday.

Every other Sunday, we 
will share stories you might 
have missed that will stun 

& amuse you & maybe 
even kick your butt...
or get you to kick butts...
because encouraging you 
& others to quit smoking 
is ultimately the job of 
this blog...& SMOKEFREE 
is the way to be... Stay 

tuned this Sunday for 

"Those were 

epic times..."

Advocating for a universal smoking ban on CSUN a campus...

An eloquent 
spokesperson 
on the subject...
Ryan Mancini 
reports for the 
Sundial on
California St.
University at
Northridge
Sundial: CSUN should bring forth a universal smoking ban

Daily Mail UK: Hookah fumes contain killer chemical benzene...

Researchers have found 
that hookah smokers are 
also breathing in a nasty 
collection of toxic 
chemicals, not the least 
of which is benzene. Due
to its high octane number, 
benzene is a percentage 
component of gasoline. 
(During my high school 
summers, I worked in a 
plastics factory and 
transferred benzene-
based liquids into 
smaller containers. 
Twice during this task, 
I collapsed, dizzy as could 
be from the chemicals. 
Even when I smoked, I 
didn't trust hookahs- 
something about the 
overwhelming nature 
of the fumes.) Dangerous 
stuff to breathe...
Mark Prigg reports.

Daily Mail UK: Researchers find toxic Benzene in Hookahs...

Salon: French Man Quits ISIS Because It Was Too Hard To Quit Smoking...

Salon's Joanna Rothkopf
tells the story of the 
Jihadist who wouldn't 
quit smoking; therefore
he couldn't remain 
with the organization...
Salon: Jihadist proves that cigarettes are more addictive than ISIS...

Huff Post: 16 Disturbing Numbers That Show That Smoking is Still an Epidemic...

The Huffington Post's
collection of compelling 
smoking numbers shows 
the smoking epidemic is 
really far from over. 
Sarah Klein reports...
Huff Post: 16 Disturbing Numbers That Show That Smoking is still an Epidemic...

METRO: Revolting New Way to Quit Smoking is Surprisingly Effective...

Rob Waugh of Metro, UK 
writes about a new radical 
aversion therapy-
dreadfully nauseating 
smells are mingled with 
cigarette smoke and 
administered to a smoker 
while they sleep. This
approach has a supposedly 
high success rate...but not
for the faint of nostril...
Photo: Rex

Metro: revolting New Way to Quit Smoking May Be Most Effective Yet...

It's the Great American Smokeout 2014! GIVE IT UP! Get your FREE Kindle copy...

The Great American 
Smokeout is TODAY!
It's that time of the season
for you to stop wheezin'...
Take a deep breath!
To those who want to 
quit, or have a loved 
one who should-please
accept this gift of a 
FREE Kindle copy of
Romancing The Smoke.
Offer good only today.
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It's that time of the season for you to stop wheezin'...the American Cancer Society has some tips...

The Great American 
Smokeout is Nov 20.
GIVE IT UP...
For more information 
on how to quit smoking, 
go to the American 
Cancer Society's website: 
American Cancer Society: The Great American Smokeout 2014

Great American SmokeOut 2014: The trail out of Nicotine Canyon...

Don't you think it's  
time you found the 
trail out of Nicotine 
Canyon? Just keep 
breathing and follow 
the fresh air... Join the
Great American Smokeout...

NY Times: Disgusted by smoking, outraged by a proposal to ban tobacco...

Katharine Q. Seelye reports 
on the Massachusetts town 
of Westminster, where a 
white hot furor is rising from 
a Board of Health proposal 
to ban the sale of any tobacco 
or e cigs in the town...big 
controversy with national 
ramifications.
Photo: Gretchen Ertl/NYTimes

NY Times/MSN: Disgusted by smoking, outraged by a proposal to ban tobacco

To prepare smokers for the Great American SmokeOut... A little black lung humor...

A little black lung 
humor to give smokers 
more great reasons to 
be Smokefree...Goofy in
a Disney piece from 1951-
"NO SMOKING" 
Goofy in Disney's cartoon, "NO SMOKING"

Get ready to quit...! The Great American SmokeOut is almost here! BREATHE!

Our Lady of the 

Respiratory Despair 

wants to tell you to 

GIVE IT UP for the 

Great American 

Smokeout 2014 but she's 

busy lighting another 

cigarette and having 

trouble getting the 

words out...

Huff Post: Dr. Daniel Seidman-The Paradox of Addiction

Dr. Daniel Seidman is 
the Director of smoking 
cessation services at 
Columbia University's 
Behavioral Medicine
Program and the author
of Mental Workout's 
Up In Smoke Program. 
A must read article...
Huff Post: Dr. Daniel Seidman-The Paradox of Addiction

Don't Be a Smoked Turkey This Thanksgiving!

Four more days til
The Great American 
Smoke Out...
Don't be a turkey- 
GIVE IT UP!

Countdown: 5 Days to go til the Great American Smoke Out

Here's a mantra to 
help a smoker quit. 
Repeat as necessary...
Keep breathing...

Countdown to the Great American Smoke Out 11/20

Are you going to 
GIVE IT UP?
Go smoke free
in six days...?

NY Times: Medicare proposes paying for lung cancer screenings for older long time smokers...

This news from the NY Times' 
Sabrina Tavernise is startlingly 
progressive, given the recent 
past of American healthcare.
This test may be available to 
some 4 million elders who have 
smoked for 30 years or more, 
even if they've been non-
smokers for up to fifteen years.
This screening program aims 
to save 20,000 lives a year.
NY Times: Medicare proposes paying for lung cancer screenings for older long time smokers...

Washington Post: Number of high schoolers smoking e-cigarettes has tripled since 2011...

While cigarette smoking 

has dropped amongst 
teenagers over the past 
few years, Roberto 
Ferdman reports for the 
Washington Post that 
the number of high 
schoolers smoking 
e-cigarettes has skyrocketed.
It's totally about the hipness
of the tech thing...methinks...
Washington Post: Number of high schoolers smoking e-cigarettes has tripled... 

New Rollers of the Nicotine Age: Millennials and Smoking

I recently conducted 
a survey of Millennial
smokers to discuss 
their theories of tobacco 
and how and why they 
use it. Their fierce 
enthusiasm is truly
Big Tobacco's long 
awaited wet dream.

While an increasing
number of Millennials
are choosing to go smoke 

free; this post applauds 

those who have turned 

away from nicotine, or 

just plain turned it down.

Yet I couldn't help 
but notice that 
amongst those who
are smokers...

-Not once did they use 
the terms "cigarette", 
"smoke", "smoking",

or "nicotine" or say 
"I should quit."

-None of them admitted 

to being addicted. Tobacco 

was mentioned in reference 

to it being medicine.

-They invoked the neo-
Native American relation-

ship to tobacco, insisting 

that their usage was ritual-
based, honorable and 
visionary.

-"Do you want to share 
some tobacco?" has 
replaced the phrase,

"Let's go have a cigarette..."

-Most weren't aware of 
the effect of their 2nd Hand 
Smoke on non smokers...

This group of smokers had 

disconnected themselves 

from the truth about 

nicotine addiction. It was 

here I first heard the phrase, 

"American Spirits advocate

the healthy use of tobacco"

as part of the alternative 

lifestyle of the Enlightened...

Witnessing smokers claim

to being highly evolved

humans aware of other

consciousnesses, 
meditative practices and 
skill sets making them 

shamans amongst their 
"tribe"...made no sense...

Because they continued 

to smoke...

When someone smokes,

they automatically fall off 

the enlightened list. Period. 
There are no "mulligans" 
with nicotine addiction.
There is nothing enlight-
ening about smoking 

except for the realization 
that it will kill you. Tobacco
is an anti-enlightenment drug. 
Smoking is, was, and will 
always be lame. Once one 

allows themselves that 

revelation and that smoke 

free is the way, then by

quitting, one can once 

again embark on the Path 
to Enlightenment...

...after all, Buddha never smoked...

Buddha and the Visitor, detail; Painting by John Aaron

The Great American Smoke Out is coming November 20th...GIVE IT UP!

Romancing The Smoke

presents its Great American 

Smoke Out poster for 2014

GIVE IT UP Nov 20...!