Romancing The Smoke: RTS NicNews

Romancing The Smoke is John Aaron's blog about his lifelong battle to quit smoking (which he did more than nine years ago) and the stories, history and news in the absurd world of Tobacco and Nicotine. Author of Romancing The Smoke: Reflections of a Nicotine Addict, John illustrated writer Sean Daly's memoir and completed his second book, Aaron's Book of Contemporary Demons. Romancing The Smoke can be found on Amazon. Twitter: @romancethesmoke

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Demons- Ojai Valley Guide, Fall Issue 2019

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I wrote a book, as of yet unpublished, called Aaron’s 21st Century Demons, a selection from which was featured in the Fall issue o...

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Remembering my Folks and my Sister...

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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 J...

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Today is the Great American Smokeout 2017

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Saturday, July 29, 2017

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

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No thanks to fashion for encouraging the "Who Cares?" attitude towards smoking when we've fought so hard to shove cigare...

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

What's Keeping Indonesia Smoking....?

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China & Indonesia seem to be having a most difficult time curtailing smoking. Could it be that the Tobacco Industry is bearing dow...

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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

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Things are getting weirder all the time.... A Chinese official was demoted for not daring to smoke near Muslims...that he showed respe...

Thursday, October 27, 2016

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

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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 stat...

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John Aaron: Romancing The Smoke is John Aaron's blog about his lifelong battle to quit smoking (which he did more than nine years ago) and the stories, history and news in the absurd world of Tobacco and Nicotine. Author of Romancing The Smoke: Reflections of a Nicotine Addict, John illustrated writer Sean Daly's memoir and is working on this second book, Aaron's Book of Contemporary Demons. Romancing The Smoke can be found on Amazon. Twitter: @romancethesmoke

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