Huff Post: Six Ways Smoking Affects Your Sleep...

Huffington Post's Alena 
Hall reports on 6 ways 
smoking affects your 
sleep. From insomnia 
to throwing off the 
body's natural circadian 
rhythms, once a person 
has smoked, their sleep
 will never be the same, 
even when they quit.
(Wish I'd known that.)
Also, at the bottom of the 
page is a piece on Ten
beneficial side effects of 
quitting...
Huff Post: 6 Ways Smoking Affects Sleep

Even a monster enjoys a spot of tea...

Even monsters enjoy 
a cup of tea when not 
scaring the villagers.
What's scary is what's
in his other hand. Way 
scarier than a torch...
Boris Karloff died of 
complications from
emphysema in 1969.
Like most all of the 
film stars, he was a 
heavy smoker.

HuffPost: Leonard Nimoy's Final Words of Wisdom About Smoking

William Alcopra writes for 
the Huffington Post that 
Leonard Nimoy left us some 
words of wisdom concerning 
his smoking habit he quit 30 
years ago; and the fact he still
died from advanced COPD 

(Chronic Obstructive 
Pulmonary Disease) 

"Grandpa says, "Listen...""
HuffPost: Leonard Nimoy's Final Words of Wisdom About Smoking

There's something about this that's just wrong...

Is this an Oldenburg? 
Anyone know who 
and where?

Courier Journal: Kentucky Smoking Ban Dead For This Year...

The statewide ban for 
smoking in workplaces 
indoor venues will not
pass the Kentucky 
General Assembly this year.
Seems like Kentucky has 
some sort of stake in 
keeping that Smoking Ban 
bill from passing. This 
couldn't have anything to 
do with Kentucky and 
North Carolina accounting 
for 71% of the total Tobacco
growing business in the US, 
could it?
Tom Loftus reports that the
Kentucky legislature is not
going to allow the bill to be 
brought up for a vote during 
this session. Kentucky can 
thank Sen. Albert Robinson 
(R), London, for this decision.
It's rumored that it will have 
enough votes to pass... ironic
that there is a statewide ban 
on tobacco products in all 
KY government facilities that 
passed in 2014.
RTS is going follow this...
Courier-Journal: KY Smoking Ban Legislation Dead This Year...

SB Independent: Are E-cigarettes a smoking gun?

Great to see the hometown 
paper acknowledging the up 
and coming problems we face 
with e-cigarettes. I suspect 
that SB CEASE (Coalition 
Engaged in a Smokefree Effort)
had some influence in helping
this important article, by 
Dr. Takashi Wada of the SB 
County Public Health Dept.,
get published. Very pleased to
see that all manner of nicotine 
addiction is coming under full 
scrutiny in Santa Barbara County.
Thank you also to SB Independent.
Santa Barbara Independent: Are e-cigarettes a smoking gun?

Because everyone who quits smoking needs some encouragement...

For those who need 
some alternative 
encouragement about 
quitting smoking...
there is a book for you...
I've been through it too.
It's what the blog is 
based upon...
Get your copy of Romancing The Smoke on Amazon- Paperback or Kindle