"N2EY" wrote:

True fact: The *original* antismoking campaigns had
nothing to do with health concerns. Their real problem
with smoking was that it was perceived to be an
activity done *only* for pleasure - and therefore evil!
(You have to eat and sleep, so those activities were not
targeted as much).


Actually, I have a much more suspicious mind. The government's effort
against smoking stepped up greatly in the late 50's, just in time to draw
attention away from the health effects of the nuclear weapons tests of that
time period. And, amazingly so, the "discovered" negative health effects
commonly associated with smoking are almost identical to the negative health
effects commonly associated with nuclear fallout (lung cancer, etc.).
Amazing coincidence, isn't it? If true, an anti-smoking campaign would be a
great "smoke" screen.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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