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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:33 AM Original message |
Former Winston Cigarettes Pitchman Dies of Throat Cancer |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. I sense a category 2 flamewar could brew out of this. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It probably will |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Maybe, but that reference was half joking. The "scientific" research was saying the opposite. The |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks for the input |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I prefer the scientific name...."coffin nails" |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Oh Bull |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
68. my grandmother smoked winstons |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. He was an early anti-smoking advocate |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I'm with you on this |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Actually, Big Tobacco prevented Congress from acting on cigarettes' causing cancer for four decades. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. he's not the first. The Marlboro cowboy made anti smoking commercials |
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junior college (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's not necessarily the case that cancer did him in |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I had a cousin who died of lung cancer who never in his life smoked. n/t |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Did he have emphysema and throat cancer too? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. "Many" people, huh? But "many" more have ties to smoking and carcinogens. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Um.. yeah. Smokers are so entertaining to watch. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. inhaling the smoke from burning items is a hazard. eom |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You mean I shouldn't be standing around the camp fire inhaling the smoke and ash??? |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. yes, new hobby. ingesting blackened food is also not good for us, either. lol |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Damn |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. whew, I was thinking you were saying you were eating blackened marshmallows to boot! eom |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. He also had lung cancer twice. |
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jb5150 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. Which argument is more compelling? |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. if there truely is a gateway drug, I'd tell you it's not pot, but niccotine |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. I only tried ciggies a couple of times.. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
59. White sugar is the true gateway drug |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Having just quit smoking, cold turkey, after 38 years, I'm not convinced that cigarettes are |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. One sample isn't conclusive of anything |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I am glad that you are still off them. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. I love this post. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. Congratulations on your quit |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. that's awesome for you! |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. In the 30's and 40's |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Hahaha, and remember the "doctors" who recommended certain brands???...n/t |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Here's an ad. "What cigarette do you smoke Doctor?" |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. "winston tastes good.... |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. *shakes head*.... |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I just wanted to take a moment... |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Thank you! |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. :) n/t |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. Everyone is gonna DIE from something....regardless of what they choose to ingest into their bodies. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That was my mom's take on it. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. True but |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. So, we should all commit mass suicide now? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. given the choice between an AGONIZING death by throat/lung cancer in your 50s or 60s.. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. Here come the addicted rationalizers. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. They are no different than climate change deniers |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. my fave are smokers who drink filtered water because of "All those bad chemicals in tap water!" |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. The cigarettes he smoked on the job contributed to his diseases... |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. Hear that, Winston? Irony its own reward. |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. They used the same ditty right up to the end of TV cigarette advertising |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. And things that you heard when you were little really stick in your head. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Benson and Hedges Had the Best Ads of All. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. You can take Salem out of the country but |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. ARGH! Now I have that catchy jingle stuck in my head |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Yeah and I still remember the parody too |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oh geez, I remember having a wicked crush on him !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sad to hear about Landers --- but even news of his death, perhaps, will prompt some to quit--????? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. And no vitamin and health food pitchmen ever die? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Not from the product they were pitching, no. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Jim Fixx |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. And Jim Fixx's father died at 42 of a heart attack. Fixx began at running at age 35,a two pack a day |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yeah, but I withheld that info |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Actually, I visit the cancer center every two weeks |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. unless the vitamins or health food was tainted, there's no comparison. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Denial and nihilism may share a syllable, but they are certainly not the same thing |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. Funny. n|t |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
62. For smokers I really do feel compassion |
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