1. Those Pot Arrests
(Opinions/Daily)

...hes. The construction firms build their additions. And the shrinks nod their heads.   One last thought: cigarettes kill 440,000 Americans every year and sicken millions---but no one reportedly e...

2. Yao joins China anti-smoking drive
(News/S+T)

...hina is world's largest tobacco producer, accounting for a quarter of all leaf production. One in every three cigarettes smoked worldwide is smoked in China. One million Chinese die every year from sm...

3. While we're off fighting terror, the planet's crumbling
(Opinions/Features)

...Some 5,000 people a day die from air pollution, and kids in some cities inhale the equivalent of two packs of cigarettes every day just by breathing the air. Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuel...

4. Ridding the World of the Sickness of Pacifism
(Opinions/Society)

...n, when arrested, of a large quantity of the poison cantharidin with which it was planned to produce poisoned cigarettes to kill leading East Germans; set off stink bombs to disrupt political meetings...

5. Is Thomas Friedman worried about his manhood?
(Opinions/Politic)

... us "wimps" for not embracing their murderous nuclear habit.  The French also smoke a lot more cigarettes than, say, Californians.  Just thought I'd mention it. Friedman would love...

6. A UN Special Focus on Gaza Under Siege
(Opinions/Daily)

...t bulbs, fabrics, needles, candles, matches, mattresses, blankets and sheets, cutlery, books, coffee and tea, cigarettes, clothing and shoes, and much more, things posing no threat to Israel or planne...

7. Obama Lights Up Another One
(Opinions/Humor)

...now, Mister President, my client Alphonse Capone is in the Federal prison in Joliet, Illinois—“ “For shipping cigarettes into Illinois without paying Federal and State taxes,” the president interjecte...

8. Saint Taxes
(Opinions/Humor)

...er? Fine: pay for it. First we throw an excise fee onto fresh fruit. Subsidize distilleries. French fries and cigarettes are handed out like government cheese, but every six months you are required to...

9. Is the Drug War Over?
(Opinions/Politic)

...nd, “But drugs are harmful to people.” Okay, but that begs the question: What business is that of the state? Cigarettes are harmful. So are fried foods. Most everyone would agree that that’s just no ...

10. The Emperor’s Old Clothes
(Opinions/Features)

...raised their eyebrows. The “plan” consists of little more than a collection of tired old slogans and a tax on cigarettes. His embarrassed assistants stuttered that it was only a “general outline”, not...