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Mr. Throat and Me

by Longreads October 13, 2017October 19, 2022

When life’s greatest pleasure is the one you have to quit.

Posted inNonfiction

Mr. Throat and Me

by Longreads October 13, 2017October 19, 2022

When life’s greatest pleasure is the one you have to quit.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World

by Sari Botton September 15, 2017October 19, 2022

A personal essay in which John Sherman makes a case for picking up a cigarette habit in his late 20s, despite everything he was ever taught about them.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World

by John Sherman September 15, 2017October 19, 2022

In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World

by John Sherman September 15, 2017October 19, 2022

In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes

Pivoting Away from Lung Cancer

by michelleweber March 13, 2017October 19, 2022

Big Tobacco takes a page from the Silicon Valley playbook: Welcome to the world of alternative nicotine platforms.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Big Tobacco Has Caught Startup Fever

by michelleweber March 11, 2017October 19, 2022

“It’s not smoking. It’s platform-agnostic nicotine delivery solutions.”

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Celebrating and Surviving in North Korea

by Aaron Gilbreath June 28, 2015October 19, 2022

Interviews with defectors also suggest that North Koreans are not serious consumers of marijuana. The drug of choice is, in fact, something much more pernicious: crystal meth. Meth, known colloquially as eoreum or bingdu (both mean “ice”, a name by which the drug is also known in the US) is a drug unfortunately suited to […]

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

‘They Taught Us How To Party, Marlboro Style’

by juliawick October 17, 2014October 19, 2022

The animation student felt a thrill as he entered the hotel. It grew when, as soon as he unlocked his luxurious room, he caught sight of a not-entirely-unexpected gift—a hamper of complimentary cigarettes and Zippo lighters. His excitement increased further over the next couple of days, filled with seminars and celebrations, and culminating in a […]

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Regulating the $1.5 Billion E-Cigarette Industry

by heymarkarms February 6, 2014October 19, 2022

Even without the combustion, nicotine is a vasoconstrictor that narrows blood vessels and drives up blood pressure. Doing that a dozen times a day is less bad than getting lung cancer, but it’s still not great. Besides, there is no study on what inhaling those “generally recognized as safe” compounds might do to your lungs […]

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