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Beware of Tobacco

Hugh Mann   (20 November 2008)

Beware of Tobacco 20 November 2008
Hugh Mann, Physician Eagle Rock, MO 65641 USA Send response to journal: Re: Beware of Tobacco	Tobacco, an addictive substance, creates the euphoria of easy breathing and the sickness of suffocation. The euphoria of easy breathing and the sickness of suffocation reinforce each other: the euphoria blinds you to the sickness; and the sickness makes you crave the euphoria. Ironically, tobacco creates and aggravates the very sickness it seems to cure. Competing interests: None declared