Up in Smoke I know I should kick the habit but …
April 29th, 2009
We are smokers.
I started smoking about two decades after the surgeon general issued a warning that the nicotine and tar in cigarettes was linked to lung cancer and Congress passed the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 that required every pack of cigarettes to carry a warning label on its side: “Cigarettes may be hazardous to your health.”

