Smoking

"Ignorance can be overcome with a modicum of effort. A more open understanding of cigarettes and of the human dimensions of smoking may help to move the public discourse beyond a persisting and illiberal abolitionist crusade. Looking back, so many disappointments in American history have been caused by a militant intolerance that still resonates in certain intrusive fringes of American society. As we stand at the threshold of a third millennium, it may be high time to grow up." (p. 91)

Gori, Gio B. Virtually Safe Cigarettes: Reviving an Opportunity Once Tragically Rejected. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2000.