SMOKING
(See also Cancer; Habits; Marijuana; Tobacco)
(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)
accidents:
among smokers: g80 4/8 31
automobile: g81 9/8 31
fires caused by: g83 9/8 20; g81 3/8 12
in hospital with patient on an oxygen inhaler: g81 11/22 30
addiction to: g81 3/8 8-9; g78 1/8 27-28; w76 217; yy 112; g74 7/22 30
stronger than cocaine: g85 9/8 30
withdrawal agony: g81 3/8 9, 14
advertisements for, turned into antismoking slogans: g82 11/22 29
advertising: g82 1/22 31; w75 12; g75 5/22 29; g75 10/22 30-31; g74 3/8 11; g73 10/22 30; w72 595; g67 2/22 19; g67 9/8 31; g66 4/8 30; g66 6/22 30; g64 9/8 9-10; g62 5/22 29; g62 7/8 29; g60 5/8 25-26; g57 10/22 22-23; g50 9/22 9-11; g46 7/31 6; g45 2/14 30-31; g44 12/20 14-15; g33 1/18 234
amount spent on: g81 3/8 7
by tobacco companies: g84 5/8 31
campaign against, by British Medical Association: g85 6/22 19
dangers of smoking not highlighted in magazines accepting advertising: g81 3/8 7, 11
in women’s magazines: g85 10/22 30; w81 2/1 7
misleading: g85 4/8 31
airplanes:
fires caused by: g83 9/22 31
smokers cause disturbance: g80 2/22 28
air pollution: g85 1/22 14; g73 8/22 17-18; g72 1/22 29; g69 3/8 31
amount of tar inhaled: g83 8/8 29
bans on:
Kenya: g80 9/22 30
Moscow restaurants: g76 11/22 30-31
Sochi, Soviet Union: g76 9/8 29
Bible view: w81 2/1 8-10; w81 4/15 31; g81 3/8 14; hp 98-99; g78 1/8 27-28; yy 112-114; w73 338-343; w73 543; w72 595-596; w71 670-672; w69 126-127; g62 3/8 20; g60 1/22 27-28; g57 10/22 24; w54 201-205; w50 59-61, 155; w42 205-206
blood donors: g75 1/22 30-31
bonus paid to nonsmokers: g78 7/8 30
breaking the habit: yb86 21-22; w82 10/15 8-11; w81 2/1 10-12; g81 1/8 3-4; g81 3/8 13-14; g80 7/22 29; w79 12/15 26; g78 1/8 28; w74 510; w73 453-455; g73 8/22 20; yb72 64-65; w71 670-672; yb71 76, 290; yb70 159-160, 184; w69 127, 446-447; yb69 180; g68 11/22 31; g67 2/22 20; w66 220-221; g65 9/8 4; w64 558; yb64 114; g64 9/8 11; yb63 168, 177; g62 3/8 19-20; g60 1/22 28; g57 3/22 19; g55 3/8 22-24; g55 12/8 16; g49 1/22 19; w47 345-346; g47 7/22 9-12; g45 5/23 26-27; w43 272; g39 3/22 23; g37 12/1 16; g36 1/29 280; g35 9/25 812
acupuncture as treatment to cure: g78 11/8 30
by cutting down on use: g79 1/8 29-30
chewing gum to help smokers quit: g82 5/8 30
examples: w83 2/15 13-14; g83 8/22 12; g83 9/8 24; w82 9/15 24; w82 10/15 8-10; g82 8/22 17, 19-20; yb81 72-73, 181; yb80 181; yb79 237; w78 6/1 11-12; yb78 161-162; g78 10/8 11; w77 298
experiences: w85 12/15 19-20; w81 2/1 11, 32; w80 7/15 7
heart attack prompts a doctor to quit: g84 4/22 29
pregnant women: g85 4/8 30
use of sodium bicarbonate: g79 9/8 29
children: g74 2/22 30; g73 9/22 30; g71 1/22 31; g69 9/22 29; g68 6/22 30; g68 12/22 30; g67 1/22 30; g67 2/22 19; g66 6/22 30; g65 10/22 20; g64 6/22 29; g64 9/8 11; g61 7/22 29; g60 8/22 24; g60 12/8 30-31; g46 7/31 10; g40 6/26 31; g40 7/10 31; g33 12/20 171-172; g32 6/8 554-555
child addicted to tobacco: g81 6/8 29
girls: g82 12/8 29-30
increase in number smoking: g76 4/22 30; g76 8/8 29; g76 9/8 31
relationship to a delinquent personality: g80 5/22 29-30
survey regarding: g84 1/22 29-30
cigarettes: g76 9/8 31; g75 5/22 29; g75 12/22 30; g73 9/22 31; g72 2/22 29; g72 4/8 31; g71 4/22 30-31; g68 8/8 29; w67 579; g67 5/8 31; g67 6/22 23; g67 9/8 31; g67 11/8 30; g66 8/22 30; g66 11/8 29; g66 11/22 29; g65 3/22 3; g62 2/8 31; g62 3/22 23; g61 2/22 30
Australia: g78 1/22 29-30
a “virtually safe” dose of smoke: g82 8/8 30-31
candy-flavored filter cigarette: g82 11/22 29
Christian view of smoking nontobacco cigarettes as an aid in overcoming tobacco addiction: w84 6/15 31
filter: g76 4/8 29
history of: g81 3/8 5
nontobacco cigarettes harmful: g74 7/8 30
number puffed by average smoker: g82 1/22 31
pharmacist in Canada discontinues selling: g84 8/22 30
production in 1978: g81 3/8 5
smuggling: g75 5/22 30
time spent per day smoking two packs: g83 8/8 29
U.S. consumption: g83 3/22 29
clergy: w65 59
bishops addicted: g75 1/22 30
coca paste (cocaine sulfate): g84 9/22 29
college students: g78 2/22 30
congregation:
associates: km 11/73 7
disfellowshipping smokers: w76 123; w73 340-341
former members: km 11/73 7
six months to stop: w73 340
cost:
in lost savings: g84 7/8 30
in Sweden to support habit: g78 10/8 11
of smoking-related diseases in health-care expenses: g82 11/22 20
per day: g44 8/16 23
per year: w81 2/1 8, 11; g60 1/22 27; g55 3/8 21
to advertise: g50 9/22 9
to industries and businesses: g85 9/8 31; g82 11/22 20
to tobacco industry: g57 10/22 22
court cases: g68 7/8 31
in favor of nonsmokers: g77 9/22 30
danger of radiation from smoking: g82 10/8 29
deaths from: g85 2/8 30; g85 6/22 19; g83 9/8 19-20; w81 2/1 3; g80 7/22 29; g80 9/22 30; g63 10/22 30; g60 9/22 30
Britain: g85 10/22 30
per year: g82 11/22 20
Spain: g85 6/8 30
United States: g81 10/22 29
deaths of nonsmokers per year from smoke: g85 9/8 30-31
disability pay of a heavy smoker reduced: g82 11/22 30
discussion: g83 9/8 19-20; g82 11/22 20; w81 2/1 3-12; g81 3/8 5-14; g78 1/8 27-28; w73 336-343; w71 670-672; g67 2/22 17-20
doctors: g84 4/22 29; g77 8/22 30; g76 6/22 29; g71 2/22 29; g70 9/22 26
effect on—
children: g84 3/8 11; g83 9/8 20; hp 99; g80 4/8 24; g76 1/22 29
fetus: g85 4/8 30; g83 9/8 20; g81 7/8 10; g80 4/8 24; g79 1/22 30; g78 1/8 27, 30; g77 3/22 31; w76 217
nonsmokers: g85 9/8 30-31; w81 2/1 5-9; g81 3/8 12; g81 4/22 29; g81 8/22 31; hp 99; g80 6/8 29; g78 10/8 30; g77 9/22 30; g76 4/8 30; g74 4/22 30; g73 8/22 17-19; g73 9/22 30; g72 1/22 29; g72 6/22 30; w54 203; g49 1/22 20; g45 1/17 24; g45 11/7 27; w42 206
offspring: w81 2/1 5-6; g81 3/8 12; g75 4/8 30; g75 12/8 31; g74 2/8 14; g74 5/22 31; g73 2/8 30; g73 8/22 18-20; g72 6/22 30; g71 5/8 29; g69 5/22 29-30; g68 11/8 30; g63 6/8 30; g62 5/22 29; g62 9/8 30; g61 9/22 26; g60 1/22 27-28; g40 6/26 31; g38 6/15 22; g36 1/29 280; g35 7/3 634; g32 6/8 554-555
others at places of employment: g85 9/8 30-31
others in restaurants: g85 1/22 14
smokers’ wives: w81 2/1 7; g78 12/8 30
effect on smoker: g82 12/8 29-30; w81 2/1 3-5; g81 3/8 5-6; g80 7/22 10; g79 12/22 30; g77 6/22 29; w76 217; w74 168; g74 2/22 30; g74 4/22 30; g74 7/8 30; w73 338-339; w73 453-455; g73 1/22 29; g73 2/22 23; g73 5/22 30; g73 8/8 30; g73 8/22 17, 19; g73 12/22 9; w72 595; g72 2/8 29; g72 2/22 29; g72 4/8 31; g72 6/8 30; g72 11/22 31; g71 1/22 14; g71 2/22 29; g71 11/8 4; g71 12/22 30; g70 5/22 29; g70 7/22 6; g70 8/8 30; g70 12/22 30; g69 5/8 29; g69 8/22 4; g67 2/22 18; g66 6/22 30; g65 8/22 29; g64 1/22 4, 29-30; g63 11/22 31; g62 11/8 30-31
arteries: g79 3/8 30
asbestos workers: g83 6/8 7
blood: g80 4/8 24; g75 1/22 30-31; g74 5/22 18-19; g71 2/22 29; g70 6/22 31
breast fluid: g78 3/22 30
Buerger’s disease: g62 3/8 18-19
destruction of vitamin C: g83 9/8 19
ears: g65 11/22 23
eyes: g45 11/7 27; g44 12/20 12-13; g39 3/8 19
gums: w75 327; g74 6/8 29-30
hearing loss: g83 9/8 19
heart: g85 2/8 30; g84 4/22 29; g81 11/22 30; g80 7/22 29; g78 8/8 29; g78 12/8 30; g77 7/8 30; g76 4/8 29; g76 4/22 30; g76 9/22 29; g74 2/8 29; g71 8/22 29; g70 2/8 30; g68 6/8 23; g67 4/8 29; w66 419; g66 7/8 31; g66 8/22 30; g64 9/22 31; g64 11/8 15; g63 7/22 31; g62 3/8 17; g62 8/8 30; g61 12/8 30
increased surgery risk: g76 6/8 29
influenza susceptibility: g83 9/8 19
leading avoidable cause of death in Brazil: g85 5/22 30
life span: g84 1/22 30; g80 4/8 24; g78 5/22 29; w77 519; g76 1/8 30; g76 4/22 30; g74 11/22 30; g71 2/8 31; g71 4/22 30; g70 11/8 30; g67 2/22 17; g64 1/8 30; g64 1/22 29-30; g64 9/8 9; g62 3/8 19; g61 6/22 31; g61 9/8 30; g60 2/22 15; g60 7/22 30; g60 8/22 24; g60 9/8 30; g57 10/22 24; g55 3/8 21; g54 3/8 4; g49 1/22 20; g46 7/31 8; g43 11/24 15; g42 2/18 27; g41 6/11 25-27
lungs: g84 8/22 30-31; g82 2/22 31; g82 5/22 29; g80 1/22 23; g80 4/8 24; g80 10/8 30; g79 1/22 19; g79 10/22 29; g78 2/8 29; g78 2/22 29-30; g78 5/22 29; g78 7/22 30; g78 12/8 30; g77 7/8 30; g76 6/8 29; g76 9/22 29; w75 12; g75 10/22 30-31; g75 12/22 30; g74 5/22 30; g74 9/8 18, 20, 23; g73 1/22 19; g72 7/22 30; g72 9/8 31; g70 1/8 30; g69 3/22 30-31; g69 5/8 29; g68 12/22 30; g67 2/22 17; g67 10/8 30-31; g67 11/8 30; g66 1/8 31; g66 8/22 30; g65 8/22 29; g65 9/22 18; g64 2/22 29; g64 3/8 23; g64 6/22 29; g64 9/8 9, 11; g64 12/8 26; g63 1/8 30-31; g63 5/8 30; g63 7/22 31; g62 3/8 16-19; g62 3/22 23; g62 5/8 30; g62 5/22 29; g61 4/8 30; g61 5/8 30; g60 5/8 30; g60 8/22 24; g60 11/22 31; g60 12/8 15, 30-31; g59 12/22 8; g57 2/22 19; g57 10/22 24; g57 11/22 13; g56 12/8 7; g55 3/8 21-22; g55 3/22 24; g55 10/8 16; g54 3/8 3-4; g50 6/22 13-14; g50 9/22 12; g49 1/22 19; g44 12/20 13; g43 8/18 26
mind: g80 5/8 29; g78 5/8 30
oxygen supply: g78 3/22 30
skin: g81 12/8 29
sleep: g80 5/8 29; g70 2/22 30
sperm: g79 10/22 29
stomach: w59 483; g55 3/22 24; g50 9/22 10; g46 7/31 9; g43 11/24 15
strokes: g75 4/8 30
teeth: w75 327
tiny hairs in respiratory system: g82 11/22 20; g78 2/8 29
when undergoing therapy for lung cancer: g81 2/22 30
experience:
boy refuses to buy cigarettes for his father: yb83 11-12
government spending to warn of dangers: g75 10/22 30-31
government subsidy: g81 3/8 9; g75 10/22 30-31
hospitals: g81 3/8 11
increase among developing countries: g80 6/22 29; g78 6/22 30; g78 9/22 29
indifference to consequences: w74 71; g73 10/22 30; g73 12/22 30; g72 7/8 30; g68 8/8 29; g67 6/22 23; g64 9/8 11-12
infringes on rights of others: g81 3/8 11-12; g71 3/8 29; g69 3/22 30-31
in secret: g78 1/8 28
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
business establishment: w74 223-224
home: w74 223
view of smoking: w81 2/1 8-10; g81 3/8 12-13; g78 1/8 27-28; w74 71; w73 336-343; km 11/73 7; w72 595-596; w71 670-672
low tar still harmful: g78 8/22 29
marijuana: g80 6/8 30; g77 10/22 5-8; g76 12/8 29
comparison with tobacco smoking: g77 10/22 8
effect on airplane pilots: w77 167
effect on car drivers: g77 10/22 7; g77 11/8 29
effect on youths: g84 8/22 29
mother teaches four-year-old to smoke marijuana: g80 5/8 30
tar content of smoke: g80 8/8 8
men: g85 9/22 30-31
nicotine: g81 3/8 7-9
stronger and more addictive than cocaine: g85 9/8 30
nurses: g77 8/22 30
opinions of health authorities: g81 3/8 6; g74 4/22 30; g73 8/22 17-19; g71 2/22 29; g71 11/8 4; g67 2/22 18; g66 6/22 30; g64 9/8 9; g62 3/8 16-17
World Health Organization: g79 9/22 29; g78 5/22 29
opium: g75 5/8 10-11
pipes: g79 8/22 30-31; g75 12/22 30; g49 1/22 20; g46 7/31 3
popularized by Christendom’s missionaries: yb84 217, 223
productivity loss because of: g81 11/22 30; g79 8/22 30-31
relation to immorality: g65 9/8 31; g65 10/22 30
restaurants:
air filters need acid baths due to smoking: g85 1/22 14
effect on food aroma: g85 1/22 14
restaurant with nonsmoking room: g75 9/8 30
schools: g83 5/8 31
small cigars: g81 11/22 30
smokers do not qualify for—
baptism: g78 1/8 28; w73 338-340
field ministry: g78 1/8 28
statistics: g83 3/22 29; g81 3/8 5-6; g78 1/22 29-30; g76 9/8 31; g74 2/22 30; g74 5/22 30; g73 1/8 31; g73 3/22 31; g73 9/22 31; g72 11/8 29; g71 11/8 4; g69 11/22 29; g67 2/8 29; g66 2/22 31; g66 11/8 29; g65 2/8 29; g65 10/22 20; g64 6/22 29; g64 9/8 9; g63 5/8 29; g62 12/8 30; g61 2/22 30; g60 8/8 30; g60 8/22 24; g60 12/8 15; g55 10/8 16; g50 6/22 13-14; g50 9/22 9; g44 12/20 11, 14; g36 1/29 280; g33 12/20 172-173
smokers in United States: g77 8/8 30; g77 8/22 30
suicide among smokers: g80 4/8 31
surveys—
as to nonsmokers’ fear of inhaling smoke: g80 4/8 24
as to what smokers think of: g76 8/8 29
as to whether people notice warnings on cigarette packages: g83 9/8 20
thief caught by: w69 605
use in spiritism: g78 11/8 6
view that taxes received from sale of tobacco outweigh the sickness and death caused by: g82 10/8 29
women: g85 9/22 30-31; g84 8/22 30-31; g81 3/8 12; g80 4/8 24; g78 8/8 29; g78 12/8 30; g76 4/22 30; g76 8/8 29; w75 12
deaths in Britain: g85 10/22 30
workman’s compensation denied to smoker: g78 7/8 30-31
youths: g85 9/22 30-31; g81 3/8 7, 10
German Federal Parliament: g85 12/22 30
List by Place
Australia:
cigarettes: g78 1/22 29-30
Brazil: g85 5/22 30
leading avoidable cause of death: g85 5/22 30
Britain: g85 6/22 19; g79 12/22 30
British Medical Association attack on misleading promotion: g85 4/8 31
death statistics: g85 10/22 30
China: g80 4/8 24
campaign against: g79 1/8 30
increase in: g77 9/22 29
youths kill bus conductor for stopping their: g81 5/8 30
France:
court case over smoking on train: g78 11/22 30
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g85 12/22 30
Greece: g80 5/22 30
antismoking campaign: g82 2/22 30
Kenya:
ban on smoking: g80 9/22 30
Malaysia:
smokers barred from interest-free business loans: g83 7/8 30
Moscow:
ban on smoking: g76 11/22 30-31
North Carolina:
view of churches as to smoking: g82 11/8 29
Sochi (Soviet Union):
ban on smoking: g76 9/8 29
Spain: g85 6/8 30
Sweden:
cost to support habit: g78 10/8 11
Third World nations: g82 3/8 30; g81 2/22 27
United States:
Air Force action: g63 1/8 31
consumption of cigarettes: g83 3/22 29
deaths of nonsmokers per year from smoke: g85 9/8 30-31
death statistics: g81 10/22 29
number of ex-smokers: g81 3/8 6
number of smokers: g85 9/22 30-31; g81 3/8 5; g77 8/8 30; g77 8/22 30
subsidy: g70 2/22 29-30
Quotations
as a health hazard exceeds many environmental toxins that have generated great concern: g78 3/22 30
as important a cause of death as were the great epidemic diseases: g81 3/8 6
by far and away our most serious health problem: g83 9/8 19
caused more illness and death than alcohol, marijuana, and even heroin: g83 8/8 29
chief factor responsible for the gap between male and female life expectancies: g84 1/22 30
chief preventable cause of death in our society: g83 9/8 19
cigarette smoking should be banned from commercial airliners: g83 9/22 31
control of cigarette smoking in developing countries could do more to improve health than any other single action: g83 9/8 29
foremost cause of preventable disease and death: g81 3/8 6
killing more than 350,000 Americans each year: g81 3/8 6
most important health issue of our time: g82 5/22 29
most widespread example of drug dependence in United States: g83 7/8 31
nicotine is a more powerful addiction than heroin: g80 4/8 24
only safe cigarette is an unlit cigarette: w81 2/1 5
single most important cause of sickness and early death in Spain today: g85 6/8 30
single most preventable factor contributing to illness and death: g81 3/8 6
smokers have same problem as heroin users: g78 1/8 27
smoking is going out of style: g81 3/8 5
so devastating to heart and lungs that other aspects of preventive medicine comparatively insignificant: g82 6/8 29
some 80,000 scientific papers established that smoking caused cancer, heart disease, lung illness and other damage: g84 5/8 31
truly slow-motion suicide: w81 2/1 9