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Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
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SMOKING

(See also Cigarettes; Marijuana; Tobacco; Vaping)

(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)

addiction: w14 6/1 4; g95 5/22 9-13; g89 11/8 26-27; g86 4/8 5; g86 7/22 15-16

editorial on tobaccoism in Journal of the American Medical Association: g86 7/22 16

report by Journal of the American Medical Association: g89 7/22 31

report by U.S. surgeon general: g88 8/22 29

tobacco companies long aware of: g96 1/22 18

within days: g01 4/22 28

youths: g00 3/22 5

advertising: g95 5/22 9-10; g89 7/8 7-9; g88 2/8 7-8; g86 4/8 5-6, 8-9; g86 7/22 14-15; g86 9/8 11

actors in, express regrets to children: g92 10/8 28

Africa targeted: g95 5/22 5

amount spent on: g88 5/22 14

antismoking campaigns: g95 1/8 32; g93 5/22 28

Asia targeted: g95 5/22 4-7; g89 7/8 10-11

automobile races: g94 12/22 28

ban called for: g86 7/22 16; g86 8/22 30

bans: g91 7/22 28; g89 7/8 11; g88 2/8 7; g86 7/22 15

blacks targeted: g89 7/8 8-9

children and youths targeted: g95 5/22 6-7; g86 7/22 14-15

developing nations targeted: g97 1/22 28; g96 1/22 18-20; g95 5/22 4-7

effect on press: g89 7/8 11-12, 28

effects: g90 10/22 28

unscrupulous: g88 5/22 14

use of sports: g99 1/8 29; g88 2/8 8

U.S. restrictions: g86 7/22 15

why no smoke is shown: g88 11/22 29

women targeted: g95 5/22 3-4; g93 5/22 28; g89 7/8 7-8; g88 2/8 7

airplanes:

bans: g90 1/22 28; g88 4/8 29

effect on aircraft: g86 7/8 14

nonsmoking areas unsafe: g89 7/22 31

recommendation to ban smoking: g89 7/22 31; g86 7/8 14

appreciation for Awake! articles on: g97 7/22 30; g96 1/22 30; g91 6/8 30; g90 1/8 30; g90 3/8 30

chairwoman requests 35 copies: g96 1/22 30

attitudes changing: g95 5/22 8-13; g88 8/22 14

Bible times: g86 1/8 21

Bible view: ijwbq article 143; lvs 110-112; w14 6/1 4-6; lv 93, 95-96; w12 8/1 15; w07 4/1 5; rq 25; kl 121-122; jv 180-181; g91 8/8 17; w90 4/1 14; gm 165-166; om 195; pe 130, 215-216; rs 109-111; g89 7/8 13-14; g89 11/8 26-27; w88 10/1 29; g87 5/8 6; tp 159-161; g86 1/8 20-21; g86 4/8 9-10

C. T. Russell’s comment: kr 111-112; w95 5/15 23

no responsible way to smoke: g89 10/22 30

understanding clarified (1973): w17.02 27-28; kr 112; w06 2/15 30; yb97 136-137; w95 2/1 16-17; w95 5/15 23; jv 181

why smoking is so widespread: g86 4/8 8

breaking the habit: g19.3 5; w14 6/1 6; yp1 242-243; g 3/11 28; g 5/10 3-9; g00 3/22 8-9; w97 8/1 5-6; g95 5/22 13; g91 5/8 31; rs 112; g89 7/8 13-15; g89 12/8 12

appreciation for Awake! articles on: g90 4/8 30; g89 12/22 30

benefits: g05 12/22 28; g00 3/22 6-7; g96 10/22 28-29; g91 1/8 28-29

chart “Ten Ways to Stop Smoking”: g89 7/8 16

effect of Awake! cover and series: g92 7/8 24-25; g90 3/8 30

helping a loved one: g 5/10 8; g00 3/22 6

how: g98 12/8 17; g86 4/8 10; g86 7/22 16; g86 11/22 28

husband’s lawsuit motivates wife: g98 4/8 28

lowers risk of cancer: g89 7/22 28

never too late: g99 4/8 28; g93 10/22 29

not resuming later: g02 6/8 29

success rate: g86 7/22 15

weight gain after: g91 8/8 29

when to pray: w09 8/1 28-29; pe 226

why one should: g00 3/22 4-7; g86 7/22 15-16

why so hard: g00 3/22 7; g93 1/8 29

youth: g91 12/22 30

campaign against, by European parliament: g88 10/22 29

carbon monoxide: g 9/10 28

Catholic Church:

cigarette sales: g95 10/8 28

children: g96 2/22 29; g95 5/22 6-7

ease of addiction: g04 5/22 29; g03 6/8 28

importance of early teaching to counteract: g86 12/8 31

parents’ bad example: g93 2/22 28-29

teachers’ bad example: g87 2/22 30

teaching to avoid: lr 56

cigarettes: g86 4/8 3-10

contents of smoke: g00 3/22 5

higher tar and nicotine content in developing nations: g88 5/22 14

low tar and nicotine: g00 3/22 5-6; g86 4/8 7

number needed to lead to addiction: g86 4/8 5

warning labels in Australia: g94 7/8 28-29

warning labels in U.S.: g97 9/22 28

why addictive: g86 4/8 5

cigars: g 5/10 7; g00 3/22 6; g86 7/22 13

clergy:

comments by doctor in 19th century: w93 2/1 30

comments by—

cigarette-ad model: g89 7/8 15

doctor in 19th century: w93 2/1 30

ex-smokers: g89 7/8 6-7, 14-15

secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: g92 5/8 13

tobacco-fortune heir: g96 10/22 24; g89 7/8 15

tobacco grower: g89 7/8 6

cost: g05 2/8 29; g00 3/22 5; g99 5/22 28; g97 7/22 24-25; g86 7/22 16

employers: g 2/14 3; g87 6/22 17

lifetime: g98 2/8 31

per year: g89 3/22 29; g87 9/8 30

U.S. health care: g89 12/8 12; g87 9/8 30; w86 5/1 6

workdays lost: g89 3/22 29

deaths from: w14 6/1 3; w07 4/1 5; w01 2/1 5; g00 3/22 3; g99 7/8 3; g98 7/8 29; g95 5/22 3; g91 5/8 31; g91 7/22 28-29; g91 8/8 17; g90 3/22 28; rs 110; g89 12/8 12; g88 4/8 29; g88 5/22 14; g87 6/22 16; g86 4/8 9; g86 7/22 12

claim that early deaths save money: g02 2/8 29; g01 2/22 29

compared to other causes: g86 7/22 12

compared with black death: g93 11/22 29

forecast: w14 6/1 3; g95 5/22 3, 6; g91 1/22 28; g90 7/22 28

nonsmokers: w14 6/1 3, 5; g02 1/8 28; g98 6/22 29; g97 10/22 29; g96 10/22 22; g95 5/22 5; g93 7/8 28; g88 8/22 14

women: g96 4/22 28

decline: g00 12/8 28

California, U.S.A.: g95 1/8 32

United States: g96 10/22 24

discussion: w14 6/1 3-6; g00 3/22 3-9; g96 10/22 21-24; g95 5/22 3-13; g89 7/8 2-16; g86 4/8 3-10; g86 7/22 12-16

video Don’t Let Your Life Go Up in Smoke: mwb22.05 11

drugs:

crack with heroin: g89 10/22 28

marijuana: yp1 241; yp 274-278; g86 1/22 16-18

methamphetamine (speed, ice): g90 2/8 29

effect on others: w14 6/1 5; g 5/06 14; g00 3/22 4-5; g97 10/22 29; rs 111; g86 7/22 13-14

arteries: g98 6/22 29

association with SIDS (crib death): g03 5/8 28; g97 1/22 29; g97 11/8 30; g90 7/22 27; g88 1/22 7

heart: g04 8/8 29; g02 5/22 28

in rooms: g93 7/8 28

nonsmokers: g 2/15 8; w14 6/1 3; g03 6/22 29; g02 1/8 28; g95 5/22 5; g92 5/8 30; g91 6/22 28-29; g89 12/8 12; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 16; g86 7/22 13-14; g86 12/8 30

nonsmokers’ babies still in womb: g94 9/8 28

smokers’ babies: g96 10/22 22-23; g90 7/22 27; g86 7/22 14

smokers’ babies still in womb: g91 3/8 29; g90 1/8 25; g89 2/22 9-10; g89 7/8 5; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11

smokers’ children: g 3/09 29; g00 2/8 29; g00 5/8 28-29; g96 10/22 22-23; g91 3/8 29; g90 1/8 25; g89 6/22 29; g89 12/8 12; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14

smokers’ families: g95 4/8 7

smokers’ mates: g86 1/22 31; g86 7/22 13-14

effect on smoker: g24.1 7; yp1 244-245; g05 4/8 29; g05 9/22 29; g03 6/22 29; g00 3/22 4; g95 4/8 7; g95 5/22 3, 6, 10-13; g93 1/8 29; g91 5/8 31; g91 8/8 16-17; rs 110-111; g86 7/22 12-13, 15-16; g86 9/8 11

aging: g97 9/8 28-29

Alzheimer’s disease risk: g99 2/8 29

arteries: g98 6/22 29

blindness: g00 7/8 28-29

blocks signals of heart disease: g91 8/8 29

Buerger’s disease: g89 7/8 9

cancer: g24.1 7; g90 9/22 31; g89 7/22 28; g87 6/22 16; g87 9/8 30; g86 9/8 11; g86 10/8 6-7, 9-10

cataracts: g94 12/22 29

chart “50,000 Studies—What Have They Found?”: g95 5/22 10

cilia in bronchial tubes: g86 11/22 25

combined with oral contraceptives: g86 5/8 30

concentration and memory: g93 4/22 28

diabetes complicated by: g03 5/8 7

disability: g01 2/22 29

driving ability: g88 5/22 30; g86 9/8 11

earlier wrinkles: g91 11/8 28; g86 12/22 30

emphysema: g89 7/8 5

enslavement: g89 11/8 27

face: g86 6/8 30; g86 12/22 30

healing of bones: g93 1/8 28

health: g18.1 6; g99 7/8 6; g86 7/22 12-13, 16; g86 9/8 11

heart: g96 12/8 10; g89 7/8 9; g88 12/22 29; g86 7/22 12-13

heart blood supply: g93 5/8 29

incontinence: g91 11/8 28

insomnia: g04 2/8 8-9

life expectancy: g 3/14 3; g 11/09 30; g 2/06 30; g05 12/22 28; g00 10/8 29

mental attitude: g86 1/8 20-21

peripheral vascular disease aggravated: g99 6/8 4-5

pregnant women: g89 7/8 4-5

reaction time: g93 4/22 28-29

substances in smoke: g95 5/22 4

ulcers: g94 1/22 28

view that smoking helps performance: g89 11/8 26-27

view that smoking helps stay thin: g99 10/8 29

women: g95 5/22 4; g92 5/8 13

worse than obesity: g90 6/8 29

effect war has had on prevalence: g86 4/8 4-6

experiences: w12 7/15 8-9; g 5/10 5, 8; w09 8/1 29; yb08 57-58; g 7/07 6-7; yb04 62-63; w01 8/1 28, 30; g00 12/8 30; g98 12/8 15-17; g97 7/22 27; w96 2/1 29; g89 7/8 14-15; w88 10/1 29; w87 1/1 5; yb87 84-85; g86 11/22 28

addict from age of 12: w14 6/1 4-5

antismoking poster based on Awake!: g99 7/8 32

Awake! issues help quit: w94 10/1 9; yb92 189

Close to Jehovah book helps quit: yb08 57-58

ex-soldier: w09 8/1 27-28

four-year-old helps parents quit: yb91 7

four-year-old refuses: yb87 62

physician: w14 6/1 5

prayer of twins helps father quit: w10 12/15 27-28

quit smoking on own: w14 12/15 13

schoolteacher quits because of Witness girl’s reaction: w91 6/15 25

video Why Are You Delaying Baptism?: lff lesson 47

Witness girl’s poem: g04 5/8 31

fires from: g95 3/22 28

global shift in: g88 5/22 14

government antismoking campaigns: g91 8/8 16

government health warnings:

Australia: g94 7/8 28-29

handling by congregation:

instances of private smoking: w06 11/15 30; w96 1/15 18

newly baptized person: w96 1/15 18

history: g90 7/22 13-14; g86 4/8 4-7

King James condemns: g90 7/22 13-14

Sir Walter Raleigh’s contribution: g90 7/22 14

increase: g89 12/8 11

20th century: g86 4/8 6-8

worldwide in last 20 years: g90 11/8 28

meaning of term: ijwbq article 143

misconceptions: yp1 238-240; g 3/11 26-27

nicotine: w14 6/1 4; g96 1/22 18, 20; g91 8/8 16-17; g89 7/22 31; g88 8/22 29; g86 4/8 5, 7; g86 5/8 30; g86 7/22 15-16

nonsmokers preferred for employment: w86 5/1 6

nurses: g86 11/22 30

pipes: g 5/10 7; g00 3/22 6; g86 7/22 13

prevalence: g01 2/22 29; g00 3/22 3; g95 1/22 29; g91 8/8 15-16

children and youths: g95 5/22 6-7

religious origins: g86 4/8 4, 9

restrictions:

United States: g96 10/22 21-22

tobacco companies:

admission of diseases caused: g00 4/22 28

claim that early deaths save money: g02 2/8 29

deception: g02 6/22 28

government investigation (U.S.A.): g96 1/22 18

how smoking is defended: g95 5/22 8-13

raise nicotine levels: g 6/07 30

traffic accidents due to: g88 5/22 30

vaping: ijwyp article 121

water pipes: g 5/10 7

WHO (World Health Organization):

estimates 500 million will die from smoking in next 25 years: g90 7/22 28

number of smokers worldwide: g95 1/22 29

why people smoke: g99 3/8 29; g89 7/8 6-7

Witness view: w06 7/15 30-31; jv 180-181; rs 109-111

women: g98 4/8 11; g95 5/22 3-4; g86 7/22 13-14

death rate: g96 4/22 28

effect on: g01 6/8 29; g90 3/22 28; g88 12/22 29

how advertising targets: g89 7/8 7-8; g88 2/8 7

pregnant women: g89 7/8 4-5; g86 7/22 13

Worldwatch Institute report: g86 7/22 12

youths: ijwyp article 121; yp1 237-245; g 3/11 26-28; g00 3/22 5; g96 10/22 24; g95 5/22 6-7; g91 8/8 15-17

comment by Mariel Hemingway: g86 7/22 15

girls: g99 3/8 29; g95 8/8 31

how advertising targets: g86 7/22 14-15

number of cigarettes needed to addict: g86 4/8 5

resisting pressure: yp1 240; w10 11/15 9-10; g91 8/22 16-18

List by Place

Africa: g95 5/22 5; g92 4/22 28

Asia: g97 11/22 28

Australia:

ban in restaurants proposed: g91 10/8 29

bans smoking in all public hospitals: g89 3/22 29

bans smoking on all domestic flights: g88 4/8 29

damages awarded for forced passive smoking: g92 10/22 29

deaths: g91 6/22 28-29; g89 3/22 29; g86 10/8 30

warnings on cigarette packs: g94 7/8 28-29

warning that persistent smokers may be denied hospital access: g87 8/8 30

Bangladesh: g02 9/22 29

Belgium:

smoking banned in enclosed public places: g87 8/8 29

Bhutan bans tobacco sales and public smoking: g05 8/22 28

Brazil: g95 8/22 28

Britain: g03 1/22 29; g89 11/8 26; g87 5/8 30; g86 4/8 9

Canada: g86 7/22 12

China: g00 8/22 28; g99 11/8 32; g96 1/22 19-20; g95 5/22 4-6

Colombia:

basuco cigarettes: g89 9/8 28

developing nations: g96 1/22 18-20; g90 11/8 28; g88 5/22 14

Europe: g04 12/8 29; g97 7/22 28; g86 7/22 12

France:

deaths: g91 7/22 28

lung cancer among women: g94 10/8 29

Germany:

benefits of partial smoking ban: g 4/13 3

Greece: g89 11/8 26; g87 5/8 13

India: g02 9/22 28-29

Italy:

compensation for damage from passive smoking: g91 10/8 29

Japan: g98 12/8 15-16; g94 2/8 29

Mexico: g01 5/22 29

banned in enclosed public places: g91 5/8 28

restricted in public places: g91 2/8 28

Philippines: g95 5/22 4, 7

banned in some enclosed places: g89 8/22 29

Poland: g 4/06 29

Russia: g94 3/22 28-29

Sweden: g86 12/8 30

Switzerland: g99 5/22 28

Ukraine: g 5/10 30

United States:

American tobacco: g86 4/8 5

banned on most domestic flights: g90 1/22 28

change of attitude: g96 10/22 21-24

deaths: g98 11/8 29; g96 10/22 21; g95 5/22 3; g94 4/8 31; g92 5/8 13; g91 8/8 17; g89 4/22 28; g89 11/8 26; g88 8/22 14, 29; g87 9/8 29-30; g86 4/8 8; g86 7/22 12; g86 8/22 30

export promoted by government: g95 5/22 6

hotel rooms for nonsmokers: g87 4/22 30

number of smokers: g88 8/22 14

restrictions: g96 10/22 21-22

restrictions on advertising: g86 7/22 15-16; g86 8/22 30

women: g88 8/22 14

Quotations

8,000 deaths a day from: g90 7/22 28

every tobacco user can stop: g91 5/8 31

if 100,000 had died from any other preventable cause, it would have provoked a national outrage: g86 1/8 20

largest single preventable cause of illness and premature death: g96 4/22 28; g91 5/8 31; rs 110-111; g87 5/8 6

single common thread in the global cancer picture: g87 9/8 30

smokers starting before age 15 have cancer rates 19 times higher than non-smokers: g90 9/22 31

the worst drug: g95 8/22 28

we built this country by selling the rest of the fools in the world tobacco: g89 7/8 6

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