No Smoking Day (part 3)

By the 1950s, tobacco companies (and governments) knew that smoking was bad for people's health, but it wasn't until years later that they finally admitted it. For years they enlisted scientists and the media to smear those who warned the public about the dangers of smoking. Sadly, their lies worked, because it wasn't until 1982* that cigarette sales finally started to drop in the United States.

* Source: https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/21/2/87

Since the truth finally leaked out about smoking, thousands of people every year try to give up smoking, and in fact there's even a day especially for that purpose, creatively named ... No Smoking Day! This year No Smoking Day falls on 13th March, so to 'celebrate', this week's blog post features a no smoking theme.

1) The simplest way to give up is to follow the example of this statue, and just say no.

Just say no.

"No thanks, mate. They stunt your growth."

Credit: Reddit

No Smoking Day (Part 2)

It's No Smoking Day in a few day's time (March 10th, 2021), so this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a light-hearted look at quitting smoking.

1) Grateful funeral home

To start things off, here's a clever advert from a funeral home...

"Thank you for smoking."

On second thoughts, actually it's not that clever after all, because Beckman-Williamson Funeral Homes are effectively tring to discourage new customers! Or at least postpone them.