Unlike briar, meerschaum does not burn
(3 pages) Article by Roy Norr Christian Herald October 1952 (Source: Googlebooks) In 1975, more than a decade after the publication of the US Surgeon Generals Report on the devastating health consequences of cigarette smoking, George Gitlitz, MD, a vascular surgeon and past president of the Broome County, New York Medical Society, wrote the first of over a dozen letters to the editor and the publisher of The New York Times challenging them to discuss on the newspapers editorial page their reasons for continuing to accept cigarette advertising and to acknowledge the irony of repeated editorial accusations of financial self-interest by doctors while profiting from the promotion of the major preventable cause of disease and avoidable medical costs
Hinting at the authentic flavours inside the pack, the chunk of meat is being carved up with a knife, while the fork holds an enormous Pringles chip , ready to hit your taste buds with steak-flavoured goodness
Some designated smoking areas may permit vaping, but this varies by locale and venue
Nothing is heard except the popping of bubble gum, which, no more than the Coca-Cola that the venerable elders sometimes drink, seems incongruous with the rest of the picture
