The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes: Fascinating Facts, Tantalizing Trivia, and Classic Tobacco Culture for the Unbowed Smoker

by James Fitzgerald

You know who you you're one of the one billion adults who takes pleasure in smoking cigarettes. This one-of-a-kind treasure trove of memories, meditations, fascinating facts, tantalizing trivia, wit, and wisdom about smoking will only enhance the unparalleled pleasure of lighting up! Did you Nearly 15 billion cigarettes are sold worldwide daily—about 10 million cigarettes every minute . . . . A single tablespoon of tobacco seeds can sow six acres of land. . . . Lucky Strike was originally the name of a chewing tobacco sold during the Gold Rush? Gone are the days of TV tobacco ads ("Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should!"). Airplane and movie theater smoking sections and smoking cars on railroad trains are things of the halcyon past. But smoking carries on! The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes enables confirmed and unbowed tobacco enthusiasts to revel in their satisfaction, with classic advertisements, smoking celeb photographs, drawings, and fascinating observations And Much More! They may bar you from restaurants. They may force you out into the cold, cold streets. But they will never rob you of . . . the joys of smoking cigarettes!

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting facts and funny quotes, but all in all, bleh. The cover is certainly an eye-catcher, but the content is coffee table litterature for the bored.

[Madalina Marchis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Livro muito engraçado sobre os benefícios de fumar e sobre pequenos incentivos a fumar.
Além da parte irónica tem muitas informações sobre anúncios a tabaco, programas televisivos, campanhas sobre o tabaco. No fundo para mostrar como é que este produto foi sempre incentivado a ser consumido pela população, mas sempre com a perspetiva de aumentar o lucro das empresas.

[Lucas Ribeiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bought it because of the cover artwork. The short stories were very entertaining, wished there were more of those, otherwise I would have rated it higher.

[Johan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book about various aspects of smoking cigarettes. It’s written in a humorous style but is still pretty informative and inspirational. Lots of interesting and funny titbits of tobacco smoking culture drawn from history and advertising and lots of illustrations too.

[Hannes Strydom]

A very entertaining read, only thing that bugged me was the lack of proofreading.

[Adriana Pereira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Não recomendo a fumadores, ex-fumadores ou não fumadores.