Sadly that last line of Mr. Butts sounds like the kind of argument Big Tobacco might have made at the time to justify pushing cigarettes on soldiers once we knew the risks. As for WWII usage I remember once seeing a poem that had been written in a Japanese POW camp by an American prisoner who talked about how excruciating it was for the smokers to be cut off cold turkey.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
If they are old enough to kill and die for their country, they are old enough to get lung cancer and other respiratory ailments.
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
So kids can’t be “trained” to smoke? Is that what you’re saying, Mr. Butts?!
William Bednar Premium Member over 4 years ago
She continues: "So the Cigarette Industry adage, “there are no smokers in fox holes”, is not of your invention"?
Kilrwat Premium Member over 4 years ago
Joanie’s hot in this segment.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Gulf War? What the heck did that have to do with smoking?
kauri44 over 4 years ago
Sadly that last line of Mr. Butts sounds like the kind of argument Big Tobacco might have made at the time to justify pushing cigarettes on soldiers once we knew the risks. As for WWII usage I remember once seeing a poem that had been written in a Japanese POW camp by an American prisoner who talked about how excruciating it was for the smokers to be cut off cold turkey.