THEY'RE TOO CLEVER. WE'RE DOOMED

written on the post-it attached to the following newspaper clip which arrived in snale mail yesterday, thanks to Phil Curtis.



Tobacco’s Miracle in China
Cigarettes are miraculous, says the Chinese government, which monopolizes the world’s largest tobacco market, with 360 million smokers, according to an article in The Globe and Mail, the Canadian daily.
Cigarettes, according to China’s tobacco authorities, are an excellent way to prevent ulcers.
They also reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, relieve schizophrenia, boost your brain cells, speed up your thinking, improve your reactions and increase your working efficiency.
And all those warnings about lung cancer? Nonsense....
If you believe the official Web site of the tobacco monopoly, cigarettes are a kind of miracle drug:
solving your health problems, helping your lifestyle, strengthening the equality of women and even eliminating loneliness and depression.
“Smoking removes your troubles and worries,” says a 37-year- old female magazine editor, quoted approvingly on the Web site. “Holding a cigarette is like having a walking stick in your hand, giving you support.
“Quitting smoking would bring you misery, shortening your life.”
The number of Chinese smokers is growing by three million a year, despite an estimated 1.3 million tobacco-related deaths annually.