Cigarette smoking (like everythign else) is NOT harmful in moderation.
The reason there is so much negative press is because cigarette manufactures used to be HEAVY Republican donors
If they were heavy democrap supporters we would hear endless news (propaganda) stories about the “healthful benefits of bathing your lungs in cleansing smoke”
I have never smoked, never even tried it--always found it gross. However, I heard a guy on some health talk radio show, a few years, back, make some really interesting arguments for the health benefits of moderate smoking. It was interesting. I had had some friends who were smokers and I noticed that they rarely got sick. Something to do with the smoking and it's effects on your mucous membranes.
Yes, and they were also good prey for trial lawyers and tax revenue.
It was always such a transparent scam...well, transparent to some people.
So the largest cash crop grown for centuries in the formerly solid democrat south is really a pet of the republican party? Really?