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Former Soviet Nation Is the Country With Least Number of Smokers (Turkmenistan)
Agence France Presse (AFP) / UK Guardian via Pulse.ng ^ | 2/22

Posted on 07/22/2015 8:59:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Edited on 07/22/2015 9:06:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

This was made known by the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Margaret Chan during a visit to the former Soviet nation.

Turkmenistan has emerged as the country with the world

(Excerpt) Read more at pulse.ng ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cigarettes; tobacco; turkmenistan
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1 posted on 07/22/2015 8:59:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Probably because Russian cigarettes suck.


2 posted on 07/22/2015 9:01:29 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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3 posted on 07/22/2015 9:03:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

It really is amazing what kind of UN World Health goals can be met in countries that have majority Muslim populations and that have ostracized tobacco use.

Nothing says ‘kick the habit’ more than the threat of getting your throat cut for lighting up.


4 posted on 07/22/2015 9:08:42 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Joe 6-pack

Okay, now lets see their statistics on lung cancer and other “smoking related illnesses.”


5 posted on 07/22/2015 9:09:27 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: bakeneko

Smoking is dangerous to your health.


6 posted on 07/22/2015 9:10:08 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

I wonder if Obo ever kicked the evil weed?


7 posted on 07/22/2015 9:12:56 PM PDT by umgud
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To: nickcarraway

Dennis Hopper led the nation with the most Smokers on the Exxon Valdez.


8 posted on 07/22/2015 9:18:57 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: nickcarraway

I trust very little of what this group says.

They did a study back in the 70’s, and 80’s that proved that second hand smoke not only didn’t make you sick, in some cases it made people healthier because it built up their immune system.

That report has been buried very deep by the smoking nazis so they could further control your life.


9 posted on 07/22/2015 9:28:34 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: nickcarraway

In Soviet Turkminestan, cigarette smokes you.


10 posted on 07/22/2015 9:35:22 PM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Joe 6-pack

If we can give Iran the bomb, can we please airlift these poor Turkmenistanians a couple conex boxes of Marlboros?


11 posted on 07/22/2015 9:49:36 PM PDT by Rodamala
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It’s hard to get smokes in Turkmenistan...or anything else. There’s was an invitation from Turkmenistan about 10 years ago, give or take, to oil companies (for help with development) and diplomats (extra route to Afghanistan offered). The diplomats said no because of the lack of services.


12 posted on 07/22/2015 10:04:50 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: nickcarraway

There was an invitation, even.


13 posted on 07/22/2015 10:05:41 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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As soon as their average income increases 10,000% and they get rid of all the muslims, I’ll consider moving there. NOT.


14 posted on 07/22/2015 11:59:45 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: nickcarraway

A target rich environment for our tobacco companies. They’ll come around after they have ready access to smokes at a reasonable price


15 posted on 07/23/2015 12:22:16 AM PDT by Figment
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To: rikkir

There’s also the studies that say smokers don’t get alzheimers or parkinsons. Funny that second hand smoke doesn’t provide the same protections


16 posted on 07/23/2015 12:25:32 AM PDT by Figment
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To: mykroar

LOL! What a country!


17 posted on 07/23/2015 4:22:16 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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The Turkmen dictator Saparmurat Niyazov (d. 2006) banned all smoking in Turkmenistan in 1997 because he was forced to quit for his health.

In terms of sheer megalomania, this guy could have given lessons to Kim Jong Un.


18 posted on 07/23/2015 5:17:57 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Joe 6-pack
Probably because Russian cigarettes suck.

In Russia, cigarette suck on YOU!

19 posted on 07/23/2015 5:56:29 AM PDT by Moltke
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To: elcid1970

Wow! Never really paid attention to that country, to tell you the truth. Your post made me look him up. What a nut!


20 posted on 07/23/2015 8:39:07 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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