[stinkerpot65]

Winston is a brand name invented by RJ Reynolds in the 50’s.

And cigarettes will kill the idiots who smoke them.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

And cigarettes will kill the idiots who smoke them.
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I never tire of watching the facial expressions on people called “Foodies” when I tell them there’s a problem to consider regarding food: It will kill you!

[cuban leaf]

A small percentage, yes. I’m at anti-smoking as the next guy but I have to admit that after doing a lot of research it turns out that cigarette smoking is not as deadly as we’ve been made to believe. Just as covid-19 is not as deadly as a lot of Karen’s out there think it is.

[tired&retired]

The brand is named after the town where R. J. Reynolds started his business which is Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Winston-Salem NC

Winston, founded in 1849 as the county seat, was named in 1851 for Major Joseph Winston, a Revolutionary War hero.

Salem (from the Hebrew shalom, meaning “peace”) was laid out in 1766 by Moravian colonists in the center of their Wachovia land tract; it was incorporated in 1856, when the land was sold to outsiders.

This is tobacco growing country

[hanamizu]

And cigarettes will kill the idiots who smoke them.

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They certainly killed my dad. But it took them a long time to do it. He was a two-pack-a-day man for decades and died from throat cancer at 83. My mom, who claimed not to be a smoker because she usually ‘only smoked after dinner’ nearly made it to 100.

I used to tell my students that the big problem with cigarettes is that they take so long to kill you—decades instead of months or years. Tell a 16-year-old that he or she will have health problems from smoking in his or her 50s and they’ll laugh and say they’d rather be dead than 50.