No Smoking

a smoking man
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December 31, 2006

Smoking cigarettes is bad for you. Ok, we can all agree on that. So then, why are 20 percent of us still smoking? That's 60 million Americans. And new smokers start every day. Why? It's more than just nicotine. In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll explore the sublime pleasures of taking a puff. And, the Enlightened Tobacco Company. An "honest smoke" from the makers of DEATH Cigarettes.

Richard Klein on "Cigarettes Are Sublime"

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Do you think the French ban on smoking in all public places is an encroachment on personal liberty that threatens French culture?  Richard Klein sure thinks so.

Julia Hansen on "A Life in Smoke"

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Julia Hansen chained herself to the radiator in her dining room for a week in an effort to quit smoking cigarettes.

Jason Reitman on "Thank You for Smoking"

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Jason Reitman wrote and directed the film "Thank You for Smoking."  We hear some very funny and totally subversive clips.

Boz Temple-Morris on Death Cigarettes

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Boz Temple-Morris, the co-founder and Marketing Director of the Enlightened Tobacco Company,  tells Steve Paulson the company was all about truth in advertising.

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January 06, 2008
Guests: 

Richard Klein

Professor

Julia Hansen

Author

Jason Reitman

Director

Boz Temple-Morris

Founder
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Science
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August 02, 2024