SMOKING
(See also Cigarettes; Marijuana; Tobacco; Vaping)
(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)
addiction: w14 6/1 4; g95 5/22 9-13; g89 11/8 26-27; g86 4/8 5; g86 7/22 15-16
editorial on tobaccoism in Journal of the American Medical Association: g86 7/22 16
report by Journal of the American Medical Association: g89 7/22 31
report by U.S. surgeon general: g88 8/22 29
tobacco companies long aware of: g96 1/22 18
within days: g01 4/22 28
youths: g00 3/22 5
advertising: g95 5/22 9-10; g89 7/8 7-9; g88 2/8 7-8; g86 4/8 5-6, 8-9; g86 7/22 14-15; g86 9/8 11
actors in, express regrets to children: g92 10/8 28
Africa targeted: g95 5/22 5
amount spent on: g88 5/22 14
antismoking campaigns: g95 1/8 32; g93 5/22 28
Asia targeted: g95 5/22 4-7; g89 7/8 10-11
automobile races: g94 12/22 28
ban called for: g86 7/22 16; g86 8/22 30
bans: g91 7/22 28; g89 7/8 11; g88 2/8 7; g86 7/22 15
blacks targeted: g89 7/8 8-9
children and youths targeted: g95 5/22 6-7; g86 7/22 14-15
developing nations targeted: g97 1/22 28; g96 1/22 18-20; g95 5/22 4-7
effect on press: g89 7/8 11-12, 28
effects: g90 10/22 28
unscrupulous: g88 5/22 14
use of sports: g99 1/8 29; g88 2/8 8
U.S. restrictions: g86 7/22 15
why no smoke is shown: g88 11/22 29
women targeted: g95 5/22 3-4; g93 5/22 28; g89 7/8 7-8; g88 2/8 7
airplanes:
bans: g90 1/22 28; g88 4/8 29
effect on aircraft: g86 7/8 14
nonsmoking areas unsafe: g89 7/22 31
recommendation to ban smoking: g89 7/22 31; g86 7/8 14
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g97 7/22 30; g96 1/22 30; g91 6/8 30; g90 1/8 30; g90 3/8 30
chairwoman requests 35 copies: g96 1/22 30
attitudes changing: g95 5/22 8-13; g88 8/22 14
Bible times: g86 1/8 21
Bible view: ijwbq article 143; lvs 110-112; w14 6/1 4-6; lv 93, 95-96; w12 8/1 15; w07 4/1 5; rq 25; kl 121-122; jv 180-181; g91 8/8 17; w90 4/1 14; gm 165-166; om 195; pe 130, 215-216; rs 109-111; g89 7/8 13-14; g89 11/8 26-27; w88 10/1 29; g87 5/8 6; tp 159-161; g86 1/8 20-21; g86 4/8 9-10
C. T. Russell’s comment: kr 111-112; w95 5/15 23
no responsible way to smoke: g89 10/22 30
understanding clarified (1973): w17.02 27-28; kr 112; w06 2/15 30; yb97 136-137; w95 2/1 16-17; w95 5/15 23; jv 181
why smoking is so widespread: g86 4/8 8
breaking the habit: g19.3 5; w14 6/1 6; yp1 242-243; g 3/11 28; g 5/10 3-9; g00 3/22 8-9; w97 8/1 5-6; g95 5/22 13; g91 5/8 31; rs 112; g89 7/8 13-15; g89 12/8 12
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g90 4/8 30; g89 12/22 30
benefits: g05 12/22 28; g00 3/22 6-7; g96 10/22 28-29; g91 1/8 28-29
chart “Ten Ways to Stop Smoking”: g89 7/8 16
effect of Awake! cover and series: g92 7/8 24-25; g90 3/8 30
helping a loved one: g 5/10 8; g00 3/22 6
how: g98 12/8 17; g86 4/8 10; g86 7/22 16; g86 11/22 28
husband’s lawsuit motivates wife: g98 4/8 28
lowers risk of cancer: g89 7/22 28
never too late: g99 4/8 28; g93 10/22 29
not resuming later: g02 6/8 29
success rate: g86 7/22 15
weight gain after: g91 8/8 29
when to pray: w09 8/1 28-29; pe 226
why one should: g00 3/22 4-7; g86 7/22 15-16
why so hard: g00 3/22 7; g93 1/8 29
youth: g91 12/22 30
campaign against, by European parliament: g88 10/22 29
carbon monoxide: g 9/10 28
Catholic Church:
cigarette sales: g95 10/8 28
children: g96 2/22 29; g95 5/22 6-7
ease of addiction: g04 5/22 29; g03 6/8 28
importance of early teaching to counteract: g86 12/8 31
parents’ bad example: g93 2/22 28-29
teachers’ bad example: g87 2/22 30
teaching to avoid: lr 56
cigarettes: g86 4/8 3-10
contents of smoke: g00 3/22 5
higher tar and nicotine content in developing nations: g88 5/22 14
low tar and nicotine: g00 3/22 5-6; g86 4/8 7
number needed to lead to addiction: g86 4/8 5
warning labels in Australia: g94 7/8 28-29
warning labels in U.S.: g97 9/22 28
why addictive: g86 4/8 5
cigars: g 5/10 7; g00 3/22 6; g86 7/22 13
clergy:
comments by doctor in 19th century: w93 2/1 30
comments by—
cigarette-ad model: g89 7/8 15
doctor in 19th century: w93 2/1 30
ex-smokers: g89 7/8 6-7, 14-15
secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: g92 5/8 13
tobacco-fortune heir: g96 10/22 24; g89 7/8 15
tobacco grower: g89 7/8 6
cost: g05 2/8 29; g00 3/22 5; g99 5/22 28; g97 7/22 24-25; g86 7/22 16
employers: g 2/14 3; g87 6/22 17
lifetime: g98 2/8 31
per year: g89 3/22 29; g87 9/8 30
U.S. health care: g89 12/8 12; g87 9/8 30; w86 5/1 6
workdays lost: g89 3/22 29
deaths from: w14 6/1 3; w07 4/1 5; w01 2/1 5; g00 3/22 3; g99 7/8 3; g98 7/8 29; g95 5/22 3; g91 5/8 31; g91 7/22 28-29; g91 8/8 17; g90 3/22 28; rs 110; g89 12/8 12; g88 4/8 29; g88 5/22 14; g87 6/22 16; g86 4/8 9; g86 7/22 12
claim that early deaths save money: g02 2/8 29; g01 2/22 29
compared to other causes: g86 7/22 12
compared with black death: g93 11/22 29
forecast: w14 6/1 3; g95 5/22 3, 6; g91 1/22 28; g90 7/22 28
nonsmokers: w14 6/1 3, 5; g02 1/8 28; g98 6/22 29; g97 10/22 29; g96 10/22 22; g95 5/22 5; g93 7/8 28; g88 8/22 14
women: g96 4/22 28
decline: g00 12/8 28
California, U.S.A.: g95 1/8 32
United States: g96 10/22 24
discussion: w14 6/1 3-6; g00 3/22 3-9; g96 10/22 21-24; g95 5/22 3-13; g89 7/8 2-16; g86 4/8 3-10; g86 7/22 12-16
video Don’t Let Your Life Go Up in Smoke: mwb22.05 11
drugs:
crack with heroin: g89 10/22 28
marijuana: yp1 241; yp 274-278; g86 1/22 16-18
methamphetamine (speed, ice): g90 2/8 29
effect on others: w14 6/1 5; g 5/06 14; g00 3/22 4-5; g97 10/22 29; rs 111; g86 7/22 13-14
arteries: g98 6/22 29
association with SIDS (crib death): g03 5/8 28; g97 1/22 29; g97 11/8 30; g90 7/22 27; g88 1/22 7
heart: g04 8/8 29; g02 5/22 28
in rooms: g93 7/8 28
nonsmokers: g 2/15 8; w14 6/1 3; g03 6/22 29; g02 1/8 28; g95 5/22 5; g92 5/8 30; g91 6/22 28-29; g89 12/8 12; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 16; g86 7/22 13-14; g86 12/8 30
nonsmokers’ babies still in womb: g94 9/8 28
smokers’ babies: g96 10/22 22-23; g90 7/22 27; g86 7/22 14
smokers’ babies still in womb: g91 3/8 29; g90 1/8 25; g89 2/22 9-10; g89 7/8 5; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11
smokers’ children: g 3/09 29; g00 2/8 29; g00 5/8 28-29; g96 10/22 22-23; g91 3/8 29; g90 1/8 25; g89 6/22 29; g89 12/8 12; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14
smokers’ families: g95 4/8 7
smokers’ mates: g86 1/22 31; g86 7/22 13-14
effect on smoker: g24.1 7; yp1 244-245; g05 4/8 29; g05 9/22 29; g03 6/22 29; g00 3/22 4; g95 4/8 7; g95 5/22 3, 6, 10-13; g93 1/8 29; g91 5/8 31; g91 8/8 16-17; rs 110-111; g86 7/22 12-13, 15-16; g86 9/8 11
aging: g97 9/8 28-29
Alzheimer’s disease risk: g99 2/8 29
arteries: g98 6/22 29
blindness: g00 7/8 28-29
blocks signals of heart disease: g91 8/8 29
Buerger’s disease: g89 7/8 9
cancer: g24.1 7; g90 9/22 31; g89 7/22 28; g87 6/22 16; g87 9/8 30; g86 9/8 11; g86 10/8 6-7, 9-10
cataracts: g94 12/22 29
chart “50,000 Studies—What Have They Found?”: g95 5/22 10
cilia in bronchial tubes: g86 11/22 25
combined with oral contraceptives: g86 5/8 30
concentration and memory: g93 4/22 28
diabetes complicated by: g03 5/8 7
disability: g01 2/22 29
driving ability: g88 5/22 30; g86 9/8 11
earlier wrinkles: g91 11/8 28; g86 12/22 30
emphysema: g89 7/8 5
enslavement: g89 11/8 27
face: g86 6/8 30; g86 12/22 30
healing of bones: g93 1/8 28
health: g18.1 6; g99 7/8 6; g86 7/22 12-13, 16; g86 9/8 11
heart: g96 12/8 10; g89 7/8 9; g88 12/22 29; g86 7/22 12-13
heart blood supply: g93 5/8 29
incontinence: g91 11/8 28
insomnia: g04 2/8 8-9
life expectancy: g 3/14 3; g 11/09 30; g 2/06 30; g05 12/22 28; g00 10/8 29
mental attitude: g86 1/8 20-21
peripheral vascular disease aggravated: g99 6/8 4-5
pregnant women: g89 7/8 4-5
reaction time: g93 4/22 28-29
substances in smoke: g95 5/22 4
ulcers: g94 1/22 28
view that smoking helps performance: g89 11/8 26-27
view that smoking helps stay thin: g99 10/8 29
women: g95 5/22 4; g92 5/8 13
worse than obesity: g90 6/8 29
effect war has had on prevalence: g86 4/8 4-6
experiences: w12 7/15 8-9; g 5/10 5, 8; w09 8/1 29; yb08 57-58; g 7/07 6-7; yb04 62-63; w01 8/1 28, 30; g00 12/8 30; g98 12/8 15-17; g97 7/22 27; w96 2/1 29; g89 7/8 14-15; w88 10/1 29; w87 1/1 5; yb87 84-85; g86 11/22 28
addict from age of 12: w14 6/1 4-5
antismoking poster based on Awake!: g99 7/8 32
Awake! issues help quit: w94 10/1 9; yb92 189
Close to Jehovah book helps quit: yb08 57-58
ex-soldier: w09 8/1 27-28
four-year-old helps parents quit: yb91 7
four-year-old refuses: yb87 62
physician: w14 6/1 5
prayer of twins helps father quit: w10 12/15 27-28
quit smoking on own: w14 12/15 13
schoolteacher quits because of Witness girl’s reaction: w91 6/15 25
video Why Are You Delaying Baptism?: lff lesson 47
Witness girl’s poem: g04 5/8 31
fires from: g95 3/22 28
global shift in: g88 5/22 14
government antismoking campaigns: g91 8/8 16
government health warnings:
Australia: g94 7/8 28-29
handling by congregation:
instances of private smoking: w06 11/15 30; w96 1/15 18
newly baptized person: w96 1/15 18
history: g90 7/22 13-14; g86 4/8 4-7
King James condemns: g90 7/22 13-14
Sir Walter Raleigh’s contribution: g90 7/22 14
increase: g89 12/8 11
20th century: g86 4/8 6-8
worldwide in last 20 years: g90 11/8 28
meaning of term: ijwbq article 143
misconceptions: yp1 238-240; g 3/11 26-27
nicotine: w14 6/1 4; g96 1/22 18, 20; g91 8/8 16-17; g89 7/22 31; g88 8/22 29; g86 4/8 5, 7; g86 5/8 30; g86 7/22 15-16
nonsmokers preferred for employment: w86 5/1 6
nurses: g86 11/22 30
pipes: g 5/10 7; g00 3/22 6; g86 7/22 13
prevalence: g01 2/22 29; g00 3/22 3; g95 1/22 29; g91 8/8 15-16
children and youths: g95 5/22 6-7
religious origins: g86 4/8 4, 9
restrictions:
United States: g96 10/22 21-22
tobacco companies:
admission of diseases caused: g00 4/22 28
claim that early deaths save money: g02 2/8 29
deception: g02 6/22 28
government investigation (U.S.A.): g96 1/22 18
how smoking is defended: g95 5/22 8-13
raise nicotine levels: g 6/07 30
traffic accidents due to: g88 5/22 30
vaping: ijwyp article 121
water pipes: g 5/10 7
WHO (World Health Organization):
estimates 500 million will die from smoking in next 25 years: g90 7/22 28
number of smokers worldwide: g95 1/22 29
why people smoke: g99 3/8 29; g89 7/8 6-7
Witness view: w06 7/15 30-31; jv 180-181; rs 109-111
women: g98 4/8 11; g95 5/22 3-4; g86 7/22 13-14
death rate: g96 4/22 28
effect on: g01 6/8 29; g90 3/22 28; g88 12/22 29
how advertising targets: g89 7/8 7-8; g88 2/8 7
pregnant women: g89 7/8 4-5; g86 7/22 13
Worldwatch Institute report: g86 7/22 12
youths: ijwyp article 121; yp1 237-245; g 3/11 26-28; g00 3/22 5; g96 10/22 24; g95 5/22 6-7; g91 8/8 15-17
comment by Mariel Hemingway: g86 7/22 15
girls: g99 3/8 29; g95 8/8 31
how advertising targets: g86 7/22 14-15
number of cigarettes needed to addict: g86 4/8 5
resisting pressure: yp1 240; w10 11/15 9-10; g91 8/22 16-18
List by Place
Africa: g95 5/22 5; g92 4/22 28
Asia: g97 11/22 28
Australia:
ban in restaurants proposed: g91 10/8 29
bans smoking in all public hospitals: g89 3/22 29
bans smoking on all domestic flights: g88 4/8 29
damages awarded for forced passive smoking: g92 10/22 29
deaths: g91 6/22 28-29; g89 3/22 29; g86 10/8 30
warnings on cigarette packs: g94 7/8 28-29
warning that persistent smokers may be denied hospital access: g87 8/8 30
Bangladesh: g02 9/22 29
Belgium:
smoking banned in enclosed public places: g87 8/8 29
Bhutan bans tobacco sales and public smoking: g05 8/22 28
Brazil: g95 8/22 28
Britain: g03 1/22 29; g89 11/8 26; g87 5/8 30; g86 4/8 9
Canada: g86 7/22 12
China: g00 8/22 28; g99 11/8 32; g96 1/22 19-20; g95 5/22 4-6
Colombia:
basuco cigarettes: g89 9/8 28
developing nations: g96 1/22 18-20; g90 11/8 28; g88 5/22 14
Europe: g04 12/8 29; g97 7/22 28; g86 7/22 12
France:
deaths: g91 7/22 28
lung cancer among women: g94 10/8 29
Germany:
benefits of partial smoking ban: g 4/13 3
Greece: g89 11/8 26; g87 5/8 13
India: g02 9/22 28-29
Italy:
compensation for damage from passive smoking: g91 10/8 29
Japan: g98 12/8 15-16; g94 2/8 29
Mexico: g01 5/22 29
banned in enclosed public places: g91 5/8 28
restricted in public places: g91 2/8 28
Philippines: g95 5/22 4, 7
banned in some enclosed places: g89 8/22 29
Poland: g 4/06 29
Russia: g94 3/22 28-29
Sweden: g86 12/8 30
Switzerland: g99 5/22 28
Ukraine: g 5/10 30
United States:
American tobacco: g86 4/8 5
banned on most domestic flights: g90 1/22 28
change of attitude: g96 10/22 21-24
deaths: g98 11/8 29; g96 10/22 21; g95 5/22 3; g94 4/8 31; g92 5/8 13; g91 8/8 17; g89 4/22 28; g89 11/8 26; g88 8/22 14, 29; g87 9/8 29-30; g86 4/8 8; g86 7/22 12; g86 8/22 30
export promoted by government: g95 5/22 6
hotel rooms for nonsmokers: g87 4/22 30
number of smokers: g88 8/22 14
restrictions: g96 10/22 21-22
restrictions on advertising: g86 7/22 15-16; g86 8/22 30
women: g88 8/22 14
Quotations
8,000 deaths a day from: g90 7/22 28
every tobacco user can stop: g91 5/8 31
if 100,000 had died from any other preventable cause, it would have provoked a national outrage: g86 1/8 20
largest single preventable cause of illness and premature death: g96 4/22 28; g91 5/8 31; rs 110-111; g87 5/8 6
single common thread in the global cancer picture: g87 9/8 30
smokers starting before age 15 have cancer rates 19 times higher than non-smokers: g90 9/22 31
the worst drug: g95 8/22 28
we built this country by selling the rest of the fools in the world tobacco: g89 7/8 6