<p align="justify">We strongly recommend to our readers this column by John Kay written for the British <em>Financial Times</em> of 9 October in response to the commentary of Michael Schrage which appeared in that journal two weeks earlier. </p>
<p align="justify">Tobacco, the demonized plant, has many uses besides the exquisite pleasure of smoking. Our correspondent Silviu Druma sends us translated excerpts from a Romanian article by his friend, biologist Monica Zdremtan, Ph.D.</p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt">It does not take a specialist in mental disease to understand what Rita Panahi is all about. She is the author of the revolting article from “Down Under” we link with here.</span></p>
<p>Third time is a charm is the superstitious talisman that forms the operating procedure of the tobacco control industry.</p>
<p align="justify">We present an opinion piece by Pat Glass regarding US Veterans’ Day.</p>
<p>Nothing screams post-adolescent horniness louder than a wet T-shirt contest.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Delightful article from the Wall Street Journal about smoking in </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">China</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The fools who ‘hate smoking’ and cheer smoking bans have a natural tunnel vision as they think that, once smokers are cast out, their interest are served, and that’s where it’s going to stop. They are wrong, of course.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The endless torrent of trash science never dries up. Did you know that sitting is as bad as smoking?</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">It was widely predicted that bans on smoking in personal autos when children are present would lead to bans in parents’ own homes. Personal choice and rights are irrelevancies to the anti-smoking mind-set. Blogger Michael Siegel, MD, has no problem admitting that guardians of property rights "told him so."</span></p>