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===Positive sides of smoking=== | ===Positive sides of smoking=== | ||
| − | + | According to public health officials, tobacco has no benefits at all: "A harmful and unnecessary product," says the WHO (World Health Organization), which has lobbied national governments to combat tobacco use since 1975<ref>http://www.180grader.dk/Politik/socialistisk-who-masterplan-fra-1975-lad-os-goere-passiv-rygning-farligt</ref>. | |
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| − | The Danish anti-smoking lobby wants a total ban on tobacco: "We can not see what tobacco contributes," said the Cancer Society. "A smoke-free society should not be an unreasonable policy objective," they say in the Danish health directorate | + | The Danish anti-smoking lobby wants a total ban on tobacco: "We can not see what tobacco contributes," said the Cancer Society. "A smoke-free society should not be an unreasonable policy objective," they say in the Danish health directorate<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=da&sl=da&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.information.dk%2F254016</ref>. |
Since the 1960s authorities worldwide have focused exclusively on the health hazards of tobacco, and thus given it a very negative image. Their many anti-smoking campaigns may have made the world forget that tobacco use also has positive aspects. But as we know, any issue always has at least two sides, and now the positive effects of tobacco have resurfaced in the scientific literature: | Since the 1960s authorities worldwide have focused exclusively on the health hazards of tobacco, and thus given it a very negative image. Their many anti-smoking campaigns may have made the world forget that tobacco use also has positive aspects. But as we know, any issue always has at least two sides, and now the positive effects of tobacco have resurfaced in the scientific literature: | ||
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Thus the difference between smoking and smoking abstinence is very pronounced for a smoker – a difference of perhaps as much as 50%. And, according to the scientists, this answers the question: Why do people smoke? The answer is simple: Because smoking boosts their brain power. | Thus the difference between smoking and smoking abstinence is very pronounced for a smoker – a difference of perhaps as much as 50%. And, according to the scientists, this answers the question: Why do people smoke? The answer is simple: Because smoking boosts their brain power. | ||
| − | [http://dengulenegl.dk/English/Nicotine.html Click here to read | + | [http://dengulenegl.dk/English/Nicotine.html Click here to read about:] |
*Nicotine boosts attention, precision, motor skills, speed and memory | *Nicotine boosts attention, precision, motor skills, speed and memory | ||
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*Smoking gives the brain more stamina | *Smoking gives the brain more stamina | ||
*Is the smoke-free society an economic growth-free society? | *Is the smoke-free society an economic growth-free society? | ||
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