In 1981 the Federal Trade Commission of the United States issued a report to the American Congress that concluded health warning labels had little effect on public knowledge and attitudes about smoking.  As a result Congress enacted the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1984, which required four specific health warnings on all cigarette packages and advertisements.
 
They are, as follows:
 
<ul><li>SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnancy.</li>
</ul>
 
<ul><li>SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risk to Your Health.</li>
</ul>
 
<ul><li>SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking by Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, and Low Birth Weight.</li>
</ul>
 
<ul><li>SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.</li>
</ul>
 
May I suggest a fifth:
 
<ul><li>SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: There is No Risk-Free Level of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke.</li>
</ul>

Stray Country - Season 1 - A Carousel For Pigs - Chapter 11

There is a country beyond that which is known to humankind.  A stray country.  A country that exists west of October.  Whose borders are somewhere between midnight train whistles and the distant howl of a dog.  A country that lies somewhere in the stitched and jittering static between radio stations.  A country that drifts through America like a traveling salesman, but every now and then stops to nest on a small town.  A small church.  A single street.  

And maybe, just maybe, some kinda delayed radio broadcast you’ve stuffed in your ears . . .

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