Cigarettes Are Sublime

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Summary: Excellent Book !
Review: I can not remember the last time I read such a well written book. Klein is an amazing wordsmith & this book is a treasure in understanding the lure, beauty, and sublime charms which keep 1.4 billion people in the world smoking every day.

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Summary: cigarettes, arts, philosophy and literature
Review: The only review was a downer. Whoever "reader" was, didn't really know anything about literature and philosophy. Some basic philosophy knowledge is needed to read this book. Kant (with the sublime theory), Nietzsche and quoted throughtout the book. Great reading. Specially if you smoke.

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Summary: This book helped me quit
Review: This book helped me quit... it has a persuasive approach... instead of telling you why smoking is bad for you, it explores why it is such an alluring habit, tries to unravel its mystique, by looking at the portrayal of cigarettes and smokers in the movies, literature, popular culture, etc. Paraphrasing an extract: "Smoking is perceived as a macho activity of tempting death, which is an equivalent act to taking small doses of poison". This is the thinking person's How To Quit book.