Japanese Civil Servant Fined $11,000 For Smoking on the Job 4,512 Times in 14 Years
A Japanese civil servant in Osaka was recently forced to return 1.44 million yen ($11,000) of his salary after being found guilty of smoking during work hours more than 4,500 times in 14 years. When people say smoking is an expensive vice, they are generally referring to the cost of cigarretes, but in cities like […]
50-Year-Old Man Goes Viral for Smoking While Running Marathons
A Chinese man recently went viral on social media after he was photographed lighting up and smoking several tobacco cigarettes while running a marathon. At this point, I think everyone can agree that smoking tobacco isn’t the healthiest thing you can do. But it’s one thing to light up in the comfort of your own […]
College Course on Tobacco Allows Students to Smoke in Class to Better Understand the Subject
A series of photos showing students casually lighting up cigarettes in what looks like a college classroom have been doing the rounds online for several months, leaving everyone puzzled as to what is going on. As it turns out, it’s just a display of hands-on learning in a course on tobacco. The controversial photos originally […]
Cuban Sculptor Proves Tobacco Can Be Used for Better Things than Smoking and Chewing
Janio Nunez is a talented Cuban artist who has the gift of making incredible sculptures exclusively from tobacco leaves. He creates works of art both tiny and life-size that prove there are better things to do with tobacco than smoking it. Janio’s fascination with tobacco began as a little boy, watching his grandparents roll cigars […]
German Village Hosts Weird Tobacco Sniffing Championship
Around 220 man and women gathered in the small Bavarian village of Kucha to fill their nostrils with tobacco, last weekend, during the German Tobacco Sniffing Championship. The origins of this offbeat competition are unclear, but one thing is for sure: Bavarians take it very seriously. For competitors outside the region it’s mostly just a […]
Clinic Claims It Can Cure Cancer and Autism with Tobacco Smoke
Most doctors claim tobacco smoke causes serious diseases, but at the Griya Balur clinic, in Indonesia, it’s used as a cure for cancer, autism or emphysema. In most western countries, a clinic that uses tobacco as a remedy would have been closed down immediately, but in the city of Jakarta, it’s one of the busiest treatment […]