Sunday, 27 Jan 08

Tolong…dilarang merokok!

Posted in Musings at 2:57 am by jadeite

Good anti-smoking op-ed in today’s papers - except it’s hidden all the way in the Saturday section, page 16. It’s written by John McBeth and talks about how he lost his leg because of smoking, which caused Buerger’s disease (acute inflammation and thrombosis of arteries and veins).

The only problem is, why is it buried in such an obscure section of the paper? Granted, it’s an op-ed, not a news article. But…I wish it were more front and center. The only reason I saw it was because I was looking for the sports section.

Even I didn’t know you could have limbs amputated because of smoking-related diseases. They should put that into textbooks.

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