"Natural" has jumped the shark

Long-time reader Pablo emailed me during my couple weeks smoking, pointing out that American Spirits bills itself as a "natural" cigarette.  No artificial additives. Oh yeah, and here is the organic variety.

I think that means smoking all-natural, 100% organic American Spirits is actually good for you. Right?

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I'm sure these cigarettes are

I'm sure these cigarettes are far healthier than the regualr brands (not that they are necessarily healthy(.  The thing with 'conventiional' cigarettes is that they have many harmful checmicals added (cyanide for one, which makes harmful an understatment).  Also, non-organic tobacco uses a high-phosphate fertilizer which the tobacco plant pulls much radon from (ridiculous eh) and that is the main reason for cigarettes negatoive health effects, much more damaging than the tar.

Never understood the

Never understood the obsession with natural/organic. Plenty of natural things will kill you.

My kids know that when a

My kids know that when a label reads 'natural ingredients', it includes lovely items like sawdust (cellulose) and beaver anal gland fluid (for vanilla-like flavoring). They'll even say, when they are eating junk food, "Mmmm, the beaver anus is especially delicious in this one." Natural, indeed.

@beaver anus: never eating

@beaver anus: never eating again. 

 I <3 your kids!

 I <3 your kids!

HAHA this literally made me

HAHA this literally made me laugh out loud in my cubicle. Genius!