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ESSAY 16
CANCER CURES SMOKING
The Post Chaplain at Ft. Riley had this sign posted in
his office: CANCER CURES SMOKING. It really caught my atten-
tion. Both he and I had been smokers.
If you smoke, it doesn't offend me. So, please don't get
mad. I am not on a crusade to stamp out smokers or smoking.
I want to support you and be your friend.
Some psychological studies tie smoking with breast feed-
ing. One prominent psychologist states that when he sees
people smoking, he pictures them in his mind's eye as having
a big pacifier in their mouth. People who have been breast
fed find it easier to quit smoking. Those who did not receive
the affection and closeness of a mother have more difficulty.
Therefore, smokers should be supported and not alienated.
While in the Navy (1954-57), I smoked up to two packs of
cigarettes per day. At that time, medical science had not
caught up to what some churches were teaching--that it was a
sin to smoke. I believe that the Holy Spirit was telling us
that smoking would harm our bodies. The Holy Spirit gave me
something better than smoking when I, a young eighteen-year-
old rededicated my life to Christ. He placed God's love in my
heart. God and his love is what I had been searching for all
the time:
. . .God has poured out his love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." (Romans
5:5, NIV).
If he did this for me, he will do it for you!
This is one of the few areas that the "politically
correct" position is really correct, even if they do go over-
board!
Remember that Adolf Hitler also taught that smoking was
bad. Maybe Hitler and the radical left have something in
common. They try to offset murder by the psychological
mechanism of compensation.
END