Commentary This year, National No Smoking Day is March 9, 2022. And the Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will be on Nov. 27, 2022. Catchy slogans around these smokeouts are, “Say No to Smoking and Say Yes to Life” and “Quitting Starts Here.” I often make comparisons between smoking, and the Big Tobacco industry, and the practice of egg “donation” and what I call Big Fertility. I use quotation marks around the words donate or donation, because most often women are paid to sell their eggs, they aren’t donating them. Both smoking and selling your eggs are harmful to your health, but these industries make millions of dollars peddling their goods to people. In the early days, cigarettes and cigarette smoking were marketed and promoted as “cool” and “hip,” often boasting celebrities smoking and representing their brand. Bob Hope smoked Chesterfields because “they’re milder” and Lucille …
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