Smoke and Mirrors Elbert Ventura on Coffee and Cigarettes In his extravagant assessment of Dead Man for the BFI Modern Classics series, Jonathan Rosenbaum writes that his enthusiasm for director Jim Jarmusch in the years preceding that movie had become somewhat qualified by an overall sense that he was coasting, adopting the role of a sophisticated urban entertainer without significantly expanding his talents or in some cases adequately exploring his territory. Consider that the epitaph for Coffee and Cigarettes
After doctors found scar tissue inside the factory workers lungs, they diagnosed the workers with an irreversible lung disease: bronchiolitis obliterans, which would later be nicknamed popcorn lung. Its cause was traced back to the chemical behind popcorns buttery flavor
What is unique about our study is that patients who were using tobacco were excluded because cannabis and tobacco are sometimes used together, therefore, we were able to specifically examine cannabis use and cardiovascular outcomes. The study found of the 28,535 cannabis users with existing cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes or high cholesterol): 20% had an increased chance of having a major heart or brain event while hospitalized, compared to the group who did not use cannabis
As of this moment we are basically out of business, said Sam Bontempo, of Largo, a partner in Good Times Pinellas
Methods Data We utilize county-level data on cigarette smoking from the BRFSS