Smoking bad for health? Really

Buford T Justice

It seems as though smoking is really bad for you after all....

Link

An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette he was smoking exploded.

The cigarette blew up in Andi Susanto's mouth while he was riding his motorcycle in Bekasi, near Jakarta.
He lost six teeth and received 51 stitches.
Mr Susanto told Metro TV in an interview from his hospital bed that cigarette producer PT Nojorono Tobacco Indonesia was paying for his medical treatment.
"The company's officials have talked to my family and we agreed to settle it amicably, as an out-of-court settlement," he said through bandaged lips.
"They will pay all the medical expenses."
The cause of the explosion remains unknown.
Mr Susanto said he wasn't chewing anything when he lit the Clas Mild cigarette, and didn't notice anything strange about its odour, colour or taste.
The victim, who has been smoking since primary school, said he was shocked by the incident.
"It had been always fine. The incident was all so unexpected," said the 31-year-old, who works as a security guard.
He admitted that he was traumatised by the incident and would try to quit smoking.
Tulus Abadi, from the Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation, said there was only a small chance the explosion was triggered by the ingredients of the cigarette.
"From around 4,000 chemical substances found in a cigarette, there is one substance that is identical to a substance used to formulate rocket fuel," Tulus told The Jakarta Post, referring to methanol.
"But although it exists in cigarettes, I think the amount is too small to trigger an explosion."
Muhammad Warsianto, NTI's senior adviser, confirmed that its products, branded as Clas Mild, did not contain any explosive materials.
Mr Warsianto said the company assisted with the medical bill as a form of sympathy to "a loyal customer".

And they say that customer loyalty is hard to find these days..........


Just remember this when you find your next exploding cigarette.

MaybeLogic

In Holland it says on the packs 'Roken is dodelijk'...'Smoking is deadly'...I'm never sure if it's a warning or an endorsement.

Run_to_da_hills

The £335 compo was hardly worth talking about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8493288.stm

Borneo Fnctn

That's good of them.

brianthebard

It was probably meant for Castro and not the indonesian man tbh.

admiralofthefleet

benson and hedges ftw!

sadlady2010

He will consider giving up?
I'd have thought he wouldn't have the use of his jaws to draw on the cigarette to continue.

recylingbin

Gis a blast offa that.

admiralofthefleet

recylingbin wrote: »

Gis a blast offa that.

i smoke 20 day, so that works out at loads per year, you can have them all if you give up the text speak:)

recylingbin

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i smoke 20 day, so that works out at loads per year, you can have them all if you give up the text speak:)

k

K-9

That's one way of lighting up.

Smoking at primary school age is normal enough in Indonesia too.

Pygmalion

brianthebard wrote: »

It was probably meant for Castro and not the indonesian man tbh.

I have a feeling this reference is a bit above AH standards

recylingbin

Pygmalion wrote: »

I have a feeling this reference is a bit above AH standards

OMG!!! You're so much better than everyone cos you got it.
Maybe it just wasn't funny.

Rycn

MaybeLogic wrote: »

In Holland it says on the packs 'Roken is dodelijk'...'Smoking is deadly'...I'm never sure if it's a warning or an endorsement.

Smokin is for deadly people, thats why i quit, im not deadly enough

Doc

What would happen if a tobacco company owner got pissed off with Holland and decided to put explosive / instantly deadly poisonous cigarettes in all its packets killing hundreds of customers? After all the packaging dose say that smoking is deadly so if someone was to die smoking the cigarette then they would have ignored the clear warning on the label saying it would kill you.

brianthebard

recylingbin wrote: »

OMG!!! You're so much better than everyone cos you got it.
Maybe it just wasn't funny.

You spelt your username wrong.

recylingbin

brianthebard wrote: »

You spelt your username wrong.

au contraire

IrishManSaipan

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

benson and hedges ftw!

Heathen. JPB!

Pygmalion

recylingbin wrote: »

OMG!!! You're so much better than everyone cos you got it.
Maybe it just wasn't funny.

No need for the abuse, I can explain it to you if you like.
You see Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba until recently (Cuba is to the west of us, near America).
There was a plot against him which involved an exploding cigar. Brian's joke was making a link between this current event and that situation, the link being that exploding tobacco products were at the centre of both.

Big Nasty

Doc wrote: »

What would happen if a tobacco company owner got pissed off with Holland and decided to put explosive / instantly deadly poisonous cigarettes in all its packets killing hundreds of customers? After all the packaging dose say that smoking is deadly so if someone was to die smoking the cigarette then they would have ignored the clear warning on the label saying it would kill you.

You could be on to something here!;)

Buford T Justice

Pygmalion wrote: »

No need for the abuse, I can explain it to you if you like.
You see Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba until recently (Cuba is to the west of us, near America).
There was a plot against him which involved an exploding cigar. Brian's joke was making a link between this current event and that situation, the link being that exploding tobacco products were at the centre of both.

Ouch Ouch Ouch. Too much information... OVERLOAD.... I need a Cigar, or cigarette even.:D