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Tobacco and the soul

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Cigarettes for sex.
Cigars for spirit.
Pipes for intellect.

Cool article (don't be put off by the ridiculous website name).

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/07/tobacco-soul.html

"Cigars, on the other hand, correspond to the spirited part of the soul. This explains their traditional popularity among men seeking honor or reputation—politicians, executives, etc. The reason for this correspondence can be found in the similarity between cigars and ambition. A cigar is visually impressive: with its large size and great billows of smoke, it often leaves a greater impact on the spectator than on the smoker. Further, a cigar is phallic—not with regard to male lust, but to male power. “Testis” in Latin means “witness”: the phallic status of the cigar is meant to bear public witness to the smoker’s prominence, his virility. The fact that a cigar is not inhaled reflects this external focus."
 
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interesting article, the connections made and the points discussed tend to admonish the reader to think for themselves as oppossed to "follow the herd" IMO
 
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