The carcinogens in tobacco smoke directly damage the DNA in the cells lining the airways
I spent my twenties hopping between the pubs, clubs and squat parties of east London and I used to think, "I might as well have a few cigarettes because I'll smell like an ashtray by the time I go home regardless." This was in the years before the smoking ban when everyone smoked indoors
But if you go there today, there are thousands of people having lunch and an array of activities: music, books, concerts, movies. The whole idea, Pleasants says, was to create a sustainable environment where people werent just coming to and from an office, but instead were hanging around to exercise, to have dinner, to walk home the mixed-use concept, where people live and work and play. Winston-Salem has come a long way from the days when tobacco fueled its economy
And then these go back on like that