I smoked a cigarette once when I was at the University of Georgia. I was trying to be cool. I got such a bad case of heartburn that I never smoked another one. So much for being cool. According to the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, cigarette smoking is responsible for 90 percent of lung cancers among men and 79 percent among women. People who smoke two or more … [Read more...] about Jun. 18, 2001: Tobacco products – especially cigarettes – have all the redeeming qualities of a fence post.