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The New Yorker. It's like in 'Thank You for Smoking' " — Christopher Buckley's satire of the Washington public-relations industry. 2. The New Yorker. On your bike Thank you for smoking To cap it all Wahaha-haha! 3. The Economist. Mr. Eckhart was wonderful as a cynical, hot-wired shill of the tobacco industry in "Thank You for Smoking".
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun smoking, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. smoking has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. tobacco (late 1600s) food and cooking (1810s) railways (1880s) costume (1920s)
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Feb 14, 2006 · Tobacco use, Public relations, Fiction, Fiction - General, Tobacco industry, United States, General, Fiction / General, Smoking Publisher Random House Trade Paperbacks Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 517.2M
