Class Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Smokers in our culture are hated and despised. Smokers, people look down on 'em, don't want anything to do with them. Smokers are really…

— Rush Limbaugh

I'm a complete libertarian. I think it's very, very dangerous. I really mean that. I think the smoking ban is a tip of an…

— Jeremy Irons

I don't blame people for smoking when I see a social gradient in smoking. I say we need to understand why is it the…

— Michael Marmot

There's a vested interest in trying to keep people smoking cigarettes.

— Sylvia Earle

“Well, I'm not here to impinge on anybody else's lifestyle. If I'm in a place where I know I'm going to harm somebody's health…

— Frank Zappa

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

— Bernard Levin

Anti-smoking sentiment has replaced middle-class morality entirely. The smoker has taken the place of the homosexual. Today you hear people say things about smokers…

— Fran Lebowitz

Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn't kill.

— Mike Pence

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

— David Hockney

I hated tobacco. I could have almost lent my support to any institution that had for its object the putting of tobacco smokers to…

— Thomas Huxley

[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.

— Auguste Piccard

We have to treat smoking as a major public health issue. We have to reduce the extent to which young people start smoking, and…

— Andrew Lansley