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Crackdown on flavored tobacco leaves smoke shops in a haze By Alex Gendreau Arizona Daily Wildcat For smokers of flavored tobacco, Sept. 22 was a dark day. However, for dedicated smokers of brands like Dreams or Djarum, much about the ban on flavored tobacco remains a mystery. While the Food and Drug Administration is committed to cracking down on flavored tobacco consumption by minors, legal smokers are still in a state of confusion about what the new regulation means for them. “My whole take on it is that they are banning flavored tobaccos because it appeals to kids,” said Christian Handley, an employee at The Glass Bottom Smoke Shop.“I mean, I understand — I remember when they banned the Camel ads because (they) appealed to kids.” Nevertheless, as of yesterday, smokAshlee Salamon/Arizona Daily Wildcat ers who crave cherries will no longer Glass Bottom, 2235 E Broadway Blvd., shows what they have left of their stock of flavored cigarettes. A new leg- be able to purchase and light up their Cherry Dreams in front of the smoke islation could effect the selling of flavored cigarettes.
shop. Many smoke shop patrons will have to find new outlets. “We have regular customers once a day or twice a day or every other day and they will get one of (the flavored cigarettes) or a selection of those and they don’t get anything else,” Handley said. Hippie Gypsy manager Lauren Adkisson takes the new rule in stride. “We live in a weird society right now. We have rules for everything,” she said. “We are at that point where it’s like, ‘Oh, another weird rule? Let’s just take it under our belt and deal with it.’” Although Adkisson is not a smoker herself, she disagrees with the FDA’s decision. “I know that the reasons are because it’s being marketed towards kids. However, in my experience with underage smokers, they wouldn’t go for the $8 or $9 sparkly cigarette boxes, instead they go for the cheapest Marlboro or Parliament that they can find,” she said. SMOKE, page B3
the bibliophile
Tillman v. Langdon:
you are what you read By Anna Swenson Arizona Daily Wildcat
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hich is more important, American readers: the story of fictional Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon or the story of real American soldier Pat Tillman? The answer seems obvious: the story of American hero and friendly fire casualty Pat Tillman is of more moral, political and humanistic importance than Langdon’s latest sexy, silly conspiracy-busting romp. Yet, while Dan Brown’s latest book ”The Lost Symbol” has shattered all adult sales records and now has over 5.5 million copies in print, Jon Krakauer’s biography of Pat Tillman,“Where Men Win Glory,” is selling moderately with its initial print run of 500,000 copies. Brown’s and Krakauer’s books are not the same type of book, nor are they the same genre, and the audiences of the two probably overlap fairly infrequently. But as they are both written by well-loved, established authors and are a well-anticipateds follow-ups to major bestsellers, the sales statistics reveal unnerving truths about the climate of the American reading public. Brown is known for his 2003 bestseller “The Da Vinci Code,” a fast-paced thriller that leads readers through the bowels of the Vatican and Roman Catholic history. It presented a thousand years of fringe theory and conspiracy in a shiny package, and eventually claimed that Jesus was married and has a lineage that continues into the present day. While the incendiary disclaimer at the beginning of the book claims all facts and research included are true, the public eventually learned that everything to do with “The Da Vinci Code” exists more to sell itself than to reveal historical fact. No matter what Brown’s intention was in writing it, the public was crazy for ”The Da Vinci Code” for several years after its release. Brown’s thriller touched a nerve with readers of the world: people wanted to disappear into the polished, dangerous-feeling world of Langdon and his various sidekicks. Now, with “The Lost Symbol,” Brown offers a watered-down version of his own best work. It’s hard to accept the conspiracies in the book, mostly involving the national monuments of Washington, as fact. But with “The Lost Symbol” poised to dominate bestseller lists and pretentious small talk for years to come, one can’t help but wonder what this follow-up reveals about America. Meanwhile, Jon Krakauer is a wellknown writer of non-fiction. Krakauer has had several of his own non-fiction New York Times Bestsellers, including BOOKS, page B2
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Jason Marstall, artist and instructor at Sonoran Glass Art Academy, teaches a class on how to make everything from decorative balls to bowls, vases and plates. Sonoran Glass Art Academy offers a class for students to take for credit along with classes for everybody’s interests. Sonoran Glass Art Academy is located at 633 W. 18th St.
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