Another, explosive, reason to quit regular cigs.

[Mockingbird]

Check out this news story!

news.bbc .co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8493288.stm
Synopsis: Man smoking cigarette, cigarette explodes, man loses teeth.

edit: you'll have to concatenate - I can't post links yet I'm afraid.

 

[mwahle1]

An Indonesian man has been given compensation after a cigarette he was smoking exploded, taking out six teeth.
Andi Susanto, 31, told Indonesian media the cigarette had blown up in his mouth while he was riding a motorcycle.
He accepted a payment of 5m rupiah ($535; £335) and all his medical costs from PT Nojorono tobacco, makers of the brand of cigarette he was smoking.
Police are investigating what caused the blast, but Mr Susanto said he would try to give up smoking now anyway.
He told the Jakarta Post newspaper he had been smoking since he was a schoolboy and had never had any problems.
"The incident was all so unexpected," he said.
He told Metro TV the company had talked to his family and agreed to "settle it amicably" with an out-of-court settlement.
A spokesman for Clas Mild cigarettes, the brand Mr Susanto had been smoking, said there were no plans for a recall.
"We are communicating with the police and still waiting on the forensic laboratory tests," Iwan Sulistyo told the Jakarta Globe.
"We do not put any strange materials in the cigarettes, so we think that this is a weird case. This is the first time for us."
Indonesia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with more than 60% of men smoking regularly.

Seems a bit strange to me.

 

[techtony]

I wouldn't be surprised if he soaked it in nitro.

 

[beast775]

twas a small bird.

 

[Krythis]

Something seems a little fishy with that story.

 

[catlvr]

twas a small bird.

LOL!!! Good one! Can't wait to hear more about this story.

 

[River]

twas a small bird.

Nice observation, bees and wasps feel like you just got smacked in the chest with a baseball I don't even want to imagine what catching a bird to the face would feel like.

 

[debook]

Something seems a little fishy with that story.

Agreed, something doesn't add up...

Must be a CIA plot using genetically modified tobacco strains...Jesse Ventura will have an episode on it sometime soon I'm sure

 

[mr quackums]

reminds me of the time i lit my pants on fire(trousers, you british pervs ) with my zippo while smoking in my car.

 

[5cardstud]

He said he's going to give up smoking. Well I guess so.

 

[callofthevapor]

I really thought the story was a internet hoax. I can't find any information that it is though.

 

[CSI]

This guy is clearly the type who should NOT start on Ecigs...especially with a big battery mod or something similar. I could just see the next newspaper article titled: Man electrocutes self while smoking Ecig.....
Sheeesh.
Ken

 

[Belhade]

Yeah, someone who can manage to blow up an analog definitely should not have an electronic device in his mouth.