There’s a Reason They Call Them Virginia Slims.

On a Friday morning stroll through the Department of Unintended Consequences–the one that will never be shut–a study shows that Americans are getting fat, even obese, because smoking is down. The Atlantic has the story, garnished with a photo of smoker Humphrey Bogart.  The screen legend endured an agonizing death from cancer of the esophagus at in 1957, three weeks after he turned 57.