RagJohn Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Except Ayn and others never SAID it was best to not smoke, not exercise, etc. They apparently really believed that it didn't matter if they abused/neglected their bodies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuckle Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 RagBrain wrote: "Except Ayn and others never SAID it was best to not smoke, not exercise, etc. They apparently really believed that it didn't matter if they abused/neglected their bodies!" This is just a stupid smear about Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Coates Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) I heard somewhere that Rand, when she became convinced smoking caused cancer, went cold turkey on cigarettes. Edited January 5, 2011 by Philip Coates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 This is in Barbara Branden's biography. What convinced her was her own diagnosis. According to the same book, the people around her urged her to make a public statement to this effect, not saying what had changed her mind if she didn't want to, but she refused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I heard somewhere that Rand, when she became convinced smoking caused cancer, went cold turkey on cigarettes.She quit after her doctor noticed a malignancy in one of her lungs. See chapter 31 in The Passion of Ayn Rand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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