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TSA could even pull your suitcase off the plane and leave it at the departure airport

To accomplish this is the object of the machine under consideration, which is so constructed as to imitate the motions of a smoker, who, at regular intervals, would inhale a definite volume of air with a definite and constant force of suction.I am omitting the middle of the article because it focuses on the mechanics of Parenty's Smoking Machine, but if you are interested you can find it in issue 54 of Scientific American (23 January 1886)

The cover depicts Clapton, cigarette in hand, standing next to a melting Fender Stratocaster guitar

Smoking is linked to numerous diseases and conditions, including lung cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and more