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Jump to full article: AP, 2008-02-12
Author: SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer
Intro: Joe Jackson defends smoking, hates politics and loves music. . . .
Jackson spent the past several years crafting the songs on "Rain." But the 53-year-old musician has also been busy with other pursuits. . . .
As for the smoking issue, Jackson isn't a heavy smoker, but he has written op-ed pieces for The New York Times and the Telegraph of London and written an essay, "Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State."
"It's one of those issues where we're really only hearing one side of it because the anti-smoking movement is so powerful," he said. "It's for sure absolutely not as dangerous as we're currently being told. ... There's no good evidence that smoking up to about 10 (cigarettes) a day does you any harm whatsoever."
It doesn't affect his voice, either, he said.
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