Copies of the sign are available free from the Department of Health and Human Services
A biographer wrote that, One evening, during a conference with oncologists, in the midst of a report on cancer research, Padre Pio turned to one of the men and asked, Do you smoke? When the man replied in the affirmative, Pio, pointing his finger censoriously, chided, Thats very bad, then, with almost the same breath, turned to another doctor and asked, Have you got any snuff? Jesuit Snuff A Jesuit was asked whether it was licit to smoke a cigar while praying, and his answer was an unequivocal no. However, the subtle Jesuit quickly added that, while it was not licit to smoke a cigar while praying, it was perfectly licit to pray while smoking a cigar
The design highlights Vauen's "Handmade in Germany" philosophy, with the traditional crossed-pipes emblem individually set into the mouthpiece by hand
That was true in the 1980s, when R.J