It might not seem like a usual choice, but apparently because of the similarity between cigarette papers and the pages of bibles, the same machines produce both. Therefore machines originally produced to make pages for bibles are being switched to meet demand for cigarettes.
There are at least two good reasons to stop smoking. Number one: It may [sic] damage your health. Number two: It raises the production costs for bibles, ASSIST News Service reports. The Chinese craving for cigarettes is responsible for rising paper costs in bible printing, according to the business manager of the German Bible Society, Felix Breidenstein. Because of the rising demand for cigarette paper in China the special thin paper used in bible printing is getting more expensive, as Breidenstein told the German news magazine Der Spiegel. The German Bible Society sells approximately 400,000 bibles per year.
Found via: ESV Bible Blog
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30 April 2007 at 6:05 pm
Justin
wow, i didn’t know that – interesting fact! good post!
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30 April 2007 at 8:25 pm
Lazo Von Vukovaren
thats why I keep telling everyone that cigarettes lead to hell, but Cigars and specially the pipe leads to heaven…
5 May 2007 at 1:24 am
Daniel Foster
The Logos Blog adds a few details, including a link to a true story of a prison chaplain whose rule was: “You can’t smoke the book of John.”
19 June 2007 at 10:17 pm
storiesofgrace
i never would have guessed this. i’m going to have link over to this post.
25 June 2007 at 10:42 pm
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